May 2008

Friday, May 30, 2008

Green’s Lick -> Lower Sidehill

Excellent ride on a beautiful day today. It was sunny and warm, but not hot, and with the rain we’ve had in the last few days the trails were in perfect shape. The route: gravel to Ingles Field->North Boundary->Green Slick->Gravel->Bent Creek Rd->Lower Sidehill. The warm up was as hard as to be expected considering the time OTB. I walked a bit of the singletrack heading to 5 points but was ready to tackle the poison ivy road. My bike was making a funny creak creak with every pedal stroke and focusing on that made the climb to Green’s Lick go by very quickly. I was reminded of the recent injuries amongst local friends as I dove into Green Slick, I almost wiped out right away. I had another close encounter, this time with a downed tree, about a third of the way down. The bottom bit was fast and smooth; I even got a little airborne, despite my reservations. I let a bit of air out of my fork before the gravel downhill run and on the climb to Lower Sidehill I realized I may have dropped a little too much pressure. The climb to the singletrack was as hard as ever but over in no time. A touch more climbing then the rolling descent that is Lower Sidehill finished off the ride. Like I said before it was a beautiful day and during a good portion of the ride I was thinking about not only my noisy bike but about how lucky we are to have so many quality trails so close. I forget sometimes how kick-ass Bent Creek can be. Check out this video of the lower portion of Green’ Lick. (Music by a longtime friend) Quality after work riding here folks. Quality.

Wow YouTube really messed up the compression this time. Anyone know of a better video hosting site?

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

6.3 mile run

My sweetie and I just got in from a fun paced 6.3 mile run from the house. We started with the dogs but dropped them back home after a 20 minute warm-up. Erinna kept the pace nice and high for that. Next we went for another loop that took us about 45 minutes. Temps near 80, BRIGHT blue skies, low humidity, a few thunderheads in the distance…. Late Spring in Asheville. Perfect day to be outside doing something.

Anyone up for a Wednesday Pisgah Ride? As in… mountain bike ride?

Map and profile from today:

6.3 miles 318′ of climbing

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrun

Erinna and I went on an easy paced neighborhood run yesterday. 4.5 miles in about 40 minutes. We took both dogs and our boy Floyd was feeling it. I need to get him (and myself) out there more often.
Maybe a goal would help…. AREYOUINQUIRINGABOUTACHALLENGE?!?!?!?

RUN CLUB WEST. AUG. 2. Laurel/Pilot. Starting at Bradley Creek. Who’s in?

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Final ‘08 PMBAR CP pickup

Erinna and I just got in from yet another excellent ride. We met up with Bill ‘Big Worm’ F. and Josh ‘the Wonderboy’ N. at 10AM. We started at Yellow Gap and our route for the day: 1206->S.Mills River Rd.->5018->Horse Cove->Squirrel Gap->S.Mills River trail->Buckhorn Gap->Black Mountain->Club Gap->276->1206 back to the Jeep. Erinna and I picked up the last CP out there from last weekend along the way. We ended up having to take 6 of 7 checkpoints in and 3 of 7 checkpoints out. whew.

30 miles, 6000′ climbing

and the same exact video without music… damn blog.com… not letting me delete an embeded vid…

So, what happened today? Erinna and I were running late so rather than buying gas we trudged-on, met up with Bill and Josh, and made it to the top of the hill. We decided to park at the top… no reason to get any further from the gas station. The plan was to pick up the PMBAR Club Gap CP and climb Pilot/ descend Laurel. Rain and temps in the 50’s greeted us for the first descent… and the first climb…. and the next descent…. We made it to SMR Road and turned onto 5018. 5018, by the way, is definitely a road you want to know about. (i.e. the grassy gravely road of never ending death….)
Anyway, the climb wasn’t full of death and we made it to Horse Cove in no time. Next was Hores then Squirrel to S. Mills. Bill took the lead and soon had the most spectacular crash that I’ve seen in a long time. His front wheel washed off the side and his body’s first impact site was 10+ feet down the hill. It was almost like he was laughing along the way as he bounced once, accelerated, and flipped again down the hill. When he came to a sudden stop I knew he was OK. Sometimes you just know when it’s bad, even before it’s over, and when it’s not.

