Blogs from Asheville, North Carolina, United States, North America - page 4

On Wednesday night we took my rental car back to the airport - one day early. This will make getting out of town on Thursday so much faster. I got off work Thursday about 3 pm and Ken picked me up at the hospital. We are headed to our RV in Asheville, NC. Bella and Lola are spending the weekend with us; we will pick them up after school on Friday. We have to pick our RV up from "storage". Before we went to Tucson we took the RV to 'Jason's' father's house to store it. Jason is the maintenance man at the RV campground we are staying in. It's very nice of him to let us do this as it usually costs a fair amount to store it. The place where he said we could ... read more

Well there was no rush this AM to beat the rain....it succeeded in arriving with a vengence at 5 AM.(or possibly before). Ralf slept in while we packed up and headed to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and the futile hope for sunshine. My carfeful routing went south when I discovered a sign stating detour for bridge on 141. Bypassed the exit and on to the conventional route to Gatlinburg. This entailed going thru Pidgeon Forge AND Gatlinburg...a traffic experience in the rain that would make a colonoscopy seem pleasant. On down 141thru Newfoundland Gap in either fog or clouds or both accompied by rain. Finally arrived in Asheville at Eurosport BMW and were number 1 and 2 to register and get passes. Then on to the Biltmore where we discovered no camping till Wednesday. Also found ... read more

Well we put in some serious miles the past few days- yesterday driving a total of 19 hours behind the wheel! We made it- Blue Ridge Parkway which stretches from North Carolina to Virginia. We are anxious to get out of the car and explore! Just got a map of the area and are headed into the woods- should be here for a few days at least with limitEd service. Xoxo SP*... read more

Well the arrival in Ashville was fairly impressive itself. We drove into town and decided that we should definitely have flowers for the soon to be Shannon Tourto a.k.a Shorto! Especially as I was showing up to their wedding uninvited without ever having met the two before. So we went to a supermarket, picked some flowers up and drove to the Tourto abode. What better way to arrive than sitting on the kayak on the roof of the car with flowers in between our legs singing, 'The night they drove old dixie down' by the Band, Needless to say Shannon and Anthony both loved the entrance. The next couple of days were an interesting time for me, trying to get to know two people quickly who were about to go through a massive moment in their ... read more

Here are some of the pictures from my time in Asheville - more to come.... read more