I'm lying in bed with my tablet Chromecasting to my TV the playlist I recently created. I am up to Green. Their first release with Warner Bros. Records. I am reminded of my youth when I would put in my cassette tape of Green at night and listen as I would fall asleep. It was not as obvious then as it is now that they were playing unique instruments, a foreshadowing of things to come. On songs like You Are The Everything, Peter Buck's mandolin shines like a star against the night sky in its beauty and clarity. Also present is Mike Mills playing accordion. The sound sweeps through the song in, what is to me, a soothing rhythm. It is now, with a broader audience and presumably more pressure, that the band continued to make their music in their image. This was the first album I bought of theirs and it sparked a lifelong love of music.
This past weekend we took a trip to the mountains of Virginia. It is an area we have visited before with the Boy Scout troop, but this time we went without the scouts. I have been riding consistently again for nearly a year after I bought a new to me cyclocross bike. You can read more about that here . After more than 2,800 miles on that bike since last June, it needed some more work. The headset was pretty much shot and would not be repaired in time for our planned trip to Virginia. So Gina suggested that I get a new bike. I ended up getting a Giant Revolt Advanced 2 from Giant Wake Forest . We arrived at our rental house very early Saturday morning. 1:30am in fact. We found a place to stay that was literally steps away from The Virginia Creeper Trail . Saturday was to be a day we went hiking at Grayson Highlands State Park . We met Gina's co-workers at the park just after 10:00 am and started our hike. We have camped at this park before with the Boy Scouts but have never ...
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