Travellin'

7 miles walking today around Asheville and 12 miles on Saturday to make up for sitting on a coach all day Friday for nine hours from Charleston to Asheville. The high light of that trip was being asked for my ID when I bought a beer to chill after the journey! Under 21 I don't think so.
Billy Boy warned me that they aren't called the Smokey Mountains for no reason, so far we have had a thunderstorm every day but we have managed to dodge them all and the temperature is blissfully cooler but back to the heat and humidity on Wednesday in New Orleans.

Art Deco in Asheville

I am constantly amazed at the size of engines in cars over here, why would you need an 8.3 litre engine in a pick up?

Dodge Challenger 5.7 litre V8

The car is king, you can do virtually everything without getting out of it, drive-in restaurants I have of course seen in the UK but drive-in coffee shops? and then to cap it all drive-in ATMs!!! 

No wonder one or two people around here are circumferentially challenged, not helped I am sure by portion sizes at restaurants, I find myself getting a starter and side salad.

Well time to start packing for tomorrow's Greyhound trip to Atlanta via Greenville, then I have a reservation at the local Applebees for a Long Island iced tea, with a cocktail waitress who calls me darlin' in her deep southern accent.

See y'all soon.