The first CBS Rally is in the books. All 22 teams made it through the 100 mile route and all were in good spirits when they arrived at the finish.

When they saw their scores, things changed a little …

This event was a tribute of sorts to my old friend, Ted Goddard. Ted organized the Covered Bridge Rally in Vermont for 49 years, passing a few months shy of its 50th running last year. Covered Bridge was a mainstay of the rally calendar with beautiful roads, at least a couple of covered bridges to traverse and some mildly sneaky speed change locations.

For my event, we had two Monte Carlo checkpoints early on so the timing challenge was minimal, but then there were 27 questions that varied from the obvious to the arcane. They also got to traverse two covered bridges.

We had a gorgeous day and several teams ran with the tops down in their Miatas.

Now, what’s next …

The CBS Rally runs tomorrow, one last time on the roads. The number of buildings left to rot in rural Georgia always amazes me.

Scraps of paper taped to signs, left behind.

Today was our McGill Symposium for Journalistic Courage and I was thrilled to have documentary photojournalist Billy Howard come in to talk about his work. The bulk of our time was spent on his book, Epitaphs for the Living, a series of portraits he did in the 1980s about people living with HIV/AIDS.

We also touched on his work documenting other subcultures, from strippers to kids with cancer. Powerful stuff.

Dinner last night with a job candidate and I asked her who inspired her photography. She came back with Fan Ho, who I wasn’t familiar with.

Spent part of the evening studying his work. Good choice.

A dust barrier went up around the dean’s suite as ceiling tiles started to come down.

We ran the safety check for the next rally, it was a little dirty …