Trip:43 Nights: 144-147 Back in 2020, I met somebody in a Meerkat camper at a campground and we became friends. And now I get invited to her annual Meerkat camper rally, which is always a lot of fun. This year, they met at Black Rock Mountain State Park in North Georgia, which is also about 2 hours from my mother. So of course we went this year,...

Trip: 42 Nights: 140-143 What better place for the unofficial start of summer than the beach? We left after work on Thursday, as it's only a 2-hour drive, so we can beat the Friday traffic and get an extra night of camping. When I made the reservation last fall our site was the only W/E site available this weekend. I was a little concerned that...

Watershed started rocking Columbus in the late 80s. They never hit the record contract home run*, but it's not for lack of trying, and certainly not for lack of deserving it. I can think of no other band that I'm familiar with that "should of hit it big" more than Watershed. So I was thrilled when they announced a new full-length album recently. I...

Trip: 41 Nights: 138-139 The 2024 camping season is off to a great start. We spent the weekend at Cave Mountain Lake campground in the Jefferson National Forest. It's our 3rd trip there. No hookups and large, private campsites with no cell service at all. There are restrooms and showers available. Friday night was clear and cool, with a low in the...

On Tuesday Facebook reminded me that Buddy Guy was playing locally Wednesday evening. My wife had to work early Thursday AM so she was not interested in attending. So I went alone. Buddy Guy was freaking amazing. The dude turns 87 in July and he still shreds. It was my first time at the Carpenter Theater in Richmond. It's a very cozy 1800 seat theater...

This article about a 50 year old GE radio that still works isn't really about the radio. It's not even about the fact that nothing we use today will still be functional in 25 years, let alone 50. It's about how a piece of technology can connect across 3 generations of a family that used that radio to listen to baseball or get the early morning school...