trail running
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Elk
Mother’s Day was super exciting. My family and friends went to Cataloochee camping. I must say that I enjoy camping with people that know how to camp. My nights of eating doritos for dinner and sitting out in the rain are over. Cataloochee is about an hours drive west of Asheville not far from the TN border. We rode bikes, hiked, threw the baseball, cooked over an open fire and had a fabulous time. In the early morning hours a very friendly elk hung out in our site for about 3 hours. He checked out our tent, looked in my car, would disappear and then reappear and even took a bag that had once contained dog food out into the field to look for left overs. At times we were scared he would charge us but he mostly lurked. It is worth the drive to the valley to see the hundreds of elk that call this area home.
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Bucket List
Three of my dear friends and I set out on the Appalachian Trail for my 44th birthday celebration. I have always been fascinated by this mythical trek and had never set foot on it (even though part of it is 25 mins from my house). One of my trail running buddies mapped it out and we set sail at 7:20 AM. The weather was cold at Sam’s Gap where we started. We ran for 6.2 miles to the most beautiful bald perfectly named Big Bald. On the way we passed 6 hikers. I asked where they were headed and they said Georgia. They were through hikers. To me they were unicorns. I am amazed by people that can hike from Maine to Georgia. Just like an Ironman, hiking the entire AT is on my life’s bucket list. I wanted to stop them and pepper questions, but I just told them how impressed I was and let them continue on. When we made it back to the car, my fantastic friends surprised me with a birthday cake and Perfect Day IPA which was so fitting for the special morning. I truly couldn’t think of a better way to ring in another year.
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Blogging as a Covid Activity
I really should have started blogging earlier. Frankly, it was one of those things that I knew I should do but kept putting on the back burner. Between homeschooling, mothering, exercising, real estate, keeping my house in some type of order, etc etc I neglected the blog. I also had great ambition to clean out all of the closets in my house and organize my drawers but it never happened. Oh well.
If you are going to quarantine, Asheville is a pretty fabulous place to do so. I have spent tons of time outside in the last 8 months. I dusted off my middle school tennis racquet, learned how to can pickles, trail ran on the AT for the first time, explored tons of swimming holes with my 8 year old, biked all over this town and checked out the newly completed greenway by the river arts district. I vow to run and bike on it lots and lots.
In my free time, I have loved the real estate boom we have seen in this town. I’ve learned something new with every transaction and gotten to see some beautiful homes along the way. Pretty sweet job for someone that truly is passionate about where they live.
