In My Room

I'm in the northeast corner of the house on the 3rd story

Queen bed and 2 windows (north facing - left & east facing - right)

Old school heating under the north window

Reading area, closet, and TV/dresser

Bedroom door, table and TV dresser

Bathroom

View from east facing window towards Montford Park

View from north facing window towards one of many B & B's in Montford

New Digs in Montford

Asheville's historic Montford neighborhood - about 1 mile north of downtown

Looking west up Watauga St.

The house is a little over 100 years old and has a very unique floorplan

The backside of the house looking up at the sunroom (top) and kitchen patio from the backyard

Kitchen patio

Driveway and garage/shed

Looking down (and west) from kitchen patio at lower patio and fish pond

A little terrace on the west side of the property (just above the fish pond)

Looking from driveway towards fish pond (left), terrace (center) and lower patio (right)

Looking directly south from lower patio ("Watauga Woods").  LOTS of shade in the summer

Hiking the Continental Divide w/ Scott

St. Patty's Day, 2011 - 85 degrees and perfect for hiking...

...somewhere south of Black Mountain, NC

Still no leaves yet, but it allows for better views

The bear/snake dogs safely guiding the way (lots of both out here - Scott rolls with a machete)

I want one

More vistas of barren trees

Some private property that we decided to check out/ trespass on

They have a very nice picnic spot here with a swimming hole

View of the picnic pavilion

Washing some of the dirt off

New Old Bike

Bought this bike on Craigslist for $40 in late February.  1996-ish US-made Murray beach cruiser.

March 14th @ 4:02 PM / pre-sanding

Gotta have some beer and tunes while we work

Post-sanding / 6:23 PM

The red paint made all my clothes pink

Flat black Rustoleum with a new bell and lights

Grove Park Inn

Somewhere in Asheville where the houses are a little more expensive

The downtown buildings in the distance (I think the Sky Bar is visible)

That's more like it

One of 2 additions to the original structure (creating a U-shape and ruining the 180° view)

The Sky Bar

Located on a fire escape stairwell at the top of the Flat Iron Building

View to the left...

...up the middle...

...and to the right

Looking west towards California and the Pacific Ocean

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The weather was not so nice today - these were the best photos I got

Top of the Appalachian Range looking east at North Carolina

Looking west at Tennessee

The Appalachian Trail crosses this parking lot - only 1972 more miles to Maine

A random and unnamed waterfall feeding Deep Creek

Photo op

One of the more profound sections of Deep Creek

Some green foliage - kinda rare this time of year

Indian Creek feeds Deep Creek

A neat-o waterfall at the end of our hike

Proper Growler Transportation Etiquette

Safety first

Drive/Hike to Hickory Nut Falls

Located within Chimney Rock State Park

Make a right when you see this sign...

...a left when you see these ones...

...pay $9 a head (unless you have a season pass like Jenn) and park here

After slamming a 20-oz Hawaiian Punch, climb this path...

...cross this bridge-like thing...

...up the stairs...

...under the trees...

...and boo-ya!  Hickory Nut Falls (a filming location for The Last of the Mohicans)

Still a bit of snow this day, but the air temp was well above 70 F... quite pleasant