Post Meatfest

I don't know if I like the way that sounds...Meatfest, but I don't know if there's a better title for a festival celebrating the charring and eating of meat. It happens every Memorial Day weekend and it is wonderful. This year was made even more so when the roster was bolstered with new friends, Missy, Bob, Barry, Jenni and Kaylea. All wonderfully wicked senses of humor and fantastic stories. I just realized this is the "brightest" post in quite a while, I'm sure that'll be over soon. Work began on Tuesday and now by Wednesday it feels like Thursday. I know you're asking yourself "What the hell does Thursday feel like?" Closer to the weekend that's what! The week's been good this far so I'm outta here before I jinx it.

An afternoon drive

I started out today for a short drive to clear my head, I ended up in the Twilight Zone. I started in Sweetwater (don't ask why) and decided to drive by the Lost Sea and head back to Knoxville via Hwy.411. When I got to Madisonville the road to the Cherohala looked empty and I thought what the hell let's try it. It's usually a hell of motorcycle riders. I never thought about how long it would take to drive. By the time I got to Robinsville NC it was dark and I had to drive "The Dragon" in the dark. With only my headlights the entire curvy hell looked the same, and after a while I began to think I was driving the same two curves over and over and over again. The next mistake I made was thinking that the Foothills Parkway would be shorter than Hwy 129, DUH! Long dark and empty, both the Dragon and the Parkway. Pictures are up on the Flickr and maybe when I've some sleep I'll write some more.

...and the days roll on...

The days seem to speed by, and camping is this weekend! Supplies and plans that my week outside work.

More than a month has gone by since I "wrote" anything here. I could blame the end of winter for some sort of general malaise, for me feeling "half a bubble off plumb" or any number of things, but the truth is I haven't felt as though there was anything to write about. It feels a little like an eddy in the stream of things, not much movement on any front and really who wants to read another post like that? Things change, and this looks to be a busy month, get togethers (is that really a word?) with friends, camping, maybe even a little travel.

Speaking of travel I have to admit a bit of the wanderlust. No where specific except maybe West. I used to travel quite a bit, and a lot of it was by myself. It seems that time for ones' self has a cleansing effect for me. Maybe I'm just imagining that but I do miss it. Alone or with friends I want to do it more.

Snow on the Mountain

Went up to the mountains today, really cool little trip. It went from early Spring to Late November in a matter of miles. The change wasn't just in temperature, the light changed, and even the mood. It actually looked like snow might fall again this evening up there.

Please warm up

I've been looking at camping books, web sites, asking other people about where they go, and any type of other research I can in prep for the coming Spring and Summer. I so want to do a little wilderness exploring, if you can call front country camping "wilderness" exploring. I think I'm even making a trip to the Coleman outlet today.

Bindi...

...it might be all but is it enough? According to Mindtree (an Indian company) it might be more than enough. Mindtree's analog integrated circuit is featured in the photo.