We ended up going to Lake Nickajack with some of Sarah’s friends over Halloween weekend. We had a good time. We got to ride on some boats see some neat stuff.

We stayed at the floating cabins at Hale’s Bar. Hale’s Bar used to be a hydroelectric dam that was used to generate power, however it has been replaced by Nickajack Dam. The powerhouse building still exists and is now used for dry dock boat storage. It is a cool, rustic place.

We rode on the lake for hours and probably saw 2 or 3 different states. If not, it seemed like it. This lake was massive. We had the opportunity of passing through the Nickajack Lock. It was an experience that everyone should have the opportunity to witness at least once.

Lake Nickajack is only miles away from Chattanooga. In fact, we ended up eating dinner at the upscale 212 Market Restaurant in downtown Chattanooga. It is considered a green restaurant and nearly all of the ingredients are produced locally. They had a full wine list, and even serve the best beer in the world, Schneider & Sohn’s Aventinus. The prices are a little high for a college student such as myself, however I felt everything was a good value for what you get. All in all, the food was superb.

So, I put a ring on that finger. It has been pretty exciting so far. I proposed to Sarah on Sept 10th, 2009 at the Botanical Gardens in Atlanta. I will let her tell you all about it.

Finally we come to a clearing, with swings and benches overlooking part of the gardens – it’s actually a very pretty spot. He turns to me and says he has something he wants to tell me.

I setup a wordpress blog just for the wedding, you can check it out here:
http://www.boggsman.com/wedding

There shall be more to come!

The Can-Am Challenge was a huge hit and with racing for the World Championship limited to three litre cars, the series fielded the most powerful racers of its day. The ‘Batmobile’ design was further refined for 1971 with the fins now starting at the tip of the front fenders of the M8F. The all aluminum V8 was further increased in size, displacing well over 8 litres. This hiked the power to 740 bhp, which made the M8F the first Can-Am to break the 1000 bhp/ton. Customers could order the M8E from Trojan, which like its predecessor used the simpler and lighter strut mounted rear wing. Two of these M8Es were modified to mimic the M8D’s design and were known as the M8E/D. Peter Revson was hired as Bruce’s permanent replacement and the orange cars’ domination continued. Hulme clinched three races, but was beaten to the title by Revson who scored four wins. He was the first American to win the Can-Am series. In 1972 the ‘Batmobile’ finally became available to customers. The Works team had moved on to the M20, which used side-mounted radiators and was designed to house a much more powerful Turbo-charged V8.

Source: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/328/McLaren-M8F-Chevrolet.html

“How much recruiter Teson knew about young Joshua Fry’s psychological problems is unknown. But If Mary Beth Fry is correct, he knew quite a bit.She remembers that Teson called looking for Fry during his time in Colorado. She told Teson that her grandson was autistic, was at a lock-down facility and was not Marine material.

“Please take him off your list,” she remembers telling him. She said it was the last she heard from the recruiter until after Fry had enlisted.”

Something eerily similar happened to a close relative of mine. I can’t believe they are so desperate that they encourage recruits to go through this. The recruiters are a bunch of manipulative, bullying swindlers as it is. This is just another sign that it has been time to end this stupid war for far too long.

Source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fry-marine-camp-2507106-recruiter-training