Wisterious Hiking

Written: April 13, 2003
Last Updated: April 13, 2003

You never know who you're going to meet in North Carolina!

This afternoon, the Lights took Jim, Vienna, and me out hiking at this trail nearby their house. The sun has finally broken out from the rainy and snowy conditions of the past few weeks. It actually feels a little bit like California now!

Life is a little bit more relaxed when you don't have to drive 300 miles to your next location. Tonight's performance will be held at the Temple Ball Gallery where the Tori Amos Tribute Show occurred last night.

The hike was a fun change of pace from the constant touring the past couple of weeks. I must have looked funny wearing cycling pants with backpacking socks and dress shoes! I guess I didn't anticipate some off-trail extracurricular activity on this trip!

During the tour, people have been coming up to me, asking if I was:

Vienna's husband
Vienna's boyfriend
Vienna's personal assistant
None of the above

With Jim in the mix, the situation becomes more complex and confusing. I could now be:

Jim's husband
Jim's boyfriend
Jim's personal assistant
None of the above

To perpetuate the wisterious mystery, I leave you with the following images:

Jim and Vienna

Adam and Vienna

Elsa and Jim

On the way back home, we stopped the car so that I could get out and take pictures of the wisteria vines on this tree. There were a couple of cyclists on the other side of the road, and -- always one to check out bikes -- I deliberately crossed the street so that I had to walk by them. As I passed the guy on the Klein, I noticed that he looked remarkably familiar. I went up to him and said, "Your name is Ken, right?" Of all the places to meet up with fellow Stanford classmate Ken Ho, the last place I would have thought would have been Chapel Hill, North Carolina! It turns out he's getting his Masters and MBA at UNC Chapel Hill before heading over to Denver for work. I met his fiancée Tanya, along with his cycling pals, Tucker and Emily.

Here are some more pictures from the day.

Jim jumping over stream

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Reader Comments

WHOAH. This photo --> http://tow.com/photogallery/20030413_hiking/images/fullsize/2003-04-13_15-02-17_01.jpg

.. is frightening beyond words.

You met up with Ken Ho? That's cool! Haven't seen him for a long time.

--posted by echeng @ Sunday, April 13 2003, 22:42 pm EDT

It's nice to be, uh, close friends, I guess :)
It's also nice to see the free-spirited side of Vienna, as she seems pretty introspective and serious in her shows.

--posted by Norm @ Monday, April 14 2003, 12:12 pm EDT

I thought of a caption for that photo:

Adam: "Is that a drum stick in your pocket, or..."

;) (Jim's a drummer, for those of you who don't know. :).

--posted by echeng @ Monday, April 14 2003, 19:14 pm EDT

We don't generally refer to my Dad's Etonics as "cool" so much as "hideous and frightening", but I'm sure they apprectiate the attention all the same. Did he mention that they're the third or fourth pair he's had? The company stopped making them, because they were too ugly to sell, and my Dad bought up the remaining stock in his size.

--posted by Aly @ Monday, April 14 2003, 20:37 pm EDT

Those are some great hiking pictures! I think you have inspired me to do some hiking next time I have some free time!

--posted by Gabe McMillan @ Monday, April 21 2003, 11:22 am EDT

How did i find this site? I am glad to hear you met up with ken ho, i guess.

--posted by king of random @ Tuesday, December 2 2003, 16:31 pm EST