Blessings in a Simple Life
*You Know you are from Boone when....*
...you check Ray's Snowman-O-Meter religiously during the winter months.
....you do not believe in weather forecasting.
....you wonder where the Watauga County Public School System came upwith some of those "snow days."
....you predict every new/renovated building will become a bank (with surprising accuracy).
....most directions include a reference to the "Wendy's intersection."
....you no longer marvel at the incredible two-story Wendy's.
....you make bets on whether the crawling vehicle in front of your car is a Floridian (or "Floridiot").
....you look forward to the first fireflies. (Firefly Capital of theWorld, that's us!)
....like it or not, the Wooly Worm Festival IS a big deal.
....you go to "the beach" and drive around unconsciously looking for the mountains in the horizon.
....you have given up hope of ever finding the next book in the seriesat the Watauga County Public Library.
....you repeatedly bemoan the absence of a Target.
....you refer to the Boone "Mall" with quotation marks.
....you have eaten dozens of pre-movie meals at Dos Amigos.
....you cannot go to Wal-Mart without running into at least one personyou know.
....you know exactly who I'm referring to when I mention "the bearded guy on King Street."
....you got all excited over ASU's double championship, even if you know nothing about college football.
....you consider the misinformed pronunciation "App-a-lay-shun"something bordering on profanity. (It's Appa-LATCH-an ya'll!)
....you dare that Verizon "Can you hear me now?" guy to try his littlereception trick in the mountains.
....you ditch the jackets when it's over 45 degrees at the slopes.
....you frequently use the term "going off the mountain" to refer to day-trips.
....you go to Tweetsie Railroad for the best Fourth of July fireworksevery year.
....you rejoiced at the demolition of the Chalet.
....every winter rain strengthens your belief in global warming.
....you know someone who has had a bear in their backyard.
....you have tossed peanuts to the bears at Grandfather Mountain.
....you have spun a car around in an icy parking lot just for the fun of it.
....Macado's is your staple fallback restaurant (particularly late at night).
....you consider your town an insignificant little place, but everyone,everywhere you go, seems to have heard of it.
Thank you, Toby! I loved this! (I took this picture with my phone on my way home last night. It is of Stoney Fork Valley, the valley in which I live.)
...you check Ray's Snowman-O-Meter religiously during the winter months.
....you do not believe in weather forecasting.
....you wonder where the Watauga County Public School System came upwith some of those "snow days."
....you predict every new/renovated building will become a bank (with surprising accuracy).
....most directions include a reference to the "Wendy's intersection."
....you no longer marvel at the incredible two-story Wendy's.
....you make bets on whether the crawling vehicle in front of your car is a Floridian (or "Floridiot").
....you look forward to the first fireflies. (Firefly Capital of theWorld, that's us!)
....like it or not, the Wooly Worm Festival IS a big deal.
....you go to "the beach" and drive around unconsciously looking for the mountains in the horizon.
....you have given up hope of ever finding the next book in the seriesat the Watauga County Public Library.
....you repeatedly bemoan the absence of a Target.
....you refer to the Boone "Mall" with quotation marks.
....you have eaten dozens of pre-movie meals at Dos Amigos.
....you cannot go to Wal-Mart without running into at least one personyou know.
....you know exactly who I'm referring to when I mention "the bearded guy on King Street."
....you got all excited over ASU's double championship, even if you know nothing about college football.
....you consider the misinformed pronunciation "App-a-lay-shun"something bordering on profanity. (It's Appa-LATCH-an ya'll!)
....you dare that Verizon "Can you hear me now?" guy to try his littlereception trick in the mountains.
....you ditch the jackets when it's over 45 degrees at the slopes.
....you frequently use the term "going off the mountain" to refer to day-trips.
....you go to Tweetsie Railroad for the best Fourth of July fireworksevery year.
....you rejoiced at the demolition of the Chalet.
....every winter rain strengthens your belief in global warming.
....you know someone who has had a bear in their backyard.
....you have tossed peanuts to the bears at Grandfather Mountain.
....you have spun a car around in an icy parking lot just for the fun of it.
....Macado's is your staple fallback restaurant (particularly late at night).
....you consider your town an insignificant little place, but everyone,everywhere you go, seems to have heard of it.
Thank you, Toby! I loved this! (I took this picture with my phone on my way home last night. It is of Stoney Fork Valley, the valley in which I live.)
