PSU Love :)

We took Adam to Penn State on Friday. It was quite the caravan :) Alyssa and I drove in my car, Kurt drove Adam's beetle and Adam rode his motorcycle. Fortunately, the rain held off until Adam got to State College. We hit sooo much construction on our way, it was ridiculous! We left at 9 am and should have gotten there by about 11:45. We never arrived until after 12:30 :(

This was just one of the construction spots on I-80:

And this was how fast (!!) I was going:

And there was Kurt tagging on behind:

Kurt, Alyssa and I went directly to Matt and Karlyn's when we got to State College and waited out the rain that had started about an hour earlier. Karlyn was sweet enough to feed us lunch. And dessert, too....those carmelitas were delicious!! Since Adam got there before us, he went right to pick up his parking permit, register his motorcycle and pick up his key. Once the rain subsided, we met him on campus at his dorm. His buddy Richard, was with him and helped us carry Adam's belongings in (which I might add fit nicely in the back of my car without even needing the carrier on top...how different than when we moved Alyssa up there her first year...LOL!! Plus we only needed to make one trip up to his dorm!)

Adam and Richard:

Adam's dorm hall. There are 8 floors and he's on the top. The top two floors are devoted to engineering students:

Our two Penn Staters:

His door:

Adam's view out his window:

Just moving in:

Alyssa setting everything up for her brother. Don't know how he would have done it without her :)

I think he'll be using that bookshelf to put his head, so the rest of his body fits on the bed :)

Alyssa even color coordinated his t-shirts! Thank goodness :)

He's at the end of the hallway. Literally.

Darn. We didn't make it to the Creamery :(

The good news is this is what is directly across from his room. The bad news is this is what is directly across from his room:

As of about noon today, his roommate had not arrived yet, so we didn't get a chance to meet him. Alyssa briefly spoke with Adam tonight and he had arrived sometime this afternoon. It doesn't seem like they'll have much in common, so it'll be interesting to see how it all works out.

He has three different modes of transportation....his car, his motorcycle and his bicycle. He found out on arrival that he could register his motorcycle for free and park it right by his dorm. His car is parked in a lot out beyond the football stadium and that was NOT free :( There's no charge for bike space, but it must be registered. So I think he's set as far as getting around campus and State College goes!

I'm having a tough time adjusting to him being gone. I think I've called him a couple of times each day :) It's just odd having him there and Alyssa here! Hopefully he has as good of an experience as she did :)