by Mia shelton<\/p>\n
Cheers to the first weekend of fall!\u00a0 Many are eager for the season of crunchy leaves, pretty trees, and pumpkin seeds.\u00a0 Take in the crisp autumn air and enjoy some time around campus.\u00a0 School has settled in nicely and routines are in place.\u00a0 Freedom fills the air, but not this weekend- parents are comin\u2019 to town!<\/span><\/p>\n Enjoy the first weekend of fall with your dearly missed parents this family weekend!\u00a0 While the school has planned some activities for you and loved ones, venture off campus to give your family the <\/span>true <\/span><\/i>Salem experience.\u00a0 Here are a few local spots around Salem to spend quality time with your family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For museum lovers, there are a few options to venture.\u00a0 On East Main Street, there is the Salem Museum, just within walking distance.\u00a0 Every Saturday, from 10 AM to 4 PM, visitors can partake in Hands-On-History.\u00a0 The museum will let visitors hold Salem artifacts while learning the history of the town.\u00a0 After touchin\u2019 some old bones, venture down to the City of Roanoke and visit the Taubman Museum of Art.\u00a0 On Saturday, they are offering \u201cPaint Your Pet Home Kits\u201d from 10 AM to 5 PM.\u00a0 You can register on their website, under the \u201cHappenings\u201d tab.\u00a0 Each kit includes a 16×24 canvas, paints, paintbrushes, step by step instructions, and a printed reference picture.\u00a0 When you arrive to the museum for your registered time, pick up your kit at the front desk!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If your family has an outdoor buff, Salem is the place to be!\u00a0 There are plenty of hiking trails around Salem and Roanoke. Catawba Mountain, Four George Trail, Dragon\u2019s Tooth, and McAfee Knob are all common ones nearby.\u00a0 Enjoy quality family time and beautiful fall weather on a glorious hike.\u00a0 Take pictures or have a picnic.\u00a0 Traveling down West Main Street, turn into Dixie Caverns and enjoy the underground terrain.\u00a0 Stop in the gift shop and buy yourself a memento, you deserve it!<\/span><\/p>\n Enjoy family weekend and all that comes with it; hug your loved ones extra tight and celebrate everyone there in the moment.\u00a0 Adventure through Salem and learn something new. Have a great Family Weekend!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Mia shelton Cheers to the first weekend of fall!\u00a0 Many are eager for the season of crunchy leaves, pretty trees, and pumpkin seeds.\u00a0 Take in the crisp autumn air and enjoy some time around campus.\u00a0 School has settled in nicely and routines are in place.\u00a0 Freedom fills the air, but not this weekend- parents…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-wellness","category-lifestyle","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}