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 7/26/21

There's an issue of killing time between check outs and check ins. I try to get creative with it - hot tub soaks are good. Went to Shoji Spa and Retreat in Asheville. Soaked for two hours and had a bottle of Prosecco, not a bad way to spend time. Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway is what I did today, between Brevard, NC and Walhalla, SC. 

Brevard was cool - so many waterfalls in Pisgah National Forest. I would've loved to see them all. I ended up going to DuPont State Park to see Wintergreen Falls. I enjoy the hikes to these places more than the destinations. I saw deer and a tree growing through the middle of a huge boulder, splitting it in half, beautiful. The sound of the waterfall was almost better than the sight of it. 

I stayed at Pilot Cove in Brevard. Pretty cool place - loved the giant deck and how close it was to Pisgah. Drove the Pisgah Highway on my way to Walhalla which intersected with Blue Ridge Parkway. From there I headed south. 

Devil's Courthouse is pretty cool. Photos don't do it justice. 

Mostly I just love the parkway itself. The water pouring off the cliffs, the smell of it. 

Now I'm in Walhalla, SC staying in the cutest little shipping container tiny house. The view is amazing, I've been watching storms come in. There was a rainbow in the forest below me. I'm looking forward to exploring - lots of great hikes all around me. This is the view from the place:

Driving here on the crazy backroads and highways, I wondered what it must feel like to be a man traveling like this. I can't help but be a little afraid as I'm driving as a woman alone on these backroads that I don't know at all. When someone gets behind me and starts following too close, I pull over and let them pass. I have a vivid imagination and movies like Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals make me think too much.

This is the link to the Walhalla Airbnb:

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/48827180?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=f30585cd-cdc5-4c84-9920-b177a06f44fc