We left the lowlands of South Carolina and headed north. The only place in North Carolina that looked interesting was Asheville. It was a short drive to NC. We got there right after lunch. The visitor center was incredibly helpful. Bob decided that he wanted to try going into the mountains. Apparently they had a terrible winter here and there have been some rock slides, so the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed. Our drive here was in the pouring rain - and I do mean pouring. We don't get rain like that in Oregon. It was raining so hard that neither Bob nor I could imagine doing what we need to camp. So we drove to the casino and parked in the lot. We asked if there were any rooms available. There weren't. We gambled for a while - and lost. Then we looked outside and it had stopped raining.
Because it had been raining so hard I lost my bearings and was not sure where we were. By the way, I am still not sure. I will have to deal with that when we leave. But we found a campground. It is really too early in the season for it to be open. The bathrooms and showers are not functional. But they rented us a space with full hookup. We can get by with that for a night. I think tomorrow we will take a quick look at the mountains - which look to be gorgeous - and then head back down to Asheville.
Tonight we reheated leftovers for dinner and I decided to contact HP to find out why my wireless was not working. It seems that when I dropped my computer several weeks ago and the battery fell out, the computer needed to be reset. The tech support person (with the strong Indian accent who spoke too quickly and used all of those techy words) finally got me to understand that she wanted me to take out the battery and press the power button for 30 seconds. I did that and it all works just great now. Nice support from HP.
Bob spent about an hour catching up on our finances. He has now finished his current novel and is ready to go to bed. He is just waiting for me to finish writing in my blog. So I will say good night.
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yeah! got the wireless fixed!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we got to chat for a few minutes. Alex ended up being REALLY cranky tonight. Mike said that Seema said he was PMSing all day. (Apparently Seema really said "emotional all day", but for men, that must mean PMSing!)
He was nice and relaxed when I put him to bed, but WIDE awake. We heard him playing with the turtle for a long while before we finally hear the "sleep breathing".
Poor little guy. Wonder what was wrong! Miss you guys. But I love reading your blog! :-D
Love daughter, s-i-l, and the 'gater.