Welcome to Fall, 2011

Back in the saddle and it’s been a busy summer… Daniel and Holli moved, Nan and I took an awesome vacation in the Smokies, and I spent a good portion of the summer in Omaha. So today was the last summer.  The Autumnal Equinox occurs at 0904 UTC (about 4:04AM Central) on Friday September 23rd.  … Read more

Web Page stuff

I think I got the move from Netfirms to Hurricane Electric complete.  The mobile side of things works as does the web browser.  The move was a lot less painful than I expected.  If you notice any weirdness let me know.

Cades Cove

On Tuesday we went to Cades Cove, a small valley within the Great Smokey Mountain National Park.  This area was first settled in 1818 by the John Oliver family.  By the time of the Civil War rolled around there were about 685 people here among about 120 families.  The settlers established the Primitive Baptist Church … Read more

MiFi Trial Review

Well I thought I’d write about this… We thought we had wifi so we could post here while we were in the cabin. Well we were less than impressed that there wasn’t internet available so we went to the realty and rented a MiFi… MiFi is a service available from Verizon that is basically a … Read more

Gatlinburg, Tennessee Vacation

Today was our first full day here.  We drove up Friday, left late so we stopped for the night in Fort Payne, Alabama, home of the country band Alabama.  We went to the fan club and museum and then resumed our way towards Gatlinburg. When we get to Pigeon Forge, we had to find our … Read more