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12/09/2025

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12/09/2025

12/09/2025

I couldn’t have children of my own… so God sent me the sons who changed my life. My name is Jack Lawson, and for most of my life I rode alone — on the road and in the world. My years in the U.S. Army changed my body in ways I didn’t expect, and I learned I wouldn’t be able to have children of my own. Growing up without parents, that news hit hard. I knew what it felt like to face life without someone in your corner. So I made a decision. If I couldn’t have a family the usual way, I’d build one with my heart. I met Malik, Eli, and Aaron at a group home. Three boys who needed a dad, and a dad who needed them just as much. Aaron was born with Down syndrome, Eli looked after him, and Malik stepped right into big-brother energy. Twenty years have passed. My sons are kind, hardworking, and steady men. People tell me they’re lucky. But the truth is, I’m the lucky one. Adopting them was the greatest road my life ever took.

12/09/2025

12/09/2025

The "Abandoned Steam Engine" of the Great Smoky Mountains is a real steam-powered traction engine that still rests in a creek bed deep inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This Nichols and Shepard engine was used in the 1920s to run a sawmill that cut lumber for the old Greenbrier School. On its trip back down the mountain, the driver missed a sharp switchback, sending the engine rolling into I***n Creek, where it remains today. The creek’s name comes from a mapmaker who misspelled “engine.” You can reach the site by hiking the Grapeyard Ridge Trail, a 5.8-mile round trip that also passes the old Greenbrier community. One of the most interesting old sights you'll see in the Smokies!

09/06/2024

Classics

09/06/2024

09/05/2024

The jet is the fastest in Gulfstream's line-up, flying at 92.5% the speed of sound, but it's the inside that's the real star.