Sunday night was a treat for me. The plan was to chat with Mikey and Heather on webcam, but Yahoo Messenger seemed to be having problems so we consoled ourselves with a phone conversation. It would have been fun to … Continue reading
Last week, Cindy flew to Maggie Valley to spend a week with her friend Rebecca and look in on the progress of our Sheepback Mountain Cabin. It’s difficult not to get excited when you see the street sign for the … Continue reading
This week’s issue of Time Magazine has a small article about how the ongoing exodus of residents from Florida has resulted in the first negative net loss in state population in over 6 decades. “…between 2008 and 2009…Florida as a … Continue reading
Well, not really, more like “See you later.” Tomorrow morning our friend Rebecca and her mom will be leaving Orlando and moving to Waynesville, NC. The movers came this morning and picked up all their furniture and belongings. Earlier this … Continue reading
Last week while I was home for a few days, Cindy and I followed the next step in “The North Carolina Project” and did some car trading. We knew, from painful experience, that we will need a 4WD vehicle to … Continue reading
Cindy and I are finding it very difficult to balance what we want in our cabin with what we feel we can realistically afford. It would be easy if we were getting some of those AIG bonuses for ruining the … Continue reading
I was driving back to the office from lunch yesterday when I pulled up behind a car at a stop light. The familiar puzzle pieces design immediately caught my eye as I realized I was looking at the first Autism … Continue reading
Above is my favorite of the 2 dozen or so photos I took of Lake Junaluska during our camping trip in North Carolina a few weeks ago. Click on the photo to see a larger version. Thank you for subscribing … Continue reading
As promised, I’ve uploaded photos of our visit to our property on Sheepback Mountain and our wonderful visit to The Gathering Place B & B in Maggie Valley courtesy of hostess Laura. You can check them out by clicking here … Continue reading
I meant to post this earlier last week when we were in North Carolina. We stopped into The Chocolate Bear, a gourmet chocolate shoppe on Main Street in Waynesville, and were surprised to see that the sister of our friend … Continue reading
As promised in this post, here are some photos of our new “Taj Mahal of Tents” that we camped in while on vacation in North Carolina. Not shown in these photos is that the tent has a cool built-in light … Continue reading
Friday we drove to Maggie Valley with Cindy’s parents to meet Art at Joey’s Pancake House. Joey’s is only open for breakfast, from 7am to noon, and is ALWAYS packed. When we had driven by on Wednesday morning at 9am … Continue reading
Thursday afternoon our tires arrived and we drove into Waynesville to have them put on the truck and then made our way to Blue Ridge Books & News, which you can read about here. Cindy’s mom and dad had made … Continue reading
I’m writing this on Friday, October 17th while sitting in the West Carolina Internet Cafe in Dillsboro, NC and using their free (if you bring your own laptop) Wi-Fi. I chose WCIF because they also offer printing and faxing services … Continue reading
I’m writing this on Thursday, October 16th while sitting in the Blue Ridge Books & News in Waynesville, NC and using their free Wi-Fi. Waynesville is about halfway between Moonshine Creek Campground in Sylva (really Balsam, though) where we are … Continue reading
Here’s a photo taken on our property from where our cabin will be built. Cindy has bestowed the title of “The Enchanted Forest” on our small piece of Sheepback Mountain in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Thank you for subscribing to … Continue reading
Thursday we drove by Cold Mountain on the way to the Pisgah Inn, a beautiful lodge and restaurant at the base of Mount Pisgah, for lunch. We were able to get a table by the large window that looks out … Continue reading
After a day of driving, we had planned to spend Monday relaxing around the campsite, but a camping stove that refused to work (resulting in granola bars for breakfast) necessitated a trip into nearby Waynesville to replace said stove. I … Continue reading
Well, I have some catching up to do, don’t I? I flew into OIA on Friday, May 2nd and Cindy picked me up from the airport around 4:30pm. We stopped to get some salads to go from Chili’s and then … Continue reading
Well, we are now the proud owners (along with the bank, lol) of a piece of North Carolina property. At 3:30 this afternoon the attorney in NC completed the closing process and at approximately 4pm, after a short walk across … Continue reading
