summer 2012 bucket list

so my girl Emily posted on her blog a summer bucket list and i figured i would do the same. there are so many great things to do in Roanoke, and i think all of us Roanokers often overlook them. i can't count the many times i hear "Roanoke is so BORING!" but my friends and i decided that really, Roanoke is only boring if you're boring (sorrynotsorry). after being away from the good ole' Noke for so long, you realize all the great things that it has to offer! so we have vowed to make this a great summer at home, as it's likely one of the last summers we'll all return to Roanoke, so we may as well make it wonderful. so here's to a great summer in the beautiful Roanoke Valley, my summer 2012 bucket list:

***a lot of these are things i've already done either this summer or in previous summers, or one's i've stolen from Em's blog. also, some of these have been crossed out once, but that doesn't mean i won't do them multiple times! also, i will most definitely be adding to this***

1. hike McAfee's Knob and sit on the edge
2. hike the Cascades (completed 6/3)
3. have a picnic at the star (completed 5/28)
4. take advantage of downtown Roanoke festivals (Festival in the Park)
5. see former Gamecock Jackie Bradley Jr. play at a Salem Red Sox game
6. go flat-footing in Floyd
7. spend a whole day at Forest Hills
8. spend the day at SML
9. make s'mores....multiple times
10. backyard camping
11. go to a "bonfire, down in the sticks"
12. go to the Taubman
13. have themed nights with the 8 of us.....disney throwback night anyone?
14. dive off the high dive
15. have a really cool photoshoot (or two) with friends
16. have a coaches sleepover....girls only, of course
17. stay up all night
18. go to a concert (completed 5/27)
19. hang out with an old friend
20. hang out with a new friend
21. road trip back down to cola
22. do a complete girls night sleepover
23. play backyard baseball with the old gang
24. reunion game of capture the flag
25. go to the beach
26. ride in a convertible (that's not my dad's)
27. drive around and get lost
28. visit IHOP or Waffle House after midnight
29. write letters to friends, whether they be in a different country, summer staff, work crew, camp, etc
30. watch the sunrise
31. watch the sunset
32. get a new car
33. see fireworks
34. take pictures of this jank ^^^ and put them on here