Archive for April, 2006

Family Fun Day to Grandfather Mountain

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Since we all had off from school and work, we decided to take a family day trip to Grandfather Mountain, which is in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Boone, NC. Grandfather Mt. is privately owned by Mr. Hugh Morton, and is a great regional attraction. You can hike up several trails (which […]

Running on Empty

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

I must give credit to my friend and collegue, Jim Zangmeister, for this insightful word picture.
Imagine that you are driving across the country, at top speed, and you have little time for error. As you speed across the interstate, you notice that your gas gauge is getting lower and lower, approaching the dreaded “E” […]