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Merry Christmas
Headed home for the holidays and kicking back in the mountains of North Carolina with the folks for the next week. After that heading to New York City for work and then back out on the road. Not sure of the itinerary yet but will figure it out with the ...
Day 199: March 1, 2008 Buenos Aires to Brevard, NC
Day 199: March 1, 2008 Buenos Aires to Brevard, North Carolina I dozed a few times but never really slept. Three days of sitting had given me a sore butt and lower back. The wake-up call for breakfast came at 4:00. I ate a basic airline continental ...
Team Member Jessica Nixon
... to all who are making this happen!!!! Currently, I am the staff director at Rockbrook Camp for Girls in Brevard, NC. My diverse duties include recruiting and training our camp counselors as well as occasionally leading outdoor trips, talking ...
Day 1: August 15, 2007 Brevard to Brevard-a False
... I called Bob for help at about 9:15. He came up to the airport and picked us up, cheerful as ever. We drove back to Brevard with his "Bionic Bob" beeper going off most of the way. We tried, unsuccessfully, to find a hidden outdoor key at the house. I ...
Doing Something Worthwhile-Free Rein Project
Saturday, I helped Chuck and Libby with one of their favorite projects. The "Free Rein" organization is a therapeutic horse ridding project that works with autistic children. They learn to ride horses in a controlled environment that ...
Day 18: July 24, 2007 Frederick to Brevard
Day 18: July 24, 2007 Frederick to Brevard I awoke at 6:30 but refrained from getting up until my alarm went off at 7:00. I took a shower, which felt great. ...
Visiting Local CLubs
I recently visited 2 local Rotary meetings - Brevard, and Pisgah Forest. The Brevard Rotarians take over the Quarry Restaurant on Tuesdays and enjoy the live piano music played by a member. I was there for Veterans' Day, which was cool because many of ...
Day 15: July 4, 2007 Guayaquil to Brevard
Day 15: July 4, 2007 Guayaquil to Brevard Once we were airborne I started writing and did so until the movie, "Blades of Glory" came on. It was much better than I thought it would be. I fell asleep as soon as it ended and was awakened at 4:30 for ...
Spare That Tree
... forest community. Catch Ranger A B's Live Animal Show at 11 and 1:30 in the old schoolhouse. And of course, don't forget to shake hands with the greatest forester of them all, Smokey the Bear. See you there. Forest Festival Day, Brevard, North ...
Training week x2
... much to do with the girls which was expected! We were finally realeased from camp lockdown at 3PM Saturday, ohhh yeah! We headed into Brevard to the local Mexican joint to celebrate 2 birthdays. Good times were had… The next day we got a camp van ...
Over the mountain and through the woods
We choose to drive over the mountain to go into Brevard, NC. It was dark already so we didn't get to enjoy it was much as we wanted to, but that is another trip. We did however get to have dinner while we were in the area at Sagebrush ...
First Slickrock Ride
Biked Big Rock Trail in Dupont State Forest. This was the first time on slickrock. Took a minor spill and ended up losing the back tire. A quick fix and we were back on the trail. We then headed towards my grandparents house ...
Session 3
... petrified and close to throwing up a few times! That weekend I had a shorter leave because our prize trip, we headed into Brevard for the last time for dinner (I found good fish n chips!!) and drinkies. The next morning we headed into Hendersonville for ...
6 months in a blog!
... to check out the horse park, trade stands (freebies!) and Lexington City. Exciting time-Going on Hurricane alert 3 times! Once back in Brevard, NC it was work, work, work! Highlight? Bears coming for a visit when we were out camping with kids and horses! ...
Into the wilderness we go.......
After the food store and a quick stop to fill up the tank (gas was dirt cheap up there btw) and also a quick bite to eat, we were off into the forest for the next 3 days! The place we decided to camp was in the Pisgah National Forest, in the ...
June 17, 2011 Quito to Brevard, NC
June 17, 2011 Quito to Brevard Once we got on board the plane, things went smoothly and we took off on time, just before midnight. Elena encouraged me to watch "The Adjustment Bureau" with Matt Damon. I did and enjoyed it. I managed to ...
Home for the Holidays
This is the first entry to identfy the center, the point where we begin and around which the whole will revolve. It's Rockbrook Summer Camp for Girls! We'll be here and there as time moves ...
Christmas and New Years in Bre-town!
... with cheese and wine and shrimp left me feeling very, very ill! We caught our first (and possibly last) taxi home from Brevard (a 7-10 min trip) and were charged 17 dollars-ouch! New Years Day-Gatekeepers table for some choc chip pancakes and coffee. ...
Rope, rope, grab the rope!
Not ones to break with tradition, we arrived at camp in the dark, confused, tired and soon to be disappointed. "Rustic" and "cabin" are 2 words I shall forever be suspicious of. To say our accommodation is basic is no understatement. From what I gathered ...
A weekend back "home"
... 5 locals there (including and Indian who performed many amazing drinking tricks) and 10 of us. The drinks were finally back to normal "brevard price" aka 2 dollars and it was an awesome night, ending in a late night stop at Wendys for burgers. We wandered ...
Wet and Wild
... nbsp; From here they mosied on down to Looking Glass Waterfall and then out of the park. Blue Ridge Parkway is in the Pigsah National Forest. Slide Rock is 12 miles ...
Session 2
... that wasn’t going to give you a hangover the next morning! Saturday I lazed in bed till 11 (joy!) then went into Brevard for poppies lunch (the organic place) and I bought some avacados which I have been craving for months! Just waiting for them to ...
random things we saw - day 1
... Had a great dinner at The Square Root in Brevard: Looking forward to a morning ride in Dupont State Forest! ...
Session 1
... get through in the morning then we were on session break from 12 whooooo! We chilled by the lake all arvo then headed into Brevard (Mexican for dinner/drinks then Dugans for more drinks) Got back to camp at about 1 for some pants dancing with Jessie and ...
Training and maintenance time!
... are yet to improve unfortunately, but i managed to stay upright this time! Then we headed to "dugans" one of two pubs in brevard. I was delighted that wine is cheap and available by the glass in the USA as me and vodka mixed drinks have a rocky history. ...
June 8, 2011: Brevard, NC to Quito, Ecuador
... Carolina University faculty in the mid-90's. LeGrand Smith is an old friend of Alice's who has donated books and fossils to Brevard College. We first met about 10 years ago. He is a retired Methodist minister and was a missionary in Bolivia. While in ...
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