Rain and cold! That
is what we are experiencing here in North Carolina. But the beauty of the area and our location
in the park are making it A-OK!
We have extended our stay here for an extra 10 days! We love it and there is so much here to do –
especially when the rain ends and it warms up a bit. We have Asheville just north of us full of charming
restaurants and brewing companies.
Asheville is getting quite a reputation for itself as a brew
capital! Right next to us is the North
Carolina Arboretum which I can’t wait to explore. There are hiking trails from easy to
difficult all over the place. The Blue
Ridge Parkway runs right by here and just south is Hendersonville with boutique
shops, decorated bears in the street and more breweries.
Yesterday we made our first trip to Asheville and sampled
some of the brews. I am deciding that I
would rather have a nice glass of wine but most breweries don’t have
wine!! First we visited Asheville
Brewing Company and Kirby liked his IPA very much. I didn’t like my porter very much. We also shared a very good plate of fish and
chips. Then we found some public parking
up town and before we could even get parked a nice lady ran over to us and gave
us their unexpired ticket and so we rushed to the parking spot they were
vacating and I do believe that gift from a stranger paid for my next brew
mistake.
We walked around town marveling at the strangely dressed
young people and the many interesting shops and ended up at Lexington Avenue Brewing
(LAB) where we found a seat at a gorgeous curved bar. I was started when I looked behind me though
and saw that against the wall was a long table with eight year old boys having
lunch. There must have been twenty of
them! I don’t understand why someone
would take such young children to a brew pub. We didn’t finish our brews; it
was too noisy and they just weren’t that good.
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| Twin Leaf Brewing |
We found our way back to the parking lot and then went to
Twin Leaf Brewing Co. Their brews were much
better and it was a really fun place place.
Kirby ordered our brews, we chose a picnic table and grabbed a tin of
Mexican Train dominos off the shelf.
Kirby won but I will beat him next time!
And now we can’t wait to go try some more today!
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