I just drove through Linville and stopped at the GMHG office to get tickets for Saturday. Who should be there in the office but Donald MacDonald himself. He is the co-founder of the Grandfather Mtn. games, and without him the whole "games" tradition in the US would be very different today, if not entirely nonexistent. He spotted the MacDonell crest on my polo shirt and we had a delightful conversation. What an unexpected treat.