Travels with Judey

In Asheville, we had dinner with one of Chris' classmates and her charming family. They took us to a BBQ joint with live string music that made me want to move there. I had the chopped pork platter with vinegar slaw and deviled eggs and I can't remember what Chris had because the tip of the BBQ sauce bottle I was using was clogged so I inverted it and squeezed really really hard. Clearly having the plague has affected me mentally. The sauce was a vinegar based sauce so it was a sticky clear colorless liquid with some chunks of spices and other stuff in it. These qualities were both my undoing and my saving grace. When the chunk of whatever it was was dislodged, sauce hit my plate at like 60 psi and then it splashed in a wide circle covering me from my neck to my knees in sauce and probably Chris' classmate too, but since she has two smallish kids, she probably was fine with it. My arms were really sticky and uncomfortable, so I tried to wash them off, but it just spread the stickiness in a fine layer over a larger area and made it less pleasant. Once again, Tricia is successful in making a good first impression!

Then we all went to a local Asheville ice cream parlor and I had salted caramel ice cream that totally blew my mind. It's a good thing we don't live there. Once again, I don't know what Chris had because I was overly absorbed in my own experience. I'm a terrible partner.

OK, picture time. Here's the view from our RV park in Asheville

I wish the weather had been clearer for photos, but it was pretty hazy for most of the visit. This RV park was all grownups and dogs and it was perfect for us. Our neighbors said they never would've known that we had 3 naughty dogs with us, the ultimate compliment. The morning we left I did see a really scary spider at the bath house.