Lost in Appalachia

OK, I'm not really lost but I am in Appalachia. Visiting family in Black Mountain, NC for a couple of nights before moving on to New Orleans for JazzFest. After that, I head back to Florida for a second shot at seeing Endeavour launch. It was delayed due to mechanical issues and won't launch until May 10th at the earliest.

By now you've figured out that I'm not highly skilled at keeping this blog updated. Perhaps you heeded my warning when I used the phrase "I'm not a big fan of blogs" in my tag line. Perhaps you did not. I could promise to be better at it in the future, but previous promises have proven fruitless so I will not bother. I'm updating it now, and that's all that matters.

After San Diego I spent three weeks in Dallas. Did a lot of nothing some of the time, and got some work done on my car, visited with friends and family, cut down a tree in my parents' yard, and went for some runs the rest of the time. Not many photos of most of that, but I do have some pictures from a weekend trip to Jack and Kelly Paadise's house on Lake Limestone. You can see them here.

Jack and Baby Joe

On Wednesday April 27th I hit the road with Jack Motherf@#$ing Paradise (TM) to drive to Florida to see the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134). We spent a few days there, Brett Bickel and Jason Rossi joined us on launch day, it was delayed a while, and you know the rest. Photos here.

As close as most will ever get. I got closer once, but that's a different story.

With some unexpected time on my hands, I followed Brett to Charleston, SC to hang there for a couple of nights before heading to Black Mountain. It was my first trip to Charleston, and I could definitely go back. Photos here.

Stopped by the Custom House on my tour of Chuck Town.

That's all for now. JazzFest is next, certainly with photos to follow.