10 Things to do before you leave Blacksburg

Emily liked to make lists of plans or things to do! I saw the last list that Lindsey posted as a file on her computer titled "things to do". There was also a small list under it including foods she wanted to make including:

Cooking

1. Crepe Night
2. Mexican Night
3. Italian Night
4. Pot luck dinners
5. Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
6. Artichokes
7. Grandma’s sauce
8. Pesto
9. Pierogies
10. sesame chicken/fried rice
11. Chicken Tajian

On a side note, I can't BELIEVE she had mexican night posted on there - we've been fighting for years about mom's mexican night. I LOVE mexican food, and she always hated it and made mom make mac n' cheese along with tacos. Since I grew up that way, I forever think of mac n' cheese and tacos as a good match together as I'm sure most people DO NOT! :-P

Also, there was another file in her documents titled "10 Things to Do Before You Leave Blacksburg". She really accomplished many of these things, along with countless others. I've never heard of anyone using their time on earth more effeciently than Emily. Even if she didn't plan ahead, she was spontaneous and could never waste "a beautiful day" as my mom wrote. Of course we could all learn from her attitude - I am inspired daily by it.

Here's the list:

10. Visit the Outlying Communities

Roanoke: Roanoke Star

Salem: Salem Avalanche

Floyd: Friday Night Jamboree : note- talk to Leo

9. Taste the Local Fare

Macado’s

Souvlaki: Greek

Cabo Fish Taco: South Western

Mike’s Grill: Burger

Gillie’s: Sunday Brunch

The Cellar

Mountain View Restaurant (on your way to 81, off of Ironto)

8. Drive the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Fall

7. Attend an event “Downtown”

Movie @ the Lyric

Farmer’s Market (Sat & Wed)

Steppin’ Out

Henderson Lawn Concerts

International Street Fair

Art along the Fence

July 4^th Celebration

Winder Lights & Christmas Parade

6. Serve

The Big Event

Tutor @ a local school

College Buddies

Big Brothers/Big sisters

Red Cross

5. Run/Bike/Walk the Huckleberry Trail

5.72 paved trail that runs from the Blacksburg Public Library to the NRV Mall

Rails to Trails initiative

4. Visit the New River

Tubing @ New River Junction

Swimming @ McCoy Falls

Canoeing/Kayaking (Tangent Outfitters)

Fishing

3. The Homeplace

2. Attend a VT Football Game

1. Get Outdoors

Day hike the cascades

Sunset on Wind Rock

Camp on the AT

Weekend hike VA’s Triple Crown

White Water Rafting in WV

Love you lil' wo. Can't wait to go hiking Wind Rock with Linds :-)
-Kate aka WO-man.