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My wife Sharon and I are former residents of the Findlay area and we just moved to Indiana. We spent a week in Nashville for our honeymoon. Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and is called "Music City." That's us in front of the Grand Ole Opry (above) and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Submitted by Kyle Metzger of Huntington, Ind.
That's our son, Ian, enjoying a hot summer day in Arizona, where we moved in June 2007 from Findlay. I still consider Findlay a "home" to me.
Being out West, I am very close to attractions that seemed so far away while in Ohio. My husband and I recently traveled to San Fransisco and had a wonderful time. Those sea lions on Pier 39 were amazing!
Can't wait to make a trip to Ohio in the fall, though. There is nothing like the smell of cool evenings, campfires and damp leaves!
Submitted by Robin Wilhelm of Mesa, Ariz. (formerly of Findlay)
As a reward for my husband, Robert, losing a lot of weight, we took a trip to LeConte Lodge in late June. It is the only lodge located in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park and sits atop Mt. LeConte in Tennessee.
The lodge is at an elevation just under 6,600 feet. Because of the height and location, it is rustic. There is no electricity. Running water is minimal, as is cell phone reception. Nights are lit up by kerosene lanterns. Wildlife can be seen and heard.
We hiked/backpacked one of the five trails available to reach LeConte. It took us a little longer than we thought it would, 6.6 miles in 7.5 hours. (Down was faster, 7 miles in 5.5 hours.) 
After arriving the staff led us to our cabin to get cleaned up before dinner. The dinner they served was all you care to eat, in case we were really hungry after trekking all day.
Even though it was a challenge the views along the trails and at the lodge were worth it. The sunrise and sunset colors were spectacular.
Some tips: We had to put our name on a waiting list for the lodge before getting the opportunity to go. There is one major thing we will do differently when we go again: Stay two nights.
Submitted by Terri Glick of Van Buren
I am a Findlay native, born and raised in Findlay, Ohio back in the good old days (really!!).
Findlay is my "Home Town" of which I am VERY proud. I like to keep up with what's happening there through a daily survey of The Courier Web site, which I really enjoy and that gives me a sense of "connection" with my past. I remember "The Republican Courier" as a kid growing up and being delivered to our house!
In 1982 I was working for Marathon Oil Co. in Findlay and got transferred to Houston, Texas. I still live here in Katy, Texas (a suburb) and am currently retired from Marathon Oil and paint murals in our area schools, churches and homes.
My family has been vacationing in Maine for the past 10 years. This year we stayed in a cabin that was located on Mt. Desert Island in Acadia National Park.
This area has it all! Mountains meeting the sea and every possible "land/sea" experience one could conceivably want. Just beautiful! Bar Harbor is a picturesque, shopping-lovers town by the sea, not to be missed. Neither Texas nor Ohio is anything like Mt. Desert Island!
The pictures in this post are of Balance Rock, a lobster boat and the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse. Click HERE to see the photo I sent before of "Jordan Pond House" in the heart of Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine.
According to the National Park Service, "Balance Rock on South Bubble (Mountain) in Acadia National Park is a fine example of a glacial erratic boulder transported by the last ice sheet." Click HERE to learn more about the terrain of the watershed.
Submitted by Jeff Strickland of Katy, Texas (formerly of Findlay)
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