Wednesday

An encounter with a pitbull and two ticks helped in the decision to make today a rest and relaxation day, so we headed into Asheville. Unfortunately, we forgot that there isn’t much to do there. We ate at the Tupelo Honey Café, which is famous, although we’re not sure why. We split the fried shrimp taco; when in the south do as the south.  After getting bored wandering around town, I started to think about my Outward Bound trip which had started in the area. After the trip each participant received an Outward Bound pin for completing the course, which was very special. I had pinned mine to my jacket, but lost it several years ago. I decided to call their corporate office, which is in Asheville to see if I could get a replacement. I explained the situation and the lady on the phone said, “Well stop on by, we can get you another pin.” I was so excited. My Outward Bound semester was amazing, and I had spent one night sleeping outside this particular Corporate office after we were evacuated off the Outer Banks because of a hurricane. It was a weird drive as we turned on several roads labeled Old School Road and navigated our way to the office. I instantly recognized the building and it brought back fantastic memories. I picked up my pin and was ecstatic. Unfortunately, we couldn’t think of much else to do in town, and while we really wanted to eat at a fantastic Mexican place we’d found last year, we were too full from the “light” southern-style lunch at Tupelos to eat again. We d

ecided to head back to the cabin and settle in for a variation on the usual Hamburger-Helper vacation fare: Lipton Noodles! We enjoyed a nice dinner of fresh rainbow trout, Lipton fried rice, and mixed veggies, and then pulled out the books.

-Restin’ Libby and Relaxin’ Steven