Last week, instead of going up to Asheville, oneandonlymatt and I went to the Len Foote Hike Inn. It was actually Matt's Christmas present, but since I had to schedule so far out we didn't go until last weekend. You check in at Amicalola falls and hike 4.9 miles to a lodge in the woods. It has a bunk house, a bath house, a dining hall and a social building. ( Read more... )

This is just a quick post to share the pics from the last two trips. We finished the last concrete pier on Saturday. Even though we mixed the concrete by hand, it was MUCH easier than doing all 7 of the other ones ( Read more... )

I was on my way home last night when I turned down the final leg of my trip. Halfway down the road, the road was closed. I turned around in the cul de sac like everyone else. A Range Rover behind me decided this whole event was apparently my fault and started to drive very aggressively and he zipped around me at the stop light blocking my ( Read more... )

We got an absolute ton of work done yesterday. onandonlymatt, our friend Chad and I went up to Mt. Matt on Friday night and set up camp. We got up early on Saturday and Matt and Chad went into Asheville to rent a DR Brush Mower from a rental place. They brought it back and got right to work. They cleared the entire meadow behind the barn. It looks soooo ( Read more... )

I had a minor revelation this past weekend.

I am a different person when I am in Asheville. I would even go so far as to say I am a better person when I am in Asheville.

This epiphany came when I was in the yard on Sunday morning helping oneandonlymatt do some clean up. I was hot, there were mosquitoes and I was picking up sticks from the yard. These ( Read more... )

We are up in Asheville. We got here last night, after leaving work about 4:30. We set up camp and watched an episode of 30 Days on Hulu and then settled in for the night.

( read about our daring animal rescues here! )

I just wanted to post a few pictures of our trip to Asheville. We were there from Friday through Sunday. On Saturday, lerg his very fun girlfriend, M, came up to the land to spend the night camping. We took them into Asheville to our favorite places (Sante Wine Bar, Thirsty Monk Belgian Beer Bar) and then to The Laughing Seed for dinner. On Sunday ( Read more... )

I am just checking in to say Hi from the middle of Mt. Matt. We arrived around lunch time today and we are testing our new wireless card...which appears to be working smashingly ( Read more... )

I've done the "interests" meme before. So when I saw the "topics" meme, I couldn't pass it up.

( What I've been journaling about )