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And who among us; world traveler, educated, laborer, parent, child...

who among us has not seen this once or twice in the their lives here.

Mill Mountain scraped by clouds, the Peaks of Otter, or the Appalchians raking the sky - who has not seen that?

We all have, so often so that we no longer notice it. Take a moment next time, and think about this:

This photo is not from Roanoke, or anywhere near Roanoke. Yet it is exactly the kind of photo one might take on vacation. Yet you can see it right here, at home.

This photo is from Donegal, Ireland. Courtesy of abiyoyo.com, thank you very much.
Looking on it, its not hard to see why Roanoke held such a grip on the settlers.

Sometimes we forget, no matter how far we have come, nor how far we go - the mountains are always with us. No matter how much we have (amwv, victory stadium), or how much we lose (flood of 1985, blizzard of 1881), the mountains are always with us.

Thats your friday thought for now. Something else might pop up later, you never know.