Okay, I really can’t say that I’m surprised but Brian Nichols is pleading innocent. This man alledgedly overpowered a Fulton County Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy in the courthouse, somehow got her gun, put her in the hospital, shot and killed the judge who was presiding over his trial and his court reporter, shot and killed a Fulton County Georgia Sheriff’s deputy outside of the courthouse, hijacked a car and escaped. Later on he alledgedly shot and killed a US Customs agent while trying to get another car and held a woman hostage in Gwinnett County overnight before she persuaded him to let her loose and surrender to authorities.

This man murdered four people and seriously injured a fifth, mostly in front of witnesses, and he pleads innocent. I’m really anxious to see what his defense is.

There is a lake in our neighborhood that was created by damming up a little stream that combines with another little stream about a half mile away to form the Yellow River. A neighbor of mine and I have talked about taking our canoes down that little stream and see how far we could go in a day. Richard Grove is taking that musing a little farther.

The Yellow River is not much of a river, especially at it’s head waters. Growing up on the Tennessee River I sort of laughed at the idea of calling this little stream a river when I moved here. However, it does get larger as it meanders through Gwinnett County and it leads to other rivers that eventually lead to the ocean. That’s the end that Grove sees the river as his means to. Planning a thirtyish day trip he intends to finally float out into the ocean in his little kayak. Maybe I need to put my canoe into that stream and see how far I make it.