Thanksgiving in the Smoky Mountains

It sure looked cold in Naperville. We had a great time. We went on 5 good hikes totalling about 15 miles. One was at about 5,000 feet. Here are some pictures. Enjoy

2010 Turkey Trot

From A to Z on Technology

I thought you might enjoy a little story on my moving into the 21st century on technology.I ran into Kathy Hentz today (literally, of course) and was telling her how nice my guys were to get me such a great gift and I proceeded to tell her about my facebook experiences and that I was even skyping. She knew very little about skyping and I was explaining as if I knew all about it. She humbled me rather quickly when she remarked how interesting it is that 6 months ago I didn't even know how to use an ATM. I think Al Gore would be very proud of me. Dad

A Massive THANK YOU from Dad

TO: Mimi, Tom, Ty, and Julie I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am to have such wonderful kids.Today, each of you and your spouces, have taken me into the 21st century with most entertainting piece of equipment conceivable. What a great way for me to pass the time and now that the phone is a seperate item I can spend untold hours exploring nmy new toy.I have even Skyked ( is that the right word ?) with Ty and Mimi and Ty was not happy with the old blackboard in the back ground so we had to improvise an SIU banner to hang there so that it would seem like I"m having a press conference. And, Kudo's to Julie who brought the machine over on Thursday and gave up most of her Saturday to install the internet. And, let us not forget Al Gore. How proud MOM would be of you guys. Love Dad