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I could go into a big huge bitchfest about how so very horrible it was to fly back to Newark with US Airways, but I said enough on my Twitter a few days ago. In reality, everything could have been a lot worse with Hurricane Bill off the coast.

I’m pretty impatient, but I don’t really mind waiting in the terminal where I have my choice of food, drink, full-size bathroom, and outlets to plug into. (Particularly Charlotte Douglas, which is more comfortable than Atlanta). The part that really killed me was when they loaded us onto the plane and THEN told us that we’d be sitting on the tarmac for an hour. Stupid jackassery like that just pisses your customers off–why pack them in a small space and then make them wait? Silly.

Dad’s wedding was small, but the ceremony was very cool to be a part of. I’ve never been a best man before–I was a junior usher at my cousin’s wedding (15, 16 years ago?), but that’s about it.

I need to pull pics off of my phone and get some posted. Soon enough.

My car didn’t start today when I tried it. I might not be able to get to Canandaigua for labor day, mostly because I won’t drive 200 miles away in a car that I don’t think is travel worthy. 2nd time my battery has died in three months, and it really hasn’t been THAT long since I last started it up, so…

Oh yeah, Eastern Tennessee is beautiful. There’s a lot of National Forest in the area I was visiting that I’d love to explore sometime. I love Southern Appalachia–the heterogeneous mix of deciduous and evergreen makes the mountains a brilliant green that you don’t see so much in the north, where Evergreens are better suited to the shorter growing season. Adding to it (and something you particularly don’t see in the Adirondacks because of the Green and White ranges behind them), is the mist rolling through the valleys on cool, dewy mornings. It can tend to look like you’re inside some mythical forest.

Makes me want to hike the AT–which, interestingly enough, runs about 15 miles from where I was visiting AND 15 miles away from where I sit typing this post.

That’s my update for now…congratulations to my Dad and his bride!