Thursday

This morning we drove back to Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) to hike part of the Appalachian Trail.  We hiked several miles of the trail. The NOC would definitely be an oasis for those hiking; its location right on the trail is a refueling station for many of the hikers. Next, we headed to Bryson City, the closest town, to eat and post our blogs.  Our favorite restaurant there, The Cork and Bean, offers delicious savory and sweet crepes.  Our Tsali trails awaited us and we decided it was time to continue the mountain biking saga. At this point, I secretly made it my goal to bike every mile of trails in the park.  The trails alternate depending on the day whether it is open for horse riding or mountain biking. This left us with the only option to ride the Thompson Trail. It proved to be the easiest trail thus far.  When we made it back to  the parking lot we chatted with a family from Indianapolis. We arrived back at the cabin and settled in for a dinner of Cheesy Hamburger Helper and a night of reading. I pulled up CNN on my phone to check the news, something I hadn’t done all week. I found an article about Hunger Games fans flocking to North Carolina to see where the films are taped. Several scenes are shot in Dupont State Forest, which is where we mountain biked last year.  A thought occurred to me, during the Harry Potter craze we were in London and saw the Half Blood Prince at the Empire (premiere theatre), during the Twilight frenzy we happened to be in Forks, Washington, now we happened to be right in the area of the Hunger Games. I am beginning to think Steven has a secret love of young adult fiction.

Off to snooze,

I love my JAVA Libby and Team Catniss Steven