title: The Lantern
author: Smith, Gene
description: From New York, to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Jay Boe leaves his business in the hands of the company VP and hits the open road in his 1957 Ford pickup truck in search of some kind of real meaning in his life. He has a billion dollar business, but he's just not happy. Something is missing.He bought an old estate on the lake in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, in hopes of finding some peace and quiet. He never dreamed he would travel 40 years back in time and meet the girl he had always dreamed of.