The responses to our request for assistance in naming the monkey have been overwhelming. We have received some really creative input through comments and messages on this blog as well as e-mails and a tremendous amount of verbal input, both in person and over the phone. Lynne and I have had a blast receiving all of you inputs. Naming the monkey was an extremely challenging task for us based on the creativity of submissions. I know you may be anxious to see what our monkey’s names is, but we are going to force you to read the entire post in [View Full Entry]

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Let's begin this post with a few lines from one of David Bowie's more popular hit's "Space Oddity" Sing Along if you know it: Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may gods love be with you Today’s update is a special update for Lynne and me. We have begun our official one month countdown. It is hard to believe that in 31 sort days, we will begin our Round The World (RTW) tour and will be [View Full Entry]

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Effective tonight, Lynne and I are officially locked and loaded on the first two legs of our Round The World (RTW) journey. WOW—what a rush. We have officially booked our flight from JFK Airport to Reykjavik, Iceland. We will depart on the 6th of June and arrive in the early morning of the 7th. We will stay in Iceland until the 20th of June and head to London, England. We will tentatively plan on spending two months in Europe with no set agenda. We are still compiling our list of places we desire to visit in Europe, but will spend a [View Full Entry]

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Well folks, Lynne and I have been back in the Good Ole US of A for just a brief period of time now and we both have a feeling of peace we have never experienced before. It’s almost magical. We are spending some time with Lynne’s sister, Anna, and brother-in-law, Larry on a mountaintop in Tennessee. It is really beautiful up here. Green Trees—yes, I said Green Trees. And get this—they are everywhere. It’s good not to have to look at desert all day long. No, I take that back. It is freaking awesome not to have to look at desert [View Full Entry]

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Day 3 - Pancakes downstairs at the Comfort Inn. We found out the Madisonville Library is closed on Mondays and decided to visit the cemeteries. Big Creek Cemetery - Will all the Breedens please stand! (Oops!). No Breedens but found Joseph Divine! Headstone tells about his capture and murder at the end of the Civil War. He had 2 children by Bettie Raper while married to Nancy Hicks. Nancy and Bettie were cousins. I'm sure his murder was related to the war and not his extra-curricular activities. Stopped at Tellico Plains museum & gift shop. Off to Rafter to visit Mt. [View Full Entry]

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