[Libertine]

Dude lives in Hawai'i! So what if Lynchburg isn't Mayberry RFD anymore?

You live in Ha-freakin'-wai'i!

As for Jerry, just be glad we didn't carve his face on the mountain!

[mrich]

here's a fun letter. The Pretext kinda invalidates his entire conclusion anyway but here goes:

Times past
After being born and raised here in Lynchburg back in the 1960s and 1970s and then leaving to live elsewhere to pursue other avenues of life, I returned home over a recent weekend only to find that after being gone for more than 20 years, the Lynchburg I grew up in and loved all but seemed gone now.
Things that were once so nice I could not even find and yet every direction I drove in around the city there seemed to be some kind of development going up. I just can’t imagine all this is necessary in Lynchburg.
Gone was The Plaza shopping center which was one of the best, gone was the best teen spot in the city called Wards Road to what is now a major nightmare with obviously no intelligent planning at all in regard to that area.
Gone are a lot of picturesque neighborhoods now given way to the Northern Virginia style of living.
Gone were all the small businesses that catered to its town folk all to be destroyed for big cheap stores filling the city.
However, I did see one thing that has not changed through all the years and that’s the Falwells’ on–going greed to be so recognized.
That big LU on Candlers Mountain (if that’s still the correct name) has got to be the most hideous looking thing I saw on my return visit.
Oh well, at least I still have my memories of what once was.
DAVID E. THOMAS
Hawaii

I can't stand people like this that want to live in the a farm town there whole life, and try to hamper the development of their area. Go move to Alaska or Montana or something.

[TallyW]

What's funny is that although this person complains about the charm that has been lost on this small town... he's been away for 20 years and lives in HAWAII... LOL....

Did he ever think that there may be a reason he had to move? or chose to move?

[Sly Fox]

My favorite parts were the love for the horrific Plaza and the Wards Road experience. Cruising back & forth up and down that road burning fuel is something to be pined over.

[Cider Jim]

As for Jerry, just be glad we didn't carve his face on the mountain!

Now there's an idea--but who would the Big Four of Christiandom be?
Jerry
Billy
BR
Tim

[Sly Fox]

You lost me on Tim. I'm not sure who that was referring to. Just leave JR's mug off there ... we wouldn't want to scare small children.

[Cider Jim]

HINT: Sly, have you ever heard of the Left Behind series, or are you aware of who paid for our student center or our ice rink?

Who's JR?

[Sly Fox]

Gotcha, CJ.

As for JR, he was JF's mentor from Cincinnati.

[Cider Jim]

Rawlings, I remember now.

[BJWilliams]

yeah...he was visiting TRBC last week (and was in convo last wednesday)

[Cider Jim]

Back on topic, I drove up Candler's Mountain (aka, Liberty Mountain) today to find the road to the LU monogram, and there were NO TRESPASSING signs everywhere, showing pics of Jeeps, 4-wheelers, and motorbikes that aren't allowed up there. So I just turned my Jeep around and drove home, since I didn't want to do any hard time for tresspassing during spring break.

[Hold My Own]

like I said...I wouldnt drive up...but walking up you're fine...10 or so people run that trail a day