Nine: It Was Grand

Last week, the band performed in Branson, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and our hometown of Toledo, OH. All big tourist cities, well, except Toledo. I had never been to any of those other places before. Let me tell you, they are very "grand". Believe it or not we even performed at the Grand Palace in Branson, the Grand Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, and even stayed at the Grand Hotel! Gatlinburg was by far my favorite and there was nothing "grand" there except for a crowd of 7,000 at Extreme Winter conference. All in all, it was a good trip, but I'm glad to be back in my not so grand home again.

I love the picture of Mark sitting in front of the "Waterfall Pool" (At Grand Hotels, waterfalls have their own pool) with the warm glow of the Grand Buffet neon lights on his face.