Betsy Spiker's Deep Creek Lake Blog

A new live cam at Deep Creek Lake.  I'm publishing the link with the owners permission.  A great way to check out skiing at Wisp, autumn colors, and the weather

http://www.deepcreekvacations.com/deepcreekcam.html

Helpful information we hope!

This is Kathy Johnson writing - I am Betsy's partner at the Spiker Team at Deep Creek Lake.   I hope you will take a minute and help save a piece of our history.  The Delta Queen is in trouble and needs our help.

As many of you are aware, Tom and I spend our vacation time on a tandem bike in some interesting places. Two years ago, along with Karen and Tom Myers, we did a week long trip down the Mississippi River on the Delta Queen with our bike. The boat is a beautiful piece of history and actually a floating museum. We have just received this email from the man who arranges these vacations. The Delta Queen is in trouble (thanks to the US Congress and our crazy regulations) it is being decommissioned and forced off the water effective November 1, 2008. We really need a grass root effort here. This would be a great time to get this video to go "viral"

I would appreciate it if you would take a minute and watch the video and comment and the instructions below instuct. The Delta Queen is a cultural treasure. I hope we can save it!

Dear friends,

Hello from Bill McCready.

I am sending a brief plea to all of you who shared our tandeming odyssey along the Mississippi River.

In memory of our time together on this boat, won't you please take 3 short minutes to view the following plea from her crew?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ss0tgXYSPc (you may have to copy and paste)

-Bill

PS: If you can find time to do more; a last-minute reprieve can only occur if the U.S. Congress bothers to take a vote.

1. The first step is to make this u-tube clip go "viral." Sign onto u- tube (it's free and easy) in order to "vote" this clip a 5-star rating.

2. Leave a comment. Because the # of comments is more important than the content, you can say as little as "Save the DQ"

3. Forward a link to this clip to everyone who knows about your week on the Delta Queen.

4. To learn more,

http://www.save-the-delta-queen.org/

This picture was taken last night.  Even early in the season the color is breathtaking.  I will post additional pictures as the color becomes more intense.  

Tom DeLuca
Saturday, October 4, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Garrett College Auditorium

America's Legend in Campus Hypnosis. Volunteers from the audience are hypnotized and do crazy and interesting things. "I keep it PG rated," says DeLuca. "Hypnosis is supposed to be a state where you are dealing directly with someone's imagination. You are bypassing their analytical facilities. You are basically influencing their behavior through suggestions and they are not critically analyzing." Tom has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS Morning Show, Dateline NBC, CNN, PBS and many other national television and radio talk shows. He is as well known in the corporate motivational speakers' world as in the college entertainment circuit.

The Hippist Hypnosis Show

Innovation can only come from the imagination and Tom DeLuca's performance shows you how innovative people can be when they're relaxed and free of pressure. DeLuca's show gets volunteers to break through mental barriers by allowing them to use their own creativity to fuel the show. You'll be amazed at the incredible ideas that come from your peers.

Just popping in to say "Another Beautiful Day at Deep Creek Lake."

Thanks for all those welcoming me to this network. I sincerely appreciate it and look forward to sharing thoughts and ideas with you. All the best from Deep Creek lake!