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Our new house




Dock

Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

After a long search, Lara and I finally found a lakeside place here in Knoxville. We’ve made an offer that was accepted, and we’re scheduled to close Aug. 27. We’re excited, and it’s a really cool place. It’s on a deep water cove on Fort Loudon Lake west of Knoxville, and the house seller is the architect who designed it. Best of all, it has a dock and plenty of privacy even though it sits on only 1 acre.

This year’s Christmas party is going to be a hoot …

This photo is a crappy MLS aerial picture of the dock. The house is up a fairly steep, wooded hill. More photos here on my Flickr page.

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Assorted Bob

Hop into the fast lane …

Don’t ask me how, but I ended up with four tickets to the NASCAR race at Bristol in August. I’ve put them on E-Bay, and you can bid on them here.

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Aspen solitude




aspens.jpg

Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

Business travel normally sucks, but last week we held a retreat in Utah, not far from Park City. It was a great trip and gave me a chance to tromp around in the mountains a bit. I’d forgotten how completely, utterly sublime a stand of swaying aspens can be. I tried to capture them with my camera but had only limited success. I uploaded photos of the aspens and our pontoon excursion at Jordanelle State Park here on my Flickr account..

We could smell forest fires that are raging in central Utah while we were there. The smoke and ash added drama to the sky at sunset, but we didn’t see any flames firsthand.

As a perfect close to the trip, I managed to snag first-class upgrades on my flights home. Both flew on time. Sometimes the travel gods smile upon me …