OK... so while in Carolina I was hanging out with this precious wee'un Which was way cool.... The picture is me holding Robin, my Goddaughter, and first born child of my troublesome college-roomie Chuck and his excellent wife Holly (psst... here's their wedding pic ). You can check out a couple of pics of their humble home... complete with southern style pickup truck on the front lawn,

Of course... I also had to kick Chuck in the butt to get him working on his canoe again.

...and, since I was in the neighborhood, I went to make sure my friend Art was still climbing. We headed up to Pisgah National Forest and Looking Glass Rock with our other old friend Darrell to see if we still knew which end of the rope goes up.