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Today was probably one of the most amazing and fun filled days of my life. Ben’s dad and brother came and picked me up at 7 AM and we started our little road trip up to Mountain City, Ga. Took the normal of 2 hours and we tried out a new little back-cut. Got there and he was seriously the first thing we saw. It was so awesome getting just to give him a long-awaited 3 week hug. My mom made him some chocolate chip cookies and he was all over them. We took a campus tour and it was gorgeous…apparently Ben and Nick look identical to all the people up there. Maybe its cuz they’re brothers??? So anyways, we went to this cute breakfast place and it was delicious. After Ben had decided that he wanted to take us whitewater rafting…WOOHOO!!! The only problems were that we didn’t have a specific location and we were a tad later than the setoff times…plus the fact that the directions people give up there suck. Basically, we crossed over into South Carolina and back twice. Then we gave up and were going to go do kayaking and stopped by a park. It was right on the Chattooga River. We also were considereing the Nanahala or Ocoee rivers…It was seriously sooo awesome. We walked all the way down to the edge and there was this huge mound of boulders right where a Class V rapid was. It was fun watching people go down it and spill into the water J. Then the four of us got into the freezing water for a little swim. And my stud decided he could swim across the current to the other side, and of course he did! His dad barely made it as well and it was fun all around. Despite getting kinda sunburned, we all were quite chipper. So it was definitely time for dinner, and we headed past the camp and towards North Carolina. We basically conquered 3 states in one afternoon. Headed into Franklin, changed from the wet clothes, and then looked for food. We stopped in a bar that served complimentary beer because they cant charge…Franklin is a dry county J For dinner, we headed back to the state line for a steakhouse and passed a carnival/Atlanta style Dave and Busters. The food was incredible and we got to all act like kids for a bit. We did some go-karts, arcade games, and the best yet of LAZER TAG!!! At first it was Ben and I vs. his dad/bro. Needless to say, we’re a great team J We definitely won…then this group of 5 teenagers signed up and the four of us (Team Finally) destroyed them, and the same for the 3rd game. I was the secret weapon and was the top scorer for all the games…it was incredible fun but was already like 10:30 so we dropped Ben back at camp and then we set out for the 2 hour drive home….Todays mileage was about 300 give or take a few…wow but it was all definitely worth it…Ben actually showed me a different side of him today and I like it, I liked it a lot J
So that was how it went. I’m completely exhausted and hitting the bed now. Got bball stuff on sat and sun…On our next trip, we are definitely doing a whitewater adventure plus his mom will be joining us! I'll be putting picture of the rafting up soon...
Yes…so that’s how it goes mates! I might be going up on Friday alone because he doesn’t want his parents up there and wants me to come hang out with all the counselors at the bar…and then possibly stay at a cheap hotel up there for his night off…who knows, but today was fabulous and I definitely heart my British family!
Love ya'll!--Katie--
What a trooper! Can't wait til you come home for good at the end of July. I miss you more than imaginable. Benjamin, you are soooo special to my family and I and we care a lot about you. Get Er Done...Go-Kart/Lazer Tag victors! Catcha on the flipside:) ~I have HOPE in you~lol