I’ve been meaning to write a post about Walk’s Auto Service Center in State College PA for quite a while. Here is the story of my first experience with the fine folks at Walk’s. First, some background for the story.
During the summer of 2005, while I was living in Montgomery County (PA), my car elected [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘State College’
November 15, 2009
Walk’s Auto Service Center
October 19, 2009
A Tough Time for Trees
All the ice and snow last Thursday and Friday resulted in some major damage to trees. The storm produced the earliest recorded accumulating snowfall in Centre County. Most deciduous trees still have the vast majority of their foliage, and that foliage provided more surface area for ice and snow to reside.
Leaning trees were everywhere. Small [...]
September 19, 2009
An Alma Mater Showdown
This afternoon two universities that gave me pieces of parchment with foil on them played football. It was an alma mater showdown. My first allegiance is to Temple University because I earned my undergrad degree there. So I went to a very blue and white Beaver Stadium wearing cherry and white.
The weather was amazing. Sun [...]
September 7, 2009
A Labor Day Hike at Shingletown Gap
When my alarm went off this morning I shut it off (while taunting it: You have no authority this morning) and rolled over. The day was unplanned, though I figured I would either go golfing, hiking, or biking in the afternoon. I spent the morning working on statistics homework and a few other projects. When [...]
August 18, 2009
The 2009 NY-Penn League All-Star Game
When I saw the NY-Penn League All-Star Game was going to be in State College this year I thought it sounded like an event I wanted to be at. I made a mental note of the date.
Today I finally finished the first round of root plating (hurray!) around 6:00pm. With the initial plating finished I [...]
