Jan. 30, 2017

I made a video riding a berm at Country Park, but it’s a pain to upload to wordpress.

Great 4 days, road ride (Fri), 7 mile hike (Sat), 2 hours MTB (Sun) and 1.5 hour MTB today!

Jan. 29, 2017

Family day (sort of) We headed to Greensboro, Deb, Sam and doggo visited the dog park, Target and Panera while I got 2 hours on the mountain bike.

Jan. 28, 2017

Hike #5 of #52hikechallenge

We decided the nice weather and a free day meant we wanted a fun hike, so Clay, Kay and I headed towards the Great Channels near Abingdon, VA.

There was ice and snow on the way up….

but the top bathed in sun, and worth the trip even if you can’t climb the old fire tower.

But we came for the channels….

 

 

 

It was worth it, 30 plus foot openings, lots of slices to play in….

To say Hwy 80 is curvy…

on the way back we saw this waterfall on a creek that feeds into the North Fork of the Holston River.

 

Clay will do whatever it takes to get the picture!

Jan. 27, 2017

Sam and Kaylee ready for Winter Formal

Jan. 26, 2017

The PJ class work with the Asheboro PD for recruiting images.

Jan. 25, 2017

Multimedia class learns about motion and camera movement

Jan. 24, 2017

My new classroom/newsroom continues to come along.

Jan. 23, 2017

Students at work series. Eden and a child.

Jan. 22, 2017

Hike #4 of the #52hikechallenge. I returned to Raven Rock State Park to hike some of the other trails. The threat of rain, Sam’s homework and distance planned kept my family home, so Clay and Kay joined me.

We chose the Campbell Creek Loop Trail down to Lanier Falls.

 

The recent rains had the Cape Fear River really running.

 

A pleasant surprise, the creek side of the loop was open for the first time since Hurricane Matthew in October. What a beautiful walk in the woods! We skipped the rest 3 miles since it was starting to sprinkle and we had stayed dry for the last 5 miles.

Jan. 21, 2017

A great day of riding gravel and dirt around Uwharrie National Forest, 30 miles for total ride and less than 3 miles on asphalt  and didn’t repeat a mile of dirt from last week.

Then Clay and I compared camp equipment, my Svea 123 stove and Sigg Tourist pot versus Clay’s Evernew Ultra-Light Titanium stove and pot.

Playing with a couple of alcohol stoves and the Svea 123