Tuckers, the Confederaaacy, stealing home, and free beer...

Although this is a blog about Vortex2, I'm going to digress for a little.

This week is senor week. Seniors staying in State College have no class, finals or any real responsibility besides graduation. In general, it's a time to hang out with friends one last time and visiting bars one last time. While I'll still be here next year, It's still a sad time because many of my friends will not be. I often get tricked into thinking that I won't be back either. It's hardly a lonely time--we have 9 people staying in our apartment since other seniors got booted from their dorms for the week.

Here's how this week has gone so far:

Saturday:
Went out to the G-man for a few drinks.

Sunday:
Took a day trip to Gettysburg. I've been there before but it's always a good time. We couldn't have asked for a better day, though it was sort of windy. We also discovered a nice microbrewery in town, Appalachian Brewing Company. They had great beer, and I highly recommend the Chicken pot pie.

Monday:
Recovered from Sunday, then we all dressed up in cap and gown and went around campus to take some pictures before it get's too busy over the weekend. That night the bunch of us went out to Pickles to celebrate Joe's birthday.

Tuesday:
We went on a road trip to Philly for to catch a phillies game. On the way we stopped by Shady Maple for an amazing breakfast. In philly we took a tour of Independence Hall, then met up with Justin and his girlfriend, Heather who goes to temple, for cheesesteaks at Pats(we had to compare with genos after a trip there 2 years ago for the PSU/temple football game). We then headed over to the ballpark for Dollar Dog Night. The phillies won 5-3 with Jayson Werth stealing home plate. After the game we stopped for the night in Topton.

Today:
This morning after a nice breakfast at home (Thanks for the lemon meringue pie, mom!) we stopped at Pottsville for a tour of the Yuengling Brewery to start off the bar tour at 10:45 am. This afternoon, we're doing a meteorology senior bar tour around state college to finish off the year inebriated.


Graduation's only two days away. It's hard to get too depressed about that though because the day after means we'll finally be joining the Vortex2 group.

In V2 news, the team is out in Oklahoma today with what should be the first chance for tornadoes! Also, check the Reading Eagle for an upcoming article about myself and Ben participating.


That's all for today--the next post is likely to be from the road!