Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Hokie Bucket List Update





With my final semester drawing to a close, it's time to revisit the Hokie Bucket List. Due to the weather, the hiking-related items on my list will probably no be completed. However I have been working on a few others!


  • Go to the Blacksburg Farmers' Market✔
  • Use the Pamplin Tunnel ✔
  • Use the stepping stones across the Duck Pond ✔
  • See the koi fish at the Hahn Horticulture Gardens ✔
  • Find all 13 Gargoyles ✔
  • Swim a consecutive mile (36 laps) in the McComas pool 
  • Go to a Burnt Creative event ✔ 
  • Eat at every establishment at Turner Place:
        ♦ Atomic Pizza✔
        ♦ 1872 Fire Grill
        ♦ Q'doba
        ♦ Origami
        ♦ Dolci e CafĂ© ✔
        ♦ Jamba Juice✔
        ♦ Bruegge's Bagels ✔
        ♦ Soup Garden ✔


  • Hike the Cascades ✔
  • Hike the Cascades when it's frozen 
  • Hike Dragon's Tooth
  • Hike McAfee Knob
  • Eat at Gillie's✔
  • Eat at Sharkey's
  • Eat at The River Mill
  • Eat at Castle's Kettle and Pub ✔
  • Eat at The Underground
  • Eat at Rita's ✔
  • Eat at Cookout ✔
  • Get a photo in front of the lit campus Christmas Tree
  • Ride every bus route:
        ♦ CRC ✔
        ♦ Hethwood A &B  ✔
        ♦ Hokie Express ✔
        ♦ North Main
        ♦ South Main
        ♦ Patrick Henry
        ♦ Tom's Creek ✔
        ♦ Progress Street ✔
        ♦ Two Town Trolley ✔
        ♦ University City Boulevard ✔
        ♦ University Mall Shuttle ✔

  • Visit Mosaic and buy some yarn ✔
  • Visit the New River ✔
  • Make a snow angel on the Drillfield
  • Go into Lane Stadium when it is completely empty ✔
  • Go to a Hokies football game at night ✔
  • Sit in the student section at a football game ✔ 
  • Graduate
**BONUS: Grad School** 

There are only a few weeks left, so hopefully I can manage to finish the doable items on the list. I really can't believe that my time at Virginia Tech is almost over. I truly love it here and, if I could, I would be a student for the rest of my life. However, it is time to start a new chapter that I am sure will be equally if not more exciting than college. I am terrified, but I am ready to check off that last item on the bucket list :)