“All day I face the barren waste, without the taste of water – cool, clear, water!” It was a scorcher of a day! You-could-fry-an-egg-on-the-asphalt type of day. I decided to go hiking, alone, on one of the rugged trails in Oak Mountain State Park – without my trusty topo-maps. And without any water. This particular…

All the neighbors thought I was crazy! Who in their right mind would volunteer to take 7 boys in the back of a Subaru truck down to the swimming pool – alone! For me it was no big deal. 1. They were so crammed into the bed of the truck there was no way there…