After that Josh and Bill took the lead while Erinna and I wallowed in our lack of fitness behind. Squirrel Gap is one of the best sections of singletrack in Pisgah and big smiles were all around after the fast descent into Wolf Ford. S.Mills to Buckhorn was next, 3.5 miles of eroded sandy doubletrack then 2.5 miles of hardpack old roadbed (with the greenest views ever) to Buckhorn Gap. Bill accessed the morale and condition of the troops along the way: Me: Moving slow after yesterday’s ride, but in it for the duration. Erinna: She mentioned that, well, she was bonking. We stopped at the shelter and took a long breather. Forward to Club Gap where we packed up the PMBAR CP. We had a great series of downhill runs to and beyond the gap. We stopped again at the Pink Beds to get some water and to drop of the trash from the CP. We decided then that the Pilot/Laurel portion of the ride was a bit ambitious since the guys had Mother’s Day commitments back in the jar. We had 9 miles of rolling fireroad to go to get back to the Jeep. Erinna was looking pale and well done when she told me that whenever the road pitched upward she was ‘miserable’. Well, as if on cue a familure Volvo drove up behind us and started to fake-heckle us. It was Park B. on his way to his own Sunday afternoon ride. ‘Dude, Park, can you take Erinna to Yellow Gap???’ SURE! was the answer and lickety-split she was loaded-up and rolling in the vehicle. Bill, Josh and I were at the Jeep about 20 minutes later. Great ride guys! Thanks for coming up, going on our ride, and for not being afraid of the rain!

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

The most ‘not dangerous’ ride ever

I just got in from a great ride with a crew of folks. Dennis K, Jeremy A, Valorie N, Jonathon L, Steven J, David G, Jody F, and I met up at the Kitsuma trailhead at around 8AM and rode Heartbreak Ridge via Montreat. I took the video camera along so I’ll try to get some footage up here soon. For now, a few photos…

You can always tell when I’m getting my ass handed to me on a ride: when I don’t have a chance to pull out the camera. Here’s the first shot of the day, at the 2/3 of the way up the climb overlook:

Puffy flowers and Pinacle at the overlook:

Hey guys! Wait up! Old Toll Road…. Long. Not Impossible. Relentless. (to quote an Old Toll virgin today)

More flowers…. The woods were beautiful today. At the top Valorie mentioned how at was still winter up there. There were no leaves, no flowers, a cold wind….. but as we descended it got warmer, and greener, and the flowers were everywhere! Mid-Spring in the mountains:

Thanks for the photo Jeremy! Yours truely, on Heartbreak Ridge.

Here’s a shot of Tomato (w/ David G behind) rockin’ at the bottom of Heartbreak Ridge:

Look! It’s a flying Goat!

And finally, the ride profile courtesy of David G:
26.5 miles, 4600′ of climbing

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

I can’t believe it’s not butter!

I got my rebuilt fork back from White Brothers late Friday afternoon an today was my first chance to ride it. It was converted from the magic to the fluid…. and it feels like butta.

Erinna and I picked up 2 PMBAR CPs this afternoon. The route: 66 jumps-> Mullinax->Squirrel to Cantrell->Back on Squirrel to Laurel Creek->Bradley Creek->66 jumps back to the Jeep.

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PMBAR CP Set-up ride

I went on a nice easy paced ride on Friday with…. Floyd the dog! Floyd hasn’t been on a ride in YEARS and the length was just about perfect for him. From Turkey Pen parking lot->66 jumps->S.Mills River to the mandatory CP->back to Bradley Creek->to the Laurel Creek CP->Bradley Creek back to 66 jumps->back to the Jeep. Floyd did GREAT for an out of shape 5 year old 80 pound dog. He was feeling it by the last river crossing and his pads were in rough shape the next day but…. I think he had a great time.

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April 2008

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Back on my Feet!

Got a nice 40 minute RUN in this afternoon with Floyd the dog. We’re were both feeling like lazy fat-asses and since it was such a beautiful day…. a run was in order. I decided to do the basic nighborhood run backwards. Floyd was done at about mile 3 but I figure it was best for me to slow down, too. It was my first run in months. Anyway, maybe we’ll do it again tomorrow morning before work…. but maybe not.

Just over 4 mi., 300′, 40 min.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

1st Wedding Anniversary Ride

Erinna and I just got in from two days of riding. We were dropped off in Blowing Rock, NC and rode back to Asheville, NC. We split it into a two day ride and covered 98 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway with a bit under 19,000 feet of climbing.

Day 1. 44 miles, 7660′ climbing. Blowing Rock to Little Switzerland:

Day 2. 54 miles, 11,000′ climbing (12,4′ descending) Little Switzerland to Asheville:

Erinna, Day 1, before the rain started: (click to see until -> goes away)

On Day 1 we saw many of these signs, but NOT many of the views they advertised:

The Linville Viaduct, a place with Wever family history:

After those photos the day got so intense…. Rain… Fog with less than 100′ visibility… traffic… but morale was incredibly high. We were having a great time despite the conditions.
We stayed at the Switzerland Inn, in one of the A frames. I definitely recommend staying here:

Erinna is a badass (She’s pretty damn cute, too). She carried a bottle of wine for us from Blowing Rock to Little Switzerland. Wine in styro cups in the A frame:

The new WaltWorks bike she was riding is badass, too.

