Blog Hops and Blog Hopping

I am sure that a few other bloggers have written about blog hops (which are usually a meme or giveaway) and blog hopping (which can be a meme, giveaway or just visiting blogs for fun.
I love entering weekly memes such as:

These are just a few of my faves. This is where I usually start hopping from one blog to another, learning neat things as I go, or finding a new blog to follow. I actually try to visit each blog, sometimes I can,sometimes I can't. But I enjoy it. Blog Hop Giveaways (such as this one coming up)

is a great way to enter contests, and visit other blogs participating in that giveaway hop. Now this Hop I have pictured here is one I signed up for, and greatly looking forward to. It drives traffic to blogs. COMMENTS are important in these hops. Well in my opinion, if you're taking the time to visit other blogs, then take the time to leave a comment! 
Another thing I love about blog hops is that you can make great friends. You can never have enough of those.
I spent most of this weekend blog hopping, hoping it would be recipricated, which would be nice. I have visited 128 blogs in two days-yes I kept track. That is alot of blogs and alot of time.To me that is how you support other bloggers.And we need that.