Apple Festival

So this past weekend I took a trip to the mountains to celebrate a local festival. I had never been before, and was invited to go along with my friend Kim. The festival was being held in Graves Mountain, two and a half hours away form Prince George. The drive itself wasn’t as bad as anticipated. We took the scenic route and rode by lavish houses on large estates. We even passed Montpelier, the estate of James Madison located in Orange, Virginia. The Apple festival had a lot to offer with an assortment of tent shops, kids activities, apple picking, pumpkins, a live band, and horse back rides through the mountains. I bought a cool shirt to use for Halloween and funnel cake (yum, yum). Right before the end of our trip Kim and I hiked a part of the mountain; the view was just amazing, and the air was fresh. The only real disappointment about the trip was that there were no granny smith caramel apples. All in all the trip was fantastic and I plan on going with my family again next year, and maybe even visit Montpelier this time.

D.C

So this past Monday Richard Bland took at trip to D.C. My friend Kim and I both attended the trip happily. The bus left at 7:15 in the morning and we arrived in front of the National Gallery of Art. From there we could do as we pleased as long as we were back to the bus by 2:15. I wanted to see more of the museums but since time was limited Kim and I went and saw the monuments, like the reflecting pool, Washington monument, we walked passed the Whitehouse and Lincoln Memorial.  From there we took the Metro to Pentagon City, which is a mall area. The mall was 5 stories tall and there was everything you could imagine. So we ate lunch and shopped till we had to head back to the bus. I ended up putting 6 dollars on my metro ticket, which can add up if you live in the city, but definitely a lot cheaper than owning a car. That part of D.C was very clean and well attended so I did feel more comfortable walking around with out being paranoid I was going to be robbed. The only negatives about the trip were the weather since it was raining off and on again, and the fact that I didn’t have time to tour the Native American Museum. I will definitely be going on the trip next year. 

Democracy and Voting

The time to vote is approaching us quickly. Has anyone yet registered to vote? If you have or have not, please tell. I sent in my information to be registered, but I haven’t received any sort of conformation, so I’m a little sketched out on if I’m registered or not.  Most people vote according to their party denomination. In this country we can have more than a one party system, but for some odd reason we have continued to stay with this same stagnant system.  To tell the truth I feel like the people who run our government should be thrown out and we reinitiate who we want as congress men and such. That is easier said than done. Not everyone is well informed on how our government runs and operates and there are many things that cannot simply be fixed. But at the same time I feel as if our government is corrupt, and one idea about democracy is that we can over throw our government whenever they do not abide by a contract theory of government. The only way we can move forward is if people start to educate themselves and start voting in the right people to represent us in congress, maybe then some sort of progress could be made for the situations we are in now