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7g Summit: Bland County, Virginia

There's nothing better than trying to be creative in a place named Bland. Grant and Matt mustered up their courage and visited me at the old homestead on the weekend of August 9-11. (No comment.)

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Grant took a massive dump after driving for six hours in a car. (I thought I should clarify that it was a car, and not a horse drawn wagon. Thanks.)

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Matt, shortly after arriving in Bland County, is shocked by the fact that we indeed have electricity and running water.

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Matt plays Super Mario 2 in my room.

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Grant joins Matt, making it impossible for me to drag them out of the house for at least an hour. Jerks.

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Taking care of 7th grade business, Elvis style.

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Matt stubbornly maintained this position until we caved in and rented "The Boy Who Could Fly" just for him.

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Grant assaults an elementary school playground. Thankfully, there were no children present.

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Matt contemplates the Bland County Fair from above.

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With one simple expression, Grant sums up the Bland County Fair.

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BUTTS

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There's nothing like a McDonalds to make two kids from the suburbs feel at home in the middle of nowhere.

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Grant and I whisper sweet nothings to Ronald.

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