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Looking like this isn’t even a weekly blog at this point. The press of work has really put a crimp in this trip, and it turns out I have to return home this Friday for a week. That will leave me just one more week, after that, to enjoy Asheville. But I’ve sure gotten aroundContinue reading “Up and Down Mountains”

Sorry for the delay in getting out this next installment. Company arrives and all the sudden my whole schedule goes to hell. But this week (actually last week) was about hosting my BFF Kimberly. So I finally got to be more of a tourist. For example, I made the two hour drive to the CharlotteContinue reading “The Guests have Arrived”

Been doing quite a bit on the non-work front of late. Last Friday I made good on a resolution and went to my first Asheville Tourists game. Those of you who’ve watched Bull Durham a million times may know that’s where Crash Davis went after the Durham Bulls cut him. Its the Astros’ Class AContinue reading “Travelin Man”

Guess its looking like a once a week kind of blog, if that. People keep saying I’m on vacation and I guess in some sense I am. Meaning that I’m often taking off both Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and living in a different location. With stairs and a porch. So, you know, its pretty wild.Continue reading “Run Ins With Nature”

Its been kind of a mundane week. The day after the 4th, the legal holiday, I explored around downtown most of the afternoon. As I mentioned, its an odd mix of business establishments like banks, government buildings, offices, along with tourists spots. Restaurants, coffee shops, lots of vintage clothing stores. Food trucks. A few littleContinue reading “Digging In For the Duration”

As I said, the last couple of days I’ve been trying to get the lay of the land here. Scoping out where to get groceries, lunch, and the like. Essential services. There’s an abundance of all that, yet happily not tons of chains. Its a pretty cool neighborhood. I’m near the University of North Carolina-Charlotte,Continue reading “Getting To Know You”

First days trying to get my bearings and explore town. I’m close to but not quite Downtown. Same as to some nearby neighborhoods. There’s a Whole Foods and a Trader Joe’s literally within one block, so that ought to tell you everything about the area. My first morning, I had a typical diner breakfast atContinue reading “Asheville, NC 28801”

Finally made it to Asheville, after packing what should have been a six hour drive into nine hours. I meant to spend a little time looking around Birmingham, but got caught having to attend to some work. I actually stayed in a little suburb called Homewood, AL, then drove a bit through a neighborhood called,Continue reading “Finally Making It”

Holing up tonight in Birmingham, another of those blue islands in the red moat that makes up 2021 America. American cities now mostly resemble West Berlin during the Airlift…but I digress. Travel Day #2. I got on the road a little earlier, hoping to avoid a repeat of yesterday’s rain. Mostly it stayed dry exceptContinue reading “Stars (and Fireflies) Fell On Alabama”

Travel day #1. Not great but it beats the FOUR drives to Lubbock over the past year. Long story. Today I drove through East TX and Northern LA (I.e. the Baptist and Pentecostal part of LA and hence the not fun part) to wind up in Monroe, LA. Or Funroe as those in Alexandria callContinue reading “Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road”