Penn State Day- Our Hike Up Mt. Nittany!

Saturday by far was one of the most memorable days I had at Penn State so far. I managed to get a group of my friends together (Lauren, Paul, Sean, Lou, CJ, and Omar) to finally climb Mount Nittany. We got a late start because we waited for Sean to get done work, but it was surprisingly easy to locate. We parked the car and started up the mountain. I was immediately worried because I did not anticipate it being that steep. We were all complaining after the first twenty minutes or so, but the ground finally evened out.
We stopped at a few places, our favorite was a bunch of rocks with a great view (of the Nittany Mall, but a lovely view none the less). It had a handwritten sign that said "Mount Greg", which Sean decided to destroy, therefore renaming it "Mount Sean". We then made our way to the Water Outlook, which was highly disappointing given that there was no water to be seen anywhere and the view was of the jail down below. It was still really funny, because we were totally expecting beautiful waterfalls or something of the sort.
We decided to head back to Mount Greg (or Sean), since that seemed to be our favorite spot. We sat on the rocks for a while and had a photo-op when some other hikers passed. The boys were being so funny, I literally don't think that I stopped laughing for hours. My face and abs were hurting from laughing so hard. The weather was beautiful and we were listening to Jack Johnson on my ipod- pretty perfect if you ask me.
Traveling back down the mountain we all realized that we were starving and everyone was fighting over where to eat (the boys all wanted Burger King, which Lauren and I strongly opposed). I came up with the brilliant idea of the State College Diner, since it's apparently a Penn State tradition, yet I was the only one who had ever ate there (and only once!). Every one agreed that it would be a Penn State themed day, so off to the diner we were!
Michelle met us there, and the eight of us had to split into two tables. Once again the boys were being hilarious. And of course we ordered grilled stickies for desert!