We had a long day of traveling today, but we are home and happy to see the kitties! So, let me recap from Thursday…
Thursday: went to Asheville to hang out with Val, Jason & Aggie. Val, Aggie, John & I roamed around the Grove Arcade district for lunch and window shopping, then Val made us dinner (yum)! After dinner, we played Evo (Val’s species was rampant before the meteor hit). What a great game! John & I drove back to Lake Lure after the game, stopping at Sonic for a late night snack. I got a cream watermelon slush!
Friday: drove back to Asheville and went with Val & Aggie to the Nature Center, and I got to see foxes and bears! It was a great little place!!! Very serene! We then had lunch at a great greek/italian place! So yummy! At night, Jason, Val, John & I went to see Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Crystal Skull at Cinabarre (dinner and a movie). I really enjoyed it! We all did 🙂
Saturday: John & I checked out early, then drove to Hiddenite to dig in the emerald mine. The line was an hour to get in, then a 20 min wait to get a digging set. We started digging in the red clay around 1:30pm and found nothing! We spent a little bit of time at the creek, but also found nothing. We left around 5:45pm, with a few free stones from the sympathetic staff. Haha!
We drove to Charlotte to the Gallers’ house, and started the night with a chocolate martini and a shot of goldschlager. We played a great game of Loaded Questions with Mike, Angelle, and their neighbors: Laurie & Brian. It was a hilarious game, best I’ve played in years!! Angelle won, and then John & I went upstairs to pack.
Today, we woke up at 8am, left the Gallers’ home at 9am, got to Charlotte airport at 10am, and had a long day of flying. We had a 3 hour layover in Atlanta, but I got to have a Dunkin’ Donuts bagel w/veggie cream cheese (which made the layover totally worth it). We got to LAX around 5:45pm, took a flyaway to Van Nuys, and our friend Matt picked us up and drove us home! The kitties were so happy to see us!
It was a great week!!! I want to thank Mike, Angelle, Leah, Erin, Val, Jason, Aggie, Ron, JoAnn, Kate, Brian & Laurie for making this an amazing trip for us! I will truly miss NC and all the great people there!!!