Emptiness Tour 2021: Second Stop: Asheville, NC: Heaven or Hell! Repent!

 


Creme Brulee is his name.  I should have named this blog The Dog Tour 2021.  Creme bid me a farewell from The Brice.  The route to Asheville, NC started out going over the bridge that connects Georgia to South Carolina:

I am trying to get better with the GoPro.  I hope over the next few days I figure it out - but the software has a lot to be desired.

Traveling from US 17 to I-95 to I-26.  It was a very nice and leisurely drive.  I was amused by all the "Heaven or Hell?" billboards.  One such sign just had one word: REPENT!  Right next to it was a billboard advertising SMOKEN PIG BBQ.  I just know I would have repented if I had eaten there.  I'll have a side order of Heaven please.- there are only two choices on the menu.

The public spaces in our country, including billboards, news, and social media, have me wondering what the heck our culture is about.  Do we really have to communicate every thought that passes through our brains - how self-indulgent.  Buy this-eat that: then evaluate our souls.  For me, I love to look at the trees and at the skies ahead.  

The Ducati really loved the mountain roads today.  The most fun I have had yet on that bike.  

Off to Lemones in Asheville for some dinner.  I love to eat at the bar and talk with my stool mates and bartender.  

Hope all is well with you.

Comments

  1. JunebugJuly 6, 2021 at 1:45 PM

    You are sooo cool Road Warrior! I would have weakened and stopped at the Smokin Pig BBQ… and repented. 🤣

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  2. Dining Diva of BocaJuly 6, 2021 at 1:57 PM

    Let's see a photo of the newest foster dog at the Aloft!

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