Go East, Old Man!

8/17 - My six-pack of the limited-edition Spiderman cans (and box) from Bero Brewing arrived while I was gone.  No autographed can from Tom Holland unfortunately.   

My monthly Beer Box order arrived today also, and for the first time it has three repeat-for-me beers in it.  Oh well, when you top 6K check-ins of unique craft beers, the chances increase for that, I guess.  Still, some great stuff in here though.  Cheers! 

I went to see the new action/sci-fi flick, The End of Oak Street, tonight at the Regal Theaters in Mt. Juliet (discount Tuesday!).  Even though I said I would wait and see it this weekend with friends, I just couldn't (in JJ Abrams - producer - I trust).  Sadly, I was pretty disappointed in it.  Great story idea, but some of the acting was just awful and despite it being a fantastical tale, a couple of things that happened in the plot were just stupidly unreal.  Too bad.  I had a lot of hope for this one.  

I snuck a beer in that was so much better than the movie.  It was a can from my recent BeerBox order.  It was the very good Working for the Weekend DIPA from Spiteful Brewing (Chicago).  

8/19 - I dropped $150 today on a legacy brick to be placed at the new Titans stadium in honor of our G.A.M.E. trips over the last 18 years.  I am proud of these trips despite the fact that my co-founder and I are sadly no longer friends.  I've put a lot of time and money into this sometimes-woeful team, but the experiences have all been memorable and worthy of recognition.    Now I can't wait to see it in person when the stadium opens next year! 

8/23 - Another easy cat-sitting gig at the $2 million dollar house this week 

8/25 - Autumn work travel starts today! Knoxville  

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8/27 - Johnson City

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9/1 - Chatty for work 

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9/5 - UT game with Toney 

9/14 - Knoxville again for work 

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9/19 - Drive to Craig's? 

9/20 - Craig's? 

9/21 - Knoxville for work - The War on Drugs in Asheville? 

9/22 - work travel and cat sitting 

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9/30 - LP at Brooklyn Bowl? 

10/14 - Pet-sitting back in Mt. Juliet 

10/21 - THIS IS THE DAY!!  No penalty to withdraw from IRA!!! New mustang, pay of credit cards, buy Ashlee something in the $10K range for our 25th anniversary last year, etc. 

WG.A.M.E. in Cincinnati

 cool logo pic for GAME trip on phone at 7/8

10/30 - Bourbon Trail 

10/31 - Cincinnati, haunted brewery tour

11/1 - Titans at Bengals 

11/2 - headed back home from Cincy 

11/6 - Alabama waterfalls and AirBnb stay with crazy sister? 

11/7 - Bama 

11/8 - Bama 

An Alaska Cruise (and, of course, some brews)!

8/4 - The night before our big Alaska trip, I bought take-out dinner delivered for everyone from Demos' and we enjoyed it outside on the patio since it had cooled somewhat from the blistering day.  It was $100+ of poker winnings well spent! 

8/5 - Fly to Seattle,  rented Tuner movie

Despite a large number of wildfires in the state of Washington and somewhat overcast skies, Mt. Ranier still rose above it all as we neared Seattle.  

Flight museum - Johnny Utah pale ale

Hop Venom from a gas station near our AirBnb in the sweet Magnolia suburb of Seattle. 

I treated everyone to their first (and mine as well) Seattle Mariners game tonight.  

Mariners game

8/6 - food tour 

The Taproom at Pike Place

Underground Seattle Tour 

Westpoint Lighthouse 

8/7 - cruising out of Seattle 

How could I not have a brew on this day!! 

Such a great place!  I love ya, Jet City!!  We will see you again in a few days! 

no beer of any quality on board 

sunset along the Canadian coast. tried to watch a movie outside but got "fogged out" 

8/8 - a day at sea, the crystal spa 

another beer/liquor alternative

specialty restaurant, Eden.  

Hey, a man's got to have his priorities straight when heading to Alaska! 

8/9 - Ketchikan - waterfall and wildlife tour with Ashlee 

While all the others in my group went to want I thought would be a lame lumberjack show, I headed out on my own to a few pre-planned spots.  First up was technically, my first Alaska waterfall visited was 

such a struggle 

historic New York Cafe (thanks, Brent Nixon, for the suggestion) 

historically bawdy Creek Street 

my first Alaska craft brewery to visit was Bawden Street Brewing 

I met back up with Ashlee at my next brewery stop, Baleen Brewing.  

Rainbow Falls 

Just missed him!! #scathumor 

Hey, there, bear! 

in search of good spruce tip taste, awesome smoked salmon  

Jays 

Is there anything cooler than a floatplane mini airport?
After our tour, I also had a beer at the nice Cape Fox Lodge before we left Ketchikan.  It was the solid 8503 IPA from Icy Strait Brewing in Hoonah, AK.  

8/10 - I skipped a craft brewery tour in Juneau today for a once-in-a-lifetime helicopter ride to atop a glacier with Ashlee.  It was pricey, but so worth it! 

Iceberg!  Right ahead! 

The waterfalls started appearing fast and furious.  Too many to count (or name). 

There's nothing like that first peek.  

Glacier fed waterfalls are hard to beat! 

NOT a screengrab!  I caught this with a photo, not via video! 

Now THAT is some TITAN blue!! 

A big thanks to Larry for reserving this iceberg for today's meeting. 

Well, I'm easily over 400 waterfalls seen in person after this trip.  

OK, one more and that's it...

Just kidding, here's another banger! 

OK, last one...for a little while...

I did get some craft beer in Juneau beforehand however at Alaskan Brewing out on their nice waterfront patio deck with Ashlee where I had a flight consisting of 

Another sweet seaplane shot.  Go Vols! 

Thanks, AtlasObscura.com for clueing me in on the beautiful story of  

I submitted this shot of the Aquilean Whale Tail Sculptures to AtlasObscura.com where I learned about them, because they don't have a picture of multiple ones.  

8/11 - Skagway waterfall tour on my own 

8/12 - another day at sea 

8/13 - Canadian ale trail tour in Victoria, British Columbia, on my own 

8/14 - cruising back to Seattle, sailboat sunset cruise in Seattle with Ashlee and our entire crew

8/15 - Back in Seattle for a day - Mt. Rainer National Park tour with Ashlee and our entire crew

8/16 - Fly home from Seattle, rented movie(s)