We spent Thursday morning trying to snap some scenic photos in Charlotte. Turns out Charlotte lacks tourist hotspots, so had fun taking silly pictures in front of the main attraction: the super totally exciting Bank if America Corporate Center. We definitely caught a few backward glances from confused bankers, but hey, at least our trip will be well-documented. Also, the security guard seemed angrily confused when we asked him to take our photo...I suppose he thought we were going to set off a bomb. We were, coincidentally, a walking stink bomb.
After leaving Charlotte we headed down to Asheville, NC. Asheville is a great hippie town nestled in the Allegheny Mountains of North Carolina. We met up with Stew (the elder) and Alyce, Stew's parents to check out the city. The town is filled with hippie shop after hippie shop: Asheville's got to have more patchouli per capita than any other town on the East coast. When we got tired of inhaling incense in all the stores, we stopped into an absolutely fantastic vegetarian resaraunt, Rosetta's. Mmmmmm, tempeh :) We also got a good photo op with a nice family of dancing statues. Stew and Grande Stew also posed as hippies by sleeping on a bench.
After eating some tasty veg food, we met up with Derek Clatterbuck, a long-time friend of Stew's, at Warren Wilson College. He reccomended we check out Pisgah Brewery in Black Mountain, NC. We walked into a party at the Brewery -- live music, great beer, Jamaican jerk chicken, and more. The whole scene felt more like a frat house than bar, and we had a great time. There was an outdoor fire, dancing hippies, and a weird old WWII building filled with broken old bar games. Pretty good beer and an interesting setting in an old warehouse.
After hanging out at the Brewery, it was back to Warren Wilson College where we set up camp in Derek's front lawn. We had lots of fun hanging out with the Wilsonites -- what a crazy group of kids. It's the kind of place where the word "haircut" is not part of the lexicon and, like inuits with snow, there are 30 words for "dreadlock." Everyone was super welcoming -- special thanks to Laura and Marika (and Derek of course!) for showing us a good time! Also, everyone was amazed at how good we smell.
For our first time setting up the tent and sleeping out on our journey, it wasn't too bad of a night. We faced some minor tent wetness and Stew had issues sleeping on the incline, but we're pretty confident all of our gear is going to work out great.
Today it's off to Huntsville, AL to visit Tori's cousin Katie!
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