Foosball

A Foosball table has 8 rods. Figures placed along the rods are used for hitting the ball when the rod is twisted. The object of the game is to knock your ball into your opponent's goal  by twisting and turning your attached rods. Your opponent tries to get his ball into your hole. This is a fast moving game. People who have played  video games have the advantage. Older people with reduced reflexes have  a disadvantage. Even though the old people lose, they have fun trying.  Young and old notice their pulse racing and everyone breathes harder than usual. Some people sweat a little. Everybody laughs. It's fun even if you lose.  You hardly ever get bored playing this game.

A Cabin off Hickory Nut Gap Road near Banner Elk, North Carolina

Driving north toward Banner Elk from Sugar Mountain on State Highway 184 turn left onto Hickory Nut Gap Road. Drive up the mountain via numerous switch backs for 7 or 8 miles and you will come to a gate on the left that when opened allows you to drive up a gravel road to a cabin. Enter the small foyer and peak to your left to see a small kitchen . Straight ahead is a modest living area with a fireplace on the back wall. Sliding doors lead to a deck. Between the kitchen and the living area is a dinning table that will seat eight comfortably. If you wander back toward the small kitchen and look to your left, you will find a bedroom with a king size bed. To your right is a similar bedroom with another king size bed. The bedroom on the right has a stone shower. The other bedroom has a tub sitting on legs.The upstairs loft has a bunk bed and two single beds. No bathroom, but comfortable. In the basement is a nice pool table and a foosball machine. Outside is a charcoal grill. There are several hiking trails from he cabin. Some lead to the creek below; others meander in meadows. It is a very pleasant cabin. The nicest we have enjoyed in North Carolina.

Luck

A big part of my game plan is...luck.

True Power

Take from me all pride and vanity, all boasting and forwardness, and give me the true courage that shows itself by gentleness, the true wisdom that shows itself by simplicity, and the true power that shows itself by humility.