What a gorgeous day, eh, Harrisonburg? I'm getting kind of peeved with the weird weather we've had for the past couple weeks: Beautiful day, angry clouds roll in, it rains its little butt off for 20 minutes, the clouds go away, and it's beautiful again... And muggy. It makes me feel very much at home. See, I'm from the Hampton Roads area and there was a small grassroots movement in recent history to have the regional advertising slogan set as "Welcome to Hampton Roads! Don't like the weather? Sorry, just give it 10 minutes and it will change." Needless to say, I feel at home here. it's supposed to be nice today and all weekend though. Guess who's going out to George Washington National Park today to soak in the awesome? *points to self* This girl.

In other news, we still have no comments and I still feel like I'm talking to a macbook instead of a handful of intelligent beings.

In other other news, I've learned about some awesome music festivals in the area over the past week and I feel obligated to make a little list of the places you should plan on going this Summer!

My Favorite is... drumroll...
All Good Music Festival
July 8-11
Masontown, WV (160 miles/3.5 hours)
Check out the website for more details!
$160

Others within 6 hour driving range of our dear valley...
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival
July 23-24, 30-31, August 13-14, September 4-5
Orkney Springs, VA (35 miles/50 minutes)
Website
$20-$45

Out Among The Stars Bluegrass Festival
July 1-4
Benton, PA (275 miles/5 hours)
Website
$80

Briggs Farm Blues Festival
July 9-10
Nescopeck, PA (275 miles/5 hours)
Website
$70

Pickin' In Parsons
August 5-7
Parsons, WV (100 miles/2.5 hours)
Website
$50

Underground Music Festival
July 9-11
Iselin, PA (250 miles/4.5 hours)
Website
$20

SunTrust Summer Jam
July 3
Massanutten, VA (15 miles/30 minutes)
Website
$15

FloydFest
July 22-25
Floyd, VA (150 miles, 3 hours)
Website
$60-$145

Wayside Bluegrass Festival
July 7-10
Stuart, VA (180 miles/3,5 hours)
Website
$75

Shoot, I could go on and on. I'll make this blog post an ever-changing one, so as I find out about festivals, I'll just add them to the list! If I've missed one that you're aware of, comment and let me know!!