Greetings everyone! I made it to Arrowmont with no real problems. SNAG in Memphis wasn’t bad - I’ll write more on that later - but I’m glad to be here in Gatlinburg. Coming back to Arrowmont felt like home and I got a little choked up last night during the slide show. My last experience was so amazing that I hope this one will be half as good. Here are some highlights from the trip so far:
Rendezvous Bar-B-Que in Memphis is the best I’ve ever had (and not just because the bartender carded me). Dry rub ribs rock!
Graceland is much smaller than you can imagine. It’s really interesting to see how we, as a people, currently view wealth with size. Elvis had a lovely home, with lots of land, but the house was probably no larger than many homes today. It was very cool.
The Peabody was wonderful! I just loved those ducks! Aside from the ducks, the people were great and the rooms were really nice.
Sarah, Rhiannon and I got up at 5 a.m. yesterday to hit the road to Gatlinburg. The trip took a solid 8 hours. On the way, Sarah got a speeding ticket for doing 65 in a 45! The trip was nice with not too much traffic once we reached Pigeon Forge.
I’m so glad I got a private room! I’ll have pictures of everything on my Flickr account when I get back. It’s like a dorm room, but the bed is comfortable and I did get some sleep.
Well, that’s all to report so far. Today’s the first full day of class and I’ll be working on a new raised piece of fine silver which I’ll granulate next week when Doug Harling arrives. Hope all’s well where you are. It’s going to be a steamy 94 here today. Yikes!
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Great to hear from you yesterday and Burl really appreciated your phone call - he really liked his gifts and your card too which he opened after we got back yesterday. Sounds like you now know you made the right call on Arrowmont - go glad it’s going well.
No news today on For Better or Worse - it’s back to a storyline on April and her special needs girl friend. GRRRR!
Way to go Sarah on the driving - she must have gone to the Keck School of Driving!
June 18th, 2007
Let Sarah know that I can give her referrals to a couple lawyers…not all are willing to advise on out-of-state tickets
June 19th, 2007
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