Ten days and about 2500 miles later. It started out as a simple drive down to NorthCarolina for a wedding but...developed. This is a really big, beautiful country. We had never seen the Smokey Mountains; Wow! Friends all along the route who were needed to restore confidence as T & S managed to remind me for at least 2200 miles what a lousy driver I am. She says she's still surprised she made it home alive. One of these days......
A couple of impressions: it doesn't appear that the part of the nation we visited is in imminent danger of revolution, civil war, Nazi takeover or anything else for that matter. As a matter of fact the one thing that struck me throughout the entire trip was the presence of "help wanted" or "now hiring" signs. It's been a while since I have seen so many; it was truly remarkable which is what we did on a number of occasions.
The second thing is that there is very little sign of economic depression, at least in places like Charlotte which admittedly was hosting the PGA last weekend. The joint was jump in'...really jumpin! And along the entire route concern over the spending of money didn't seem to exist. From what we could see the attitude out there is clearly different than a few years ago. Same here in the Flu Over Zone. It was kinda fun and refreshing. I had to read the NewYork Times today to realize that it is all a myth and that we are really doomed. Oh well, back to reality. I could I be so foolish.
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