Wednesday morning and we fished up in Looking Glass Creek (a tributary of the Davidson) but the fish were elusive and we older gentlemen were pretty bushed from stomping through rapids and climbing hills so we decided to go to Rosman, North Carolina to look for some wading gear and to revisit some old friends there. The fly shop was closed and we decided to go up the mountain to PARI (Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute) up the mountain from Rosman.
The site was built in the 1960’s for tracking NASA space flights and later run 
by the DOD as a cold war tracking station. Today, it is operated by PARI for astronomical research by several universities and astronomy groups. Tours are free and well worth taking if you are ever in the area.
We returned to our campsite for a final campfire and some adult libations before heading in opposite directions in the morning. Though Jim and I can’t get together as often as in years past, we enjoy reliving our 20+ year friendship and tales of sailboats, fish and the one we’ll catch next time.