Asheville Turnaround

Asheville Turnaround!

My theme song:

"I’ve been burning up the blacktop

I’ve been wearin’ out these tires

I’ve got a rebuilt carburetor

I’ve got brand new spark plug wires

I’be been clutchin and a brakin

I’ve been up these hills and down

Her good love keeps me makin

That Asheville turnaround." - Del Mccoury Band

http://youtu.be/XUHVhYuKMJI

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I had an amazing 12 days celebrating New Year's, building, running and driving with Butch and Maria in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.

We had all kinds of weather (mostly the coldish kind) and all kinds of fun. First, I rang in the New Year with Maria, Butch and Maria's extended family just outside of Atlanta, Georgia...

Then on to Asheville....After building a rack to haul 24 foot beams weighing in at around 125 pounds on a Toyota truck, the "team" (Butch, Maria and me) loaded 8 beams onto the truck, then on to sawhorses, and after much consternation and calculation and re-calculation of the Pythagorean Theory, we hoisted the beams up onto the top of the barn-to-be. Whew!

After "raising the barn," Maria, Butch, the neighbors (Caroline, Wilder, Matt and Brigit and friends) and I met up with Maria's mom Kathy, dad Tom, and the brothers, Michael and Chris, for the Tsali trail run, somewhere near Fontana Village, North Carolina. It was a rainy day but everyone in our group managed to heat up the 8km and 30 km courses. We all took home victory pottery and some door prizes as well.

And then on to Nashville...Butch and I made the 5 hour drive (with a nice lunch stop in Knoxville at the Perrys') and landed at Chris Perry's hip studio right in the middle of the action of Nashville. We felt a little "bushwacked" after hitting Broadway, but Butch managed to conduct a fabulous city tour on my last day in the city.

I just have to say...I love Asheville and Weaverville and Barnardsville...Thanks for a wonderful time Buria (and for hosting Caroline and Wilder)!

I have only a few more posts from the U.S. of A. I'll send out a post listing my Central and South American itineraries very soon.

Cheers,

Kelly