The Gary and Mark Show

We always have a lot to discuss when we get together. 

Gary and Mark have Monica Barrios on this episode. Monica is the diva of Outdoor Education in Western North Carolina. She is the executive director of Inside Out which works with schools and other groups across from across the Southeast.

Check out her company at: https://www.insideout-inc.com/

And here's the link to her packaged programs that anyone can do anywhere: https://adventuregamestogo.com/

Check out this feature article about Monica in "Shoutout Colorado." https://shoutoutcolorado.com/meet-monica-barrios-outdoor-adventure-education-specialist

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DeeDee has been the Director of Security (and Insecurity) since the earliest days of the Gary & Mark Podcasting University. She recently found herself in a financial pickle. Gary has come up with a possible solution.

And from there we talk with Mike Reeves, Board Chair of the Saluda Historic Depot & Museum in Saluda, North Carolina. Mikes tells us how the train came to be in Saluda and how that turned the town into a destination.

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Mike Reeves

It's not often you'll meet someone who is 102 years old, but we did. 

Bob Bessell is an incredible American hero. Take a listen to his story.

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There's always lots going on when Gary and Mark get together. We got to sample some homegrown syrup produced by Dan Cameron made from sorghum. It's a perfect way to celebrate fall. Gary whippeed up some of his homemade buttermilk biscuits and that got him talking. The main part of this episode is the retelling of just some of the adventures Gary and Steve Blizzard had in 1974 when they paddled 379 miles down the Ohio River and up the Kentucky River to Harrodsburg. They were helping the City of Harrodsburg celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the town (Fort Harrod) by Col James Harrord in 1774. As always, it's a great story.

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We were thrilled to be able to sit down with John Delaloye, CEO of Diamond Brand Gear, to hear about his company and the way they're turning heads. One of the things they're doing is taking old tents and other products they've made over the years and repurposing them into new, very unique pieces of gear. Folks get a product that is sure to turn heads...and we all get to keep the old material from ending up in a landfill.

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Check out their website at: www.DiamondBrandGear.com

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John Delaloye, CEO of Diamond Brand Gear, Fletcher, NC

This episode has everything. We give a shoutout to our new Australian Gary & Mark Fan Club president, talk a bit about some outdoor activities...and then we move onto the other things. You'll hear us discuss the price of eggs, we address the possibility of classified documents at the University, and we even take on George Santos.

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The Gary & Mark Show was pleased to welcome Bev MacDowell as our guest for this episode. Bev, from Asheville, has a lot going on. She still teaches "cursive" to new students at Carolina Day School where she has worked for over twenty years. And that's just for starters.

At the age where most people are retired, Bev is just hitting her stride. She is a professional hiking guide with the Blue Ridge Hiking Company in Asheville. If that's not enough, she also works with "search and rescue" to help locate and bring home lost hikers, backpackers, and others. To top that off, Bev is a member of and serves as an occasional leader for Carolina Mountain Club hikes. Bev talks about all of that and more with Gary and Mark. And if you go back far enough (and we did) she mentions that she was once a model in Europe. We can believe it.

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Gary is not one to rest on his laurels. He, along with the scientists in the laboratory at the Gary & Mark Podcasting University, have developed a new product that will definitely put us on the map. Folks, you're hearing it here first. This and much more coming at you.

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We enjoyed this chat in Gary's living room with local conservationist, author, AT thru-hiker, and RVer Peter J. Barr. Peter is on a mission to document and save the old fire watch towers in North Carolina. He's written two books on the towers with one just out, "Exploring North Carolina's Lookout Towers."

You can order the book at: NCLOOKOUTS.com. Peter will autograph it for you.

You can learn more about Conserving Carolina at: conservingcarolina.org.

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Peter J. Barr