Moss Lake

This past weekend several friends and I left school and headed about 30 minutes down the road past Shelby to our friends house on Moss Lake. Our plans were to hang out with his family for a few hours and have some supper, then pack up all of our camping gear and take his canoe and two kayaks out to an island in the middle of the lake to camp for the night. We had a great time getting out into the wild, even though we were visited in the night by a possum (we still haven’t figured out how he got to the island). Our fire managed to keep him away for the most part for the rest of the night while we sat around and caught up with our friend who had been in China last semester studying abroad. Moss lake is a great getaway for us, and I can’t wait to spend more time there as the summer comes.

Hammock Time

This past week was particularly different in that we had 70 degree weather every day, in the middle of February! Needless to say, the quad here at Gardner-Webb was teeming with life and gave a nice introduction of what is to come in the spring months. Several friends on campus and I would take advantage of the beautiful weather by setting up hammocks by Lake Hollifield here on campus. There is nothing like relaxing in the sun in one of those hammocks. Hopefully, this warm weather doesn’t stay away too long!

GWU Basketball at it's Best!

Last week the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs Men’s basketball team took on the conference rival Liberty Flames, and what a game it turned out to be! Throughout the game, GWU led by around five to ten points, yet the flames came back at the end of the game and were up by four with almost no time left. But in true GWU fashion, we were able to match a four-point deficit with twelve seconds left. We went into two overtime periods and ultimately came out with the victory. Paul Porter arena was going wild as Gardner-Webb walked out with its most impressive win of the season!

Weekend in Alabama

This past weekend several friends and I took a road trip down to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to visit a friend that goes to school at the University of Alabama. The drive down took around 5 ½ hours, and we arrived just in time for a night out in Alabama’s premier college town. Later in the weekend, we were able to see a concert at a local venue that featured Corey Smith, a popular folk/country artist amongst college students throughout the southeast. The weekend was a blast, and it was good to reunite with old friends for awhile; I’m definitely looking forward to making the trip again sometime in the future.