You can read part 1 of my story here. The night after we went to the lake, I spent the night at Lynne's house and we watched The Bachelorette — I'm totally hooked on this season, by the way! We had a nice, relaxing night, which was a great way to end the trip. The next morning I stopped by Lynne's work to say goodbye and then drove to Front Royal, about 2.5 hours north. When I got there, I got Izzie all situated, and Torrie (my aunt) and I decided to go to lunch and run some errands. As we were leaving her road, we saw a UPS truck. I had decided to have my new phone sent to Torrie's house so I could have it before I drove back to New York, so we turned around and followed the UPS truck. He drove straight to her house, where I met him and he handed me my new phone. It was quite exciting! We had some lovely Mexican food for lunch. I love Mexican food, and there isn't any good Mexican food here, but this place was delicious. When Torrie went to pay, she realized she'd left her wallet at the house, so we went back home. We hung out with the dogs a little and did some things around her house. Then we left again to go to Target and get pedicures. After that, we decided to spend some time at the house with the dogs. Torrie and I talked about our weight-loss journeys; she had just started going for runs and walks every night. So we decided to take the dogs and the wine we had bought at Target. My uncle and she live on five acres of land right on a river, so it's perfect for the dogs to run around. We ran and walked for 30 minutes, and it felt really good! We ran by the river, in the water, and it was a great bonding experience. We set up some little chairs right by the river and even lit some tiki torches. My uncle came out and we just hung out and drank quite a bit. I was in the middle of a super interesting story when I heard a super loud crack! I jumped up out of my chair and so did my uncle. I looked behind me and a huge tree log had fallen from the tree. It landed five feet from where we were sitting and two feet from the cars. Somehow it didn't hit us, the cars, or the dogs! When I turned around, Torrie was still sitting in her chair; apparently my story was so interesting she didn't really react to the huge cracking sound. I looked for my uncle and he was in a ball about 20 feet away from us. I just started laughing and asked how he got there so quickly. He said he thought the whole tree was falling and just ran while looking back at the tree and tripped over a rock! He was fine, and we were just lucky that all of us and the dogs were okay. I left pretty early the next day to head back to NY. I had so much fun in VA, but I wish I had stayed longer — the time went by so fast and I feel like I spent most of it in the car. I can't wait to go back. I'm going back in three weeks when my uncle turns 40. They're having a huge party with a band by the river, but they're making sure all the dead tree limbs are gone first. Y'all read about my trip there — it took forever, but I made it safe and sound. I got into Lynchburg around 5:30 p.m. and raced to my sister's house. Basically I dropped Izzie off, said a quick hello to friends from Canada, and then bolted because I had dinner plans at 5:30 p.m. I was a little late but met Laurel at Buffalo Wild Wings, where I finally satisfied my recent craving for fried pickles. I'm not sure what that was about or where it came from. After that I went home and went to bed; I was exhausted from my drive. Lynne came home from her rehearsal dinner and we hung out for a little bit before I called it a night. The next day Lynne and I went to see my grandma, who had just had shoulder surgery, and it was good to see her. After that we went shopping, which was amazing. We took a little too long shopping, and when we got home we had an hour to get ready for the wedding. You know an hour is not long enough to get ready! Lynne only has one shower, so I opted to wash my hair in the sink — a girl has to do what a girl has to do. We managed to get there in time, by the grace of God, because I'm not sure how we did. The wedding was beautiful; just look at the pictures. Megan and Daniel are a great couple and they have an awesome relationship. The next day Justin, my brother-in-law, was working at the lake, and Lynne, some friends, and I drove out there to hang out. Another friend—are you following?—had gotten a boat with his parents and invited us to go tubing. Uhm, heck yeah (not the tubing part). We hung out on the boat, and Lynne was a beast out there on the tube; the driver definitely didn't hold back because she was a girl. It was all fun and games until we hit a tidal wave that struck my bag, which was canvas and not quite waterproof. There was a lot of water, and for some stupid reason I had brought my phone on the boat; I'm not sure why, because I didn't use it or need it.