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AshevilleExplorer

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

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The Midnight Hole

Aside from the hiking, breweries, farm-to-table deliciousness, and being a borderline parody of itself, Asheville, and WNC (Western North Caroline,…

Great Smoky National Park, Midnight Hole, Swimming Hole, The Only Ten I See, water fall, Water sports

Things I’ve Observed From My Patio During Self-Isolation

I had a COVID scare in July. It started with the symptoms of a stomach bug. I was planning on…

COVID-Content, Deep Thoughts, great views, People are the Worst

I Found a Real Farm Brewery

Since I learned of their inception all the way back in the late aughts when I made the transition from…

brewery, craft beer, Farm brewing, Flora Fonta, Lake James, Linville Gorge

I Believe…I Think

Every time I encounter a highway traffic jam, I’m reminded how much people suck. While a solid majority of folks…

Big Foot, Marion, Pennsylvania, Sasquatch content, Wild Thing, Yeti

I Feel Home

Well, it’s certainly been a weird few months, not just with the whole pandemic (which, looking back, when you take…

Deep Thoughts, Home, navel gazing, OAR, Social justice warrioring, wokeness

Establishing Important Zoom Guidelines

Again, because I have no “exploring Asheville” content, I’m going to give you my unsolicited thoughts on Zoom etiquette, because…

COVID-Content, Deep Thoughts, Etiquette, Real Issues, TED Talks, ZOOM

The Post Where I Become a COVID-Content Influencer

I have 5 posts just sitting in the queue right now waiting to be released, but full disclosure: it feels…

COVID-Content, Influencer Things, Literature, My programs, Netflix, Podcasts, Recommendations, Sasquatch content, Television, The Americans, Wild Thing, Yacht Rock

Hiking in the Time of Corona

I was ready, when I was summiting Tennent Mountain, to write that I was merely “whelmed,” (which I swear was…

Black Balsam Knob, Blue Ridge Parkway, hike, hiking, Sam's Knob, Shining Rock Wilderness, Tennent Mountain, White Mountain comparisons

Blue Ridge Parkway Hot Takes

Editor’s Note: I wrote this three weeks ago, but then got busy with my real job, and thus it’s no…

Blue Ridge Parkway, drives, hiking, hot takes

An Evening With Erik Larson

Since I’m a writer, I feel compelled to attend literary events to keep up my street cred. Luckily, Asheville has…

books, Flat Iron Writer's Room, Malaprop's Boostore, reading, writing

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