This weekend the family decided to take a trip to Asheville, NC to get away and explore a little bit. Unfortunately the morning of our departure, our oldest cat seemed to be on his last legs (this has been a long time coming), so Dad decided to stay home on high alert. (The cat is still alive, but the vet is coming tomorrow, so we'll see what happens...)
So our trip turned into a girls' trip - Mom, Allie and me. We started off by going apple picking. This apple was literally growing around the branch. I tried to come up with some metaphor about how to be resourceful when obstacles are put in your way, so I could use it for my residency essay (which will be submitted in 19 short days), but I couldn't come up with anything that didn't sound like a 12-year-old wrote it!
Mom and I snapped some camera phone shots!
And then we went for a hike near Hooker Falls. There are three sets of waterfalls nearby - Hooker, Triple and High Falls. And apparently Triple Falls is where they filmed the "Peeta is dying" scenes in the Hunger Games. The link is to a CNN article about other places the cast went while filming in Asheville. Unfortunately they're filming Chasing Fire in Georgia.
We had a wonderful dinner at The Blackbird in Black Mountain and the most indulgent brunch this morning at Tupelo Honey. I would move to Asheville in a heartbeat - too bad there's no pediatric residency or fellowships there! Maybe someday!!
Such a wonderful reprieve from suburbia! Too bad we only got to spend about 16 hours at the house. But hopefully we'll go back again soon!
