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A super original Asheville, NC travel blog. Consider yourselves motivated, inspired, and influenced.

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When Asheville Stopped Being Polite, and Started Getting Real

I’m not a big believer in today’s reality television. It’s become too polished. Too produced. Everyone goes on with the…

downtown Asheville, Hemingway's, influencersinthewild, Jersey Shore love, reality tv

Revisionist History at The Biltmore

I never thought my first visit to Asheville’s famed Biltmore would turn into an exercise in wokeness, but here we…

history, The Biltmore, wokeness

Cow-Selfie Hypocrisy

In 2016 my sister took the most perfect lamb-selfie to ever exist. We were at the beginning of an ill-fated…

Bearwallow Mountain, cows, hikes, hiking, Influencer Things, selfies

A Walk in the Woods

It may be a bit of a cliché, but I’ve decided my very favorite Asheville hike is the Black Balsam…

authors, Black Balsam Knob, Blue Ridge Parkway, F*ckface, hike, hiking, night moves, who's afraid of the dark?, writers

Getting Hot on Cold Mountain

One of the first things I did upon learning I’d be moving to Asheville was to purchase both Cold Mountain…

Art Loeb Trail, Cold Mountain, hikes, hiking, sweaty things

Law & Order at the Sauna House

Over the past couple of months, as we adjust to life in quarantine, my brother and I have had several…

Cold plunges, I've been to Iceland once!, Influenced, Influencer Things, Nordic-inspired fun, The Sauna House

Scary Stories at Max Patch

We had a conversation at work last week about whether or not you’re safer from serial killers in your home…

Deep Thoughts, hike, hiking, Max Patch, People are the Worst, Podcasts, The Appalachian Trail

Getting Away from the Crowds at Schoolhouse Falls

If I’m not careful, someone who casually peers my blog and notices only the post cover-photos is going to think…

hike, hikes, hiking, Panthertown Valley, Schoolhouse Falls, water fall

Dispatches From Out West: The Wildest Influencer in the Wild I’ve Ever Seen

This post’s featured image is the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. I took it on a recent sojourn to Idaho, Montana,…

Dispatches from the west, Influenced, influencersinthewild, travels

Visiting Catawba Falls with The Dregs of Humanity

Catawba Falls is one of those hikes everyone who’s been in Asheville for a little while asks me if I’m…

Catawba, Catawba Falls, Deep Thoughts, hike, hiking, mask nonsense, People Are Awful, rants, water fall

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