Friday, April 9, 2010

Asheville North Carolina







What a day. We got up early this morning. It was way too cold and too mountainy for me to go for a walk. We just had breakfast and hooked up. The maps of this area are not great. We wandered around quite a bit before we found the visitor center for the Great Smokey Mountains. By then we had seen quite a bit of the mountains already. We decided to take the drive along the Blue Mountain Ridge. It was quite beautiful. Parts of it reminded me of home. It looked a little like being in Estacada, right at the foothills of the Cascades.
We then drove through Asheville and found a delightful campground. This is one with all of the hookups, but it is still camping. It is on a pretty steep hillside and they have used the hills to create a sense of privacy for each campsite. We spent the day just relaxing, grocery shopping and enjoying the great view. The sun is out, but it is a little chilly - about 65 degrees. It is supposed to get warmer each day for the next few days. The plan is to spend a day in Asheville and then who knows. Maybe we will just stay here for another day and maybe we will move on.
This is the kind of day that I actually expected that we would have more of. A day without plans and just waiting to see what happens. When we are able to allow ourselves not to plan we find that we discover some wonderful things. Sigh!!!

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