Pilot Mountain is the real name that inspired the town next door on The Andy Griffith Show (Andy’s hometown is Mount Airy, which got Hollywoodized to “Mayberry”; presumably Andy approved it to protect the identities of Otis the Town Drunk…
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Where I am: the Triad
by tom • August 28, 2009 • 4 Comments
The cities of Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point form the Triad, which is not to be confused with the cities of the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill). Sweltering summers mean hiking is not the first thing that pops into…
Guess what, they’re paying me to hike — sort of
by tom • August 28, 2009 • 4 Comments
So I have a solid two months of free-lance work lined up, which settles the “Tom needs to have a job before he starts blogging regularly again” issue. With any luck those two months can turn into a permanent gig,…
4WheelBob on ABC News
by tom • August 13, 2009 • 1 Comment
Herr Coomber made the nightly news last night. Couldn’t help noticing the grass was mostly green when the video was shot — nice of them to get around to airing it. (A slow news day means a shortage of death,…
On the road, bearing east
by tom • August 11, 2009 • 0 Comments
An account of traveling cross-country via automobile would be an affront to all that is right in the world of hiking blogs, so I plan to post some updates at my homepage. Follow along if you’ve got a notion. Right…