Music.

I don't know where to begin. I don't think there is even a word to describe that night. I left that concert with my voice raspy from singing along, my legs tired from dancing, my ears pounding from the loud music. My hair and clothes smelled like smoke. My feet hurt. But none of that mattered because I had just spent 3 hours with the people I love the most at an amazing concert. I felt like I had just gone through some kind of rite of passage: my first "real" concert. At the very beginning of the show, the lead singer drawled into his microphone, "I feel like gettin' drunk tonight. I hope there aren't any children in the audience." As he and the other band members toasted each other (it was the last show of their tour), I thought, "I'm not a kid anymore! I'm at a concert where I'm considered an adult!" It was the perfect way to end my summer.

Agua.

Nature.

Bushkill Falls is like a different world. After walking through the taxidermy museum's exit, we suddenly found ourselves in a place like something you associate with Peter Pan and Never, Never Land. The wooden stairs and walkways make the whole place seem like a giant treehouse inhabited by the Lost Boys. When you're in a forest that thick, everything is calmer, cooler, and greener. The air was so fresh and clean. The Falls themselves created this relaxing white noise (that also made it very difficult to carry on a conversation), which pushed all other thoughts from my mind. If I could build a house in those woods, I would. Without a doubt. The picture above is from the Delaware Valley Lookout that we hiked up to. The view was worth the 300 stairs we had to climb.

After eating lunch, we drove over to the Delaware Water Gap, specifically Turtle Beach. We shared a short stretch of sand (or sandy dirt) with 6 other people. The sun was out. The water was cold. My friends and I laughed. It was perfection.

P.S. GO SEE INCEPTION. RIGHT NOW.