You never forget your first

Steaks said there were no Beaver Chase backblasts and someone needed to write one. Well, I accepted the challenge and will take my place in Carpex history on Wordpress as the writer of the very first Beaver Chase backblast! As I drove in this morning, I got stuck at a light after trying to stretch out before I left…cutting it close! I got there with 3 minutes to spare but Mandolin was already sending me texts to make sure I was there. [Read More]

Doras in the North

Here is a confession - I didn’t actually watch Game of Thrones until 2020. So I didn’t even know what Winterfell meant for a long time. I just knew it was somewhere near Virginia. But I am fired up to be Warden of the North for 45 minutes. My initial observation upon arrival is that it is actually colder here than when I departed South Cary. 9 are on time for the 0530 start. [Read More]