We have made it to Stop #5 of 6 and what remains is blogging a Football game and then hosting a Volleyball 🏐 match back home 🏡.
Here’s hoping everyone 🙏 has a Blessed Labor Day! Come Monday was the song that launched Jimmy Buffett’s career 50+ years ago when he song about the Labor Day weekend show…
The greatest story teller of my Lifetime has passed away at the Age of 76 – what a ride that JB took us on !!!!
20 Minutes to Kickoff !!!
There’s a chill in the Air on the Mountain Top here in Boone as we get set to host the Drexel Dragons 🐉@ 7pm.
A weekend of Field Hockey 🏑🏒 acting as a Sandwich to a Saturday chalk full of Carroll County High Volleyball 🏐!
Drexel played an aggressive defense throughout the 60 minutes and came away with a 3-0 victory in front of a large Student Appreciation 👏 Night Crowd in Boone.
The rosters for both squads after they were marked up with pronunciations.
Now that Friday night 🌙 is in the bo📚 its time to head up to Patrick Henry – Glade Springs for a CCHS jamboree on Saturday morning !
Mary Tyler Moore on the left and the Target Dog 🐕 on the right. Back at the gate awaiting the Toooooo early Flight ✈️ back to Charlotte. I hope the updates from the Talley and Harris family’s👪 were enjoyable.
Have yourself a Blessed Day !
The screen of tthe Computer 🖥 shows one of these photos 📷 on the National News as those of us stranded inside the Detroit Airport were all trying hard to map out an escape plan.
Every possible entry point to the Airport had been flooded, to the point that nobody could get in our out. Flights ✈️ were being canceled every few minutes and there was no hot food available anywhere.
At a time when it would have been oh so easy for any angry Mob to be formed there was a surprising calmness about those who had all been suddenly placed in an unfamiliar situation.
Folks chose to trade stories about why they had to reach Chicago, sooner than later. The gentleman in the Photo 📷 was his way to a Wedding 💒 where he is the Best Man for his childhood Friend.
We had a Bride 👰 to be trying to get to her Bachelorette party 🥳 where her friends and Bridesmaids were anxiousily awaiting. Some 40 something year old Men had tickets 🎟 to a Guns 🔫 and Roses 🌹 concert tonight inside Wrigley Field. The stories kept flowing with my direction and finally I was asked why I had to reach Chicago today? I informed them all that I had a very demanding Boss that wanted some Chicago Style Pizza 🍕 and I was his errand Boy.
I shared many stories about our efforts with Oneofus.Care and how I covered my very first Middle School 🏫 Cross Country meet last night 🌙 because the Youngsters deserved the attention. After 7 hours the first group of folks managed to boar a Delta flight ✈️ and we could all get to our destinations!
Bonus in that the tempature in the Windy City is a brisk 99 degrees
The moral to the story is that its easy to be kind when everything goes your way but if you can still lead with kindness when the deck is stacked against you then others just might follow.
During the extended down time we created a team for the Carroll County Golf ⛳ outing on the 17th that will challenge for last place on the day.
Time to track down a slice of Pizza 🍕 for the Boss now so I can fly back to Detroit and then to Greensboro !
Hoping for the Best for the residents of Detroit plus all of the other travelers !
Emory volleyball won in 5 against king. Natalie Harris had a great night including a pancake that lead to a point. Had a good night passing and setting!!!!
2nd stop was for the 2nd half of the Emory soccer game against Ferrum!! We got here just in time to see Adrienne Harris score her first of two goals to help Emory to a 4-1 win!!!!
I wanted to add this one of the Reitzel’s from yesterday because it is a further example of things I don’t know and can enjoy the laugh after the fact !
While I have been covering Sports at all levels for over 40 years now, I have only been in Carroll County for 3 of those years. I have crossed paths with Doug a number of times and always loved his demeanor and figured him to be a caring individual but had no idea which who’s Parent he was.
That changed last night 🌙 and now I know him as Davis’s Dad 👨. I went on to explain that the reason I rotate through my 32 NHL jerseys (even in the Summer when it 80+ degrees is for visibility purposes. We are searching for Feel Good Stories about our County and are happy to snap a photo 📷 and here a story. Just look for someone wearing a Hockey 🏒 jersey.
Flight ✈️ #1 of 2 for today is boarding now so I will add the Golf ⛳ update and the Bobblehead story from Detroit.
Through the eyes of a Greater Fool 