Pines Country Inn Brevard

Nach Chicago wieder in den Sueden, meine neuen Freunde besuchen. Zuerst nach Boone, wo mein musikalischer couchsurfing Hippiefreund mit seinen Tieren lebt, etwas Gitarre spielen und die Natur geniessen. Hab dann aber erfahren muessen, dass selbst in Boone die Welt nicht ganz heil ist, wurde doch einer von seinen Freunden neulich im Saloon(!) in eine Messerstecherei verwickelt. Aber wo gibt's schon eine 100 ...

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.

So we have finally reached out final couch surf destination here in Asheville North Carolina. We contemplated back and forth on how long to stay since we are both kinda antzy to get home BUT the moment we arrived we partook in a community drum circle and well...we knew we were going to stay more than one night. After the drum circle we met all...9? of Eli's roommates, plus the four other couch surfers! The house was an amazing bio friendly home that surrounded us with food, literary and ...

... Had a great dinner at The Square Root in Brevard:












Looking forward to a morning ride in Dupont State Forest!

... I decided to check out Asheville's version. It was awesome. About 80 people showed up, average age of somewhere around 45, and all I did was dance with strangers for two hours straight. To give you an idea of the atmosphere there, at one point dancing I accidentally bumped into a trio of other people dancing/intertwined on the floor. Instead of being taken aback or ignoring the slight, one of the cute girls I had accidentally bumped twines around me and pulls me ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

... took awhile but everyone's bags made it. Barbara and I were quickly shuttled to the Avis terminal, dropped off at our car and were on our way. In contrast to our hectic trip down, there was almost no traffic in Atlanta. Even with a McDonald's breakfast stop, we were back in Brevard in 3 hours 20 minutes. Barbara dropped me off at Liz's house. I noticed that Liz's car was blocking me in so I assumed she was home ...

... in 1898, headed by Dr Carl Schenck, a German forester. Brought here to manage George Vanderbilt's vast forest properties, he taught at the Biltmore Estate in the wintertime. In summers, however, students and teacher studied among the trees. Of course, many universities have forestry programs today, and students from four of them will be showing off their lumberjack style during the Woodsmen's ...