Then on to Asheville, NC and a few nights in a sweet AirBnB apartment. My affliction of connecting places to song lyrics remains strong, and passing this sign we natch listened to...
After two stays in AirBnB's we highly recommend trying it out, and we'll likely open a room in our farmhouse to travelers this summer. Our hosts in Asheville, Haley and Ted, steered us to some fantastic Jamaican food at Nine Mile, yum!
Next night it was time to get down with Donna The Buffalo at The Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club, one of the best venues in the country to see live music, complete with springy wooden floors.
Jeb Puryear, rates waaaaaay up there in my book as one of the very best guitarists alive today. The evening's escapades made for a late start the next morning, but we awoke excited for the day to unfold; we were meeting up with my son Noah and his friend Peter who are on a Bikeabout, making their way to New Orleans on bicycles from North Carolina. We caught up with them in Blairsville, GA. Noah making waffles at the Best Western next morn:
Monday was a BEAUTY of a day, and the four of us set out for a hike on the Appalachian Trail. We hiked the tallest mountain on the Georgia stretch of the AT, Blood Mountain, through forests of deep green rhododendron and mountain laurel.
And were rewarded with amazing vistas!
(Talk about scary clowns!)
Yeesh!
http://youtu.be/LDdkwwiV-is
On the way home we stopped at Pappy's, a pretty good tourist trap - saw these weirdly hideous/amazing sculptures made out of melted 5Gallon buckets:
Some arcane leftovers from bygone days:
And taxidermy taken to levels I could never have imagined:
Last night we were treated to a demo of using a bellows to power Peter's melodica:
And so today (what day is it again??) we part with Noah & Peter. We are all headed to New Orleans, but for us...it's Memphis In the Meantime, Baby.
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