Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Brevard

... Welt. Es war auf jeden Fall schoen, mal wieder aus der Stadt rauszukommen.
Danach nach Asheville, meine Freundin Emma, die den Sommer dort verbringt, besuchen. Nachdem wir das letzte Mal ja ausgiebig die liberale, alternative Seite gekostet hatten, versuchten wir uns diesmal in etwas klassicheren amerikanischen Aktivitaeten. Endlich mal wieder richtiges Barbeque. Ich hab meinen Fleischkonsum hier ja ...

My daughter, Julie, her friend, Heather, and I went hiking at Table Rock State Park July 31. We hiked all the trails. It took 6 hours to do to the Pinnacle Mountain Trail, Mill Creek Falls Spur, Mill Creek Pass Trail, Ridge Trail, and the Table Rock Trail, plus 3 falls, 1 cut chin, and 1 bee sting, but we made it.

... to New Jersey for her funeral. Despite the sad cause, it was still nice to see all my extended family in the midst of all these travels and interactions with no one but strangers. I know I will return to Asheville some day and so despite having to leave prematurely, I'm glad to have at least discovered another solidly good place in this country.
Thus concluded my brief stay in North Carolina. Onwards to New York City - not quite the place to be while recovering from a funeral.

Back on the Blue Ridge Highway. Stopped at Cone Manor House - pictures, crafts and Lake view. Wonderful scenery on the Blue Ridge parkway. Changes of vegetation due to height. Walked to Cascades at Linville Falls. Went into Asheville town for dinner at Jack of the Woods. Great Bluegrass music with "sitters in."

Friday 24 April ...

Hello! My name is Jessica Nixon and I'm so excitied to begin this incredible journey. India has always been on my list of "must sees." I'm particularly excited about learning about our host families lives and interests. I also look forward to visiting the Rotary project sites such as hospitals and schools, as well as Gandhi's ashram, and the temple caves ...

I spent last summer working as a therapist at a health promotion/ weight loss camp for overweight and obese kids aged 10 to 18. I'm not going to name it here just because I don't want it to be google-able by kids or parents. Not that I'm saying anything dodgy about the place, but I acknowledge that I come off as a little ridiculous in some of my other posts. Anyway, let's just call it 'camp.'

A few unexpected detours on my life path led me to ...

... like we had never parted a few days ago, so far away from here. We chattered away under a sunny sky the whole way back to Brevard. We pulled into the driveway and unloaded the car. It was over! Six and a half months after leaving, I was home. This will be my last regular post for this trip but I will write a summary and post it later. Thank you all for reading. It's been a blast!

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 breakfast which was awful. I managed to sleep for another hour before we landed. Immigration and customs went smoothly. Reclaiming Barbara's and Russ' bags back at the ...