The Road to Nowhere

After our trip on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad I had one last adventure I wanted to undertake. I had read about the “Road to Nowhere” which starts in Bryson City, and I wanted to find it. Turns out that it was easier to find than I thought, so we were able to explore it. [...]

Posted by Tom on October 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment Posted in Travel

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

It had all the promise of a beautiful, cool fall weekend, and Laura and I decided to take advantage of it. Saturday afternoon we drove up to Cullowhee, North Carolina to savor a delicious victory as Furman beat Western North Carolina 47-21 in football. We stayed overnight in Bryson City, and that Sunday we were [...]

Posted by Tom on October 3rd, 2011 | 4 Comments Posted in Entertainment, Photography, Travel

Upstream on the Green River

Summer’s almost over.  Since this was one of my last free Fridays, Alan and I decided to do a bit of paddling.  This time we decided to head up to North Carolina and do some paddling on Lake Adger, which is just north of Columbus.  It turned out to be a great trip, and an [...]

Posted by Tom on July 24th, 2011 | 1 Comment Posted in Paddling

Tupelo Honey Cafe

Karen B had said that we absolutely had to try Tupelo Honey Cafe for breakfast while we were in Asheville. She also warned that it was very popular, and that we needed to get there by 9:00 if we hoped to get seated. We arrived in time to get a couple of seats at the [...]

Posted by Tom on January 31st, 2011 | 1 Comment Posted in Restaurants

Hanging Out in Asheville

After our tour of Biltmore on Saturday, the plan was to hang out in Asheville and do some window-shopping Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Karen and Herman had given us a list of their favorite places in Asheville, and we wanted to check out a few of them. Asheville always strikes me as a city [...]

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