Last Days of Summer

It is so hard to believe that the Summer is almost over. We had a very eventful and exciting summer - Mexico, camping, road trips, concerts,... We are now looking forward to Fall. We have season tickets to the U of L football games - GO CARDS! David is teaching an Industrial Engineering class to Sophomore and Junior students. We are keeping busy, but always miss our family and friends back home and throughout the country.

Road Trippin

Wow! What was supposed to be a scenic 8 hour drive from Greenville, SC to Memphis, TN turned into an 11 hour road trip filled with winding roads, construction, and small towns (and their 25 mph speed limits). We did get to see some new and beautiful parts of the country, but just didn't expect to see them for that long!! Overall, we traveled through 10 states in 1 week, and were able to add some newly visited states to our list (Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia). While in Memphis, we got to visit Graceland - the home of Elvis Presley. It happened to be "Elvis Week" and the 31st Anniversary of his death. We both felt somewhat out of place since we were not covered from head to toe in Elvis apparel, we were not part of any Elvis fan club, and David forgot to grow out his Elvis style sideburns. We ended up in Columbia, MO and met Cori's parents and her sister. We helped move Cara into her new dorm and also spent time visiting some of the region's wineries.

Cumberland Falls Campin'

We spent last weekend in the great outdoors -- camping, hiking, and swimming. We went to Cumberland Falls - which is just outside of Corbin, Ky. Cumberland Falls is a beautiful waterfall known as the "Niagra of the South." We hiked about 4-5 miles and then David and the dogs cooled off in the Cumberland River. We learned that Murphy and Oakley love the water and are both pretty good swimmers.

Amos, Willie, & Dave

We have gotten to see some pretty awesome concerts in the last couple weeks. We started out with Amos Lee. He played a sold out show at this really unique venue -- it seemed like an old firehouse or something. We also got to see him play a short acoustic set at a local music store with probably only 50 other people there watching.

Then last Friday, Dave Matthews Band and Willie Nelson came and rocked at Louisville Slugger Field. It was our first time seeing either artist, and they were both definitely impressive. Willie opened the show and played for about an hour and then DMB came out and put on a show for over 2 hours. Dave & Willie even joined together for a pretty sweet rendition of "Gravedigger". All in all, we got to see 3 really great artists play some live music in a couple of really memorable venues.