RV Trip: An Old-Timey Preacher and on to North Carolina
I've Moved! The Boomer Chronicles has closed after 6 years, but you can keep up with me on my new blog at http://www.rheabecker.com
This morning, our Tennessee hostess Pam took us to her church, Indian Springs Baptist, for a service that featured contemporary music and a preacher who rocked. Church is a central part of Pam’s life and I was happy she wanted to show us what it was like. Afterward, we bid goodbye to Pam after an amazing weekend. Her hospitality and warmth are impossible to beat. She totally rocks!
We drove down to Asheville, North Carolina. It was nice to be back on the road in the RV. We still have to so much RV life to experience. I was bleary-eyed when we arrived in Asheville, but I wanted to see the town. Asheville is progressive and kinda hippie-ish (see street mural above). We walked around the shops and art galleries for an hour or two, and bought some provisions at the local natural food store. We saw a dog in the window of a closed store (see below). My favorite place was Mast, a huge, old-fashioned general store that sold all manner of stuff. We drove outside of Asheville to a campground that featured a lake. We actually arrived before dark. A miracle! The campground wasn’t as pretty or woodsy as our campground the first night, but the people who ran it were super-friendly, and it was good to be ‘home’ for the night. Lights out.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Did you forget our blog carnival this week???
October 6th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I’m happy to hear you made it to Asheville without incident. Did you enjoy the drive over? Have fun, and safe travels.
Again, it was a pleasure to have you here in Tennesse, and in my home.
October 6th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I went to high school in Palo Alto (bay area) and college at San Francisco State in the 60’s and moved to NC with husband to spend 30+ years raising and living our family.
A few years ago I opened a chocolate company in Asheville and I got the real sense that they had simply cut out about 8 square blocks of The City and dropped it in the NC mountains. It felt like I was in the home of my youth.
Asheville is quite an eclectic community, with lots of spirituality, healing fairs and organic goods. Wonderfully comforting spot, until slip-sliding on ice in the mountainous terrain!
October 6th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Hi, Pam, so good to hear from you. We’ve been thinking and talking a lot about all the fun we had with you! We are doing well. I will be in touch with you when I get home.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
By the way, the trip from Kingsport to Asheville was gorgeous!
Midlife: Vaboomer.com (Nancy) is doing the Carnival this week. We sent out an email to tell folks we traded weeks. I do it next week.
Leslie: Good to hear from you. Asheville was super-crunchy.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
i’m loving this traveling Sandy
October 11th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Sandy, so happy you’re enjoying this.