Knoxville , September 30th

Went to Knoxville Tennessee this week and came away with a few thoughts.

First, all I heard on the way there was that I had to see the " Great Smoky Mountains". I was unimpressed, they are not mountains they are more like a few rolling hills. It got me thinking though, every persons perspective is so different yet so important, that one man's Great Smoky Mountains can be another man's Mount Everest. Everyone I talked to in Knoxville was so proud of their mighty mountains, one guy I talked to went on and on for 10 mins about how great they were until I told him that I was from Denver, and he having been to Denver and seen the Rocky Mountains he quickly changed to another subject. It was just funny.

Second, I never knew that sungalsses came in camo.

Third, I got to spend about a half hour hanging out in a KC-135. I did some work for the Tennesse Air National Guard and after I was done the Master Seargent gave me a tour of their hangars and then gave me a unprecidented tour inside the aircraft. I sat in the cockpit and got to see how the giant arieal gas station worked. In case you don't know the KC-135 is a mid-air refueling airplne that's primary job is to fly and refule shorter range aircraft in the air so that they can extend their range without having to land to refuel. It was super cool and I am so glad that I got the chance to see it.

That's all for this week, I will be in the middle of nowhere South Dakota next week so I am sure to have some interesting things from there.

Later