I had my annual line check yesterday, just two days after returning from vacation. Fortunately, nothing unusual happened, which is, in itself, very unusual. If Murphy is ever going to enforce his law, the time will be when there is a checkride.
So, today, things are much more relaxed. During a walk on the Swamp Rabbit trail in Greenvile, I spied someone's keys laying in the grass. My first thought was to pass them by and not get involved, but then I thought about how nice it would be if someone found MY keys and made an effort to return them to me. They looked like they had been there awhile. On closer examination, I noticed a thumbdrive attached, but no other identification. I took them up to my room and plugged the thumbdrive into my laptop, and the life of the owner was presented to me. Seemed like a very nice kid in his senior year in college. I looked through some of his documents until I found a resume which included a cellphone number and was able to call him. He was very, very relieved as his whole academic life was on that thumbdrive, not to mention his car and house keys. I left them for him at the hotel's front desk. Felt good all day.
