The ability to adapt and overcome in a difficult situation. To be able to face adversity and come out unscathed. Those are kind of sarcastic definitions for my job. I started this latest two week journey working in a tunnel 730 feet underground in the coalfields.
The two weeks ended 76 feet above a warehouse floor on the Chesapeake Bay.
I was actually only in the coalfields for a day and a half. The last ten days I was staying in a Best Western on Virginia Beach and working a startup on Chesapeake Bay.
I’ve never been one to stay in one place to long. A few years here and a few years there but I always seem to find my way back to the mountains no matter how far I drift, staying only a little while and then heading again to parts unknown. The last time I lived here and left I ended up in Dallas, Texas. This trip to the coast has really got the wandering blood flowing. It felt good to be out of the mountains and back into the fast paced industrial environment. I can only take the fast paced world in moderation though. Eventually I’ll have to escape to the peace and quiet of the mountains. But for now it has got me thinking.
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On another note…
Today is the 32nd anniversary of the wreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, November 10, 1975. Remembering the 29 who lost their lives.
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November 11th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Great photos Denny. Some people are adventures, I guess I’m more of a home-body, and miss where my roots are after a week on the road. You seem to thrive on change.
I saw your comment regarding Pooh Bear. So simple - yet so true.
Good to see you are well. Take care!
Eric “Speedcat”
November 11th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Hey Speedcat… good to “see” you. I do thrive on change. My mom used to say that she would know I was home only when she saw me pull in the driveway. I like seeing new places, being involved in new endeavors and meeting new people and because of that you can see my circle of friends from space. It’s the big blue and green circle…
November 12th, 2007 at 1:51 am
I.m looking at the photos you captured of the beach and the sunrise or set???? And one word comes to mind…..ENVY..
But God bless you you deserve some OTHER beauty besides that of the like of good old Bolt Mountain…glad you back for a spell….I start to miss you my friend!
November 12th, 2007 at 2:41 am
Morgan… thank you. It did feel good getting out of the mountains for a bit.
November 12th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Beautiful pictures as usual.
It’s funny, usually I hear a lot about the Edmund Fitzgerald around the anniversary, being that I live in Michigan. I didn’t hear a lot this year.
November 12th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Thanx Kristine…
Since I lived in northern Ohio for a few years I used to hear about the wreck a lot too around the anniversary. Not any more though…