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Last week at Kellogg. It's sort of a weird experience, all this winding down. I can't wait to get home, but I'm going to miss the people here. And the place - Boone is beautiful, and there's plenty of undiscovered country left.

Speaking of: on Friday, Jason, his friend from NY, and I went into Banner Elk, NC in search of Banner Elk Falls. After a bit of meandering, we found it roughly near the TN border. A short hike, and we were on the top end of about a 60' falls. There were some people down below, swimming and sunning in the pool at the bottom. There were jumpers. Someone had set up a series of ropes, so people could shimmy up the side of the cliff (quite an angle; not as hard as it seems) to climb out onto the natural ledges. There was one at about 20', one at about 40', and then the top. We jumped once from the 20', and then wandered down river, not finding much, and returning.

Other than that, the weekend was sedate. Laundry, television on my computer, and random meals (Black Cat, some Mexican place, Mellow Mushroom...)

Today:

9-11:45 / The Evaluation Mystique
1-4 / Purposes of evaluation