Clark and his wife recently took a trip to Montana with another couple. Why Montana? Because the tickets were on sale and it was a great airfare deal. Clark loves the beauty of our country's entire mountain state region. He and his wife got to do so many wonderful outdoor activities, including fly-fishing, hiking and horseback riding. The latter was done at the Mountain Sky Guest Ranch, which is owned by Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. Clark and his wife also had a great time in Yellowstone Park, where they saw bighorn sheep, buffalo (aka bison), grizzly bears, coyote, prong-horn antelope, moose, whitetail deer and elk. In fact, Clark was just a scant 270 yards away from a grizzly at one point! He also enjoyed seeing one of Ted Turner's ranches, which had buffalo by the millions. The ranch's scenery reminded him of the film A River Runs Through It. Look for pictures from the trip on the site soon!

Of course Clark had to fly to get to Montana. So many people are upset at the airlines and their recent mistreatment of passengers -- including leaving them stranded on the tarmac without food, water or clean toilets. And talk about the delays! Clark was recently at Newark Airport waiting to flying to Atlanta and his flight had to taxi around for longer than the actual flight time. Congress is holding hearings on the over-scheduling problem, but the solution needs to economic. Why not charge airlines higher landing fees if they insist on creating runway gridlock by over-scheduling multiple flights for business travelers? Maybe that would encourage them to spread their flights out and reduce the crunch.