The Society of Happy Asses: A True Account
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tinhuvielWe all got home a bit later than expected. I estimated our victorious return around 2 PM or so. We got Diane and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
clumsycake home and then made it home ourselves at around 7 PM. It was quite a day.
Aunt Tudi and I started off at 7:30 AM sharp, going by the dump to drop off trash and stopping at the Circle K for some gasoline. We then picked Diane up at 8:00 on the dot, just as promised. Heading for Lyman, we hadclumsycake in the car by 8:30 and off we went to the Land O Sky!
About an hour later, we were in Asheville and decided to drop by Lake Julian to see if it's open in the Winter. It is! We took our snack foods (Pringles, sunflower seeds, melba toast, sesame sticks, and wheat thins) and gave them to the resident waterfowl. Diane was so enamoured with the amount of feathered critters, we decided to come back by Lake Julian on the way out of town. We didn't stay too very long the first time around because it was much colder there and very windy. After about 10 minutes I was unable to feel my lips, hands, feet, or ass.
We left Lake Julian and headed up the Blue Ridge Parkway. We didn't get far as the roads are closed in Winter. Even though it might be balmy and dry in Asheville proper, it's always very icy and dangerous on the Parkway. We did visit the Folk Arts Center and stopped at the French Broad overlook to take pictures of the river and sample the icicles. Yes, we sucked on icicles. The water that comes out of the rocks in the mountains is some of the most pure water you can drink. It's sweet mountain spring water and is absolutely delicious, so I broke off some of the icicles and we all enjoyed the tasty frozen treat.
After a brief detour to Bent Creek, it was time for downtown Asheville. We went to Morrisons where I bought a great big buttload of Appalachian Naturals soap at 30% off. I also got Aunt Tudi a bubble machine for her next bubble party with the brats in the family, and a pound of chocolate cognac balls which blew Diane's mind. On our way out of Morrisons, we met a couple from Minnesota who was visiting Asheville to "get warm." (their words). I offered them some cognac balls when a Hippie ambled by and asked if he could take some too. "Sure!" I said. And he said, "Hey thanks!" and grabbed a handful, then walked on.
We then headed for a grocery store to buy a few loaves of bread to give to the waterfowl at Lake Julian. Aunt Tudi got six cheapo loaves at Ingles and off we headed for Lake Julian. While Aunt Tudi, Diane, andclumsycake fed the birdies, I took an abundance of pictures. I then spied the heron and snuck up on it to take some groovy pictures. It had warmed up considerably by then, so we got to stay a bit longer, long enough to feed the birds all six loaves of bread. That sounds like a lot, but there were several dozen birds there, and the squirrels joined in on the feeding frenzy.
After about 45 minutes, we toodled over to the Sagebrush restaurant where we stuffed ourselves like pigs from hell. And then we headed back home at around 5 PM.
All in all, it was a totally groovy trip with totally groovy friends and conversation.
The only bad thing that happened was, when Aunt Tudi and I got home, we discovered that the pilot light on our heater has gone out and I can't get it to light again. Our low tonight is supposed to be 29, so we're gonna be colder than a snowman's ass by tomorrow. I'm taking the heater apart tomorrow morning and see if if there's a clog somewhere that I can take care of. If not, then I'll have to get a tech out from Freeman Gas to work on the heater before we end up like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining.
Despite this setback, I'm still quite happy and very pleased with our fantastic voyage.
*All pictures from our trip can be found HERE
clumsycake home and then made it home ourselves at around 7 PM. It was quite a day.Aunt Tudi and I started off at 7:30 AM sharp, going by the dump to drop off trash and stopping at the Circle K for some gasoline. We then picked Diane up at 8:00 on the dot, just as promised. Heading for Lyman, we had
clumsycake in the car by 8:30 and off we went to the Land O Sky!About an hour later, we were in Asheville and decided to drop by Lake Julian to see if it's open in the Winter. It is! We took our snack foods (Pringles, sunflower seeds, melba toast, sesame sticks, and wheat thins) and gave them to the resident waterfowl. Diane was so enamoured with the amount of feathered critters, we decided to come back by Lake Julian on the way out of town. We didn't stay too very long the first time around because it was much colder there and very windy. After about 10 minutes I was unable to feel my lips, hands, feet, or ass.
We left Lake Julian and headed up the Blue Ridge Parkway. We didn't get far as the roads are closed in Winter. Even though it might be balmy and dry in Asheville proper, it's always very icy and dangerous on the Parkway. We did visit the Folk Arts Center and stopped at the French Broad overlook to take pictures of the river and sample the icicles. Yes, we sucked on icicles. The water that comes out of the rocks in the mountains is some of the most pure water you can drink. It's sweet mountain spring water and is absolutely delicious, so I broke off some of the icicles and we all enjoyed the tasty frozen treat.
After a brief detour to Bent Creek, it was time for downtown Asheville. We went to Morrisons where I bought a great big buttload of Appalachian Naturals soap at 30% off. I also got Aunt Tudi a bubble machine for her next bubble party with the brats in the family, and a pound of chocolate cognac balls which blew Diane's mind. On our way out of Morrisons, we met a couple from Minnesota who was visiting Asheville to "get warm." (their words). I offered them some cognac balls when a Hippie ambled by and asked if he could take some too. "Sure!" I said. And he said, "Hey thanks!" and grabbed a handful, then walked on.
We then headed for a grocery store to buy a few loaves of bread to give to the waterfowl at Lake Julian. Aunt Tudi got six cheapo loaves at Ingles and off we headed for Lake Julian. While Aunt Tudi, Diane, and
clumsycake fed the birdies, I took an abundance of pictures. I then spied the heron and snuck up on it to take some groovy pictures. It had warmed up considerably by then, so we got to stay a bit longer, long enough to feed the birds all six loaves of bread. That sounds like a lot, but there were several dozen birds there, and the squirrels joined in on the feeding frenzy. After about 45 minutes, we toodled over to the Sagebrush restaurant where we stuffed ourselves like pigs from hell. And then we headed back home at around 5 PM.
All in all, it was a totally groovy trip with totally groovy friends and conversation.
The only bad thing that happened was, when Aunt Tudi and I got home, we discovered that the pilot light on our heater has gone out and I can't get it to light again. Our low tonight is supposed to be 29, so we're gonna be colder than a snowman's ass by tomorrow. I'm taking the heater apart tomorrow morning and see if if there's a clog somewhere that I can take care of. If not, then I'll have to get a tech out from Freeman Gas to work on the heater before we end up like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining.
Despite this setback, I'm still quite happy and very pleased with our fantastic voyage.
*All pictures from our trip can be found HERE
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Date: 2006-02-08 03:12 am (UTC)Oh, and what is Law and Order: YOMAMA? Yer makin' it up, aincha?
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Date: 2006-02-08 08:25 pm (UTC)I left a message as someone from the NC State Highway Patrol that we had an APB out on you for Slowing and Reckless Driving.
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Date: 2006-02-08 02:24 pm (UTC)Also, that is one handsome goose/gander. And s/he knows it.
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