Asheville!!

View from Black Balsalm Trail in the Pisgah National Forest.


Suzie and I traveled to visit my Lindsey in Asheville - it was an incredible trip with feed-your-soul hikes, fabulous vegetarian food (even vegan gravy!) and wonderful new friends (a big shout out to Amanda & Judd - I promise to get to Savannah soon!).

Below are a few other photos I really wanted to share, but you can see the rest here.




Just past Nashville, I was looking for a park to eat lunch and was told to head up the road - the woman gave the impression we'd just find a picnic table or two, so I had no idea we'd find this beautiful spot at J. Percy Priest Reservoir. (The other pic is Suzie's smiling face - roadtrips seem to cure her, too.)



Folks told me that during the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta officials bussed homeless men & women to the four corners, many of them landing in Asheville. Asheville and other cities (Denver) have retrofitted their parking meters to collect change for homeless shelters, food banks and other struggling organizations. The white-out marker suggests things are a little more complicated than straight-up donations, but I was impressed none-the-less.



Think of this as our calmest moment. "4 people, 6 dogs and one heluva ruckus!".