Reversal on the weather

After lambasting the weather media maniacs yesterday am, the weather cleared and then turned worse and worse all day long. By the time we circled around to Lexington, NC, the sky was strange, thunder, lightning, and heavy rain prevalent, and we were looking for funnels. Apologies to the media and to Tom Mac inparticular. I'll try not say unkind things about them again. Tom, I don't have your e with me , so I hope you get this message. The restaurant in Portland, Or., is Jake's Crawfish House. You can't go wrong there. Getting back to Lexington, we just heard on the radio that they were named as NC's best town for food by the state legislature. They wanted to be named for the best bar b q, but neighboring areas blocked the vote for that title. We couldn't find an open place in town and ended up back by our campsite at a little place that was great. We leave for Denver, NC today, which is just south of Newton. The Veith's from Oak Ridge moved down here a few years ago and say it's just like Milton 30 years ago. Hopefully we'll be able to see them. We'll be there a couple of days and then move up west of Asheville to a town named Marion, which has a camp ground-driving range combo.