Day 2 we woke up to a temps in the 40’s, blue skies, and ominous clouds. For now, a sampling of the views from Day 2:

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Monday, April 14, 2008

On the (road) bike again!

It’s been a while since my last ride. What? Two weeks? I’ve got a good exuse at least: My Dr. decided to filet my big toe. It’s been two weeks of stitches and gimpin’ around for me. Anyway, I decided the ‘Two Hour’ ride was in order for this beautiful early Spring day. Over to Biltmore->Up to the parkway through Biltmore Forest->BRP to Craven Gap->Town Mountain Road to Downtown->Clingman back to W.A’ville.

Just under 29 miles with 4250 feet of climbing.

The Multibeast, still kickin’ after 10 years:

The weather was sunny and in the 50’s when I left Asheville. Who would have guessed I’d be descending Town Mountain in a SNOWSHOWER?!?!?

I felt pretty good considering the time off the bike. I did have to stop on the final grunt to the top of Town Mountain to catch my breath and to zip up. In the end the two hour ride took my about 2:10. I’m O.K. with that!

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March 2008

Monday, March 24, 2008

Big Nasty

Clawhammer->Maxwell->Black Mountain->Buckwheat Knob->Bennett Gap with Mike R. and Sophiedog.

Mike on Black Mountain. Yes, we saw snow, and 60*, and high winds, and calm clear skies…. Spring in the mountains:

Sophie:

Flowers are on the way:

Here’s some raw video from Devil’s Staircase. I can’t emphasize enough: Think Faster and STEEPER than it looks. I cleaned both the ‘S’ drop and the ‘thread the needle’ at the ‘Clint Huck/Nathan Rock’. Funk Yeah!

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Oh, Just Trace Ridge….

We are so lucky. We get to ride some of the best trails anywhere. period. My beautiful wife and I decided to go on a quick hour or so ride this afternoon and what were our choices… Bent Creek ? mmmm, too crowded. Laurel?… no, we didn’t have 4 hours to drive/ride/drive…. TRACE RIDGE? Perfect. Choices choices choices… It’s great to have them!

Here’s some raw footage from my new helmet camera. This was sidemounted to my helmet. I think next time I’ll try mounting it on top to see if it gets rid of any of the wiggle. Oh, who out there knows of good (read:easy,free) software to edit .avi files on a pc?

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Look out for cyclists

OK, a break from my all-ride-all-the-time blog format. Watch this video:

Awareness Test - Watch more free videos

Let the video load first….. don’t spoil it!

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Heartbreak

I got out and rode Heartbreak Ridge on Sunday with Mike B, Wes M., Mike R. and Eric C.

Never found my groove.

That’s all I have to say ’bout that.

Here’s a shot of Eric C. at the start:

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Laurel/Pilot Solo

I got out there yesterday for a fun solo ride, Laurel/Pilot from Yellow Gap. Erinna had competed in a 30 hour adventure race this weekend ( They got 2nd place!!!)so I was in a hurry to get on and off the trail…. I wanted to be home when she arrived. Anyway, I started around 12:30 and after very little fuss I was on Laurel. The abundance of rain, plus the freezes, has left the trails in thick and soupy shape. I immediately found the first evidence of the SORBA trailday, a new rock armor section before the first creek. Great work guys! New TTF’s (technical trail feature) actually popped up quite a few times and they are all quality. I was surprised by only seeing a few groups out on such a beautiful day: 1 rider, 2 groups of hikers, and 1 bunch of hispanic galax poachers. I wish I knew Spanish well enough to say ‘Hey! Dummy! Don’t do that’. Anyway, I speed hiked the $2000 climb and moved right on to the Pilot Connector. I took a breather at the top of Pilot but didn’t rest long. The descent was fast fast fast until spill #1 just before the big triple switchback. I think I need to send my fork in for repairs because shortly after the 1st spill my hands were hurting BAD and I went down again:

oooof! By the straight-aways at the bottom my hands were definately cooked. I decided to head down to the road rather than take the connector over to Slate. 1206 back to the ‘roo, done in just under 2.5 hours. Sweet!

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Two hours of ‘Ouch, my ribs hurt!’

I got out yesterday for a fine couple of hours of riding with Mike R. We met up at Hardtimes trailhead at about 2PM on a beautiful late winter day. It was sunny and in the 60’s, we were riding in shorts and short sleeves! The route: Homestead->Little Creek->Deerfield Conn.->S. Boundary(?)->Chestnut->Explorer->wrong way to the top of the gravel->Explorer->Pine Tree->BC Road->Lower Sidehill.

The pace was nice and easy as my ribs are still recovering from the crash on Farlow last week and Mike was recovering from ‘the sickness’ that has been going around. The pace was right there where we were labored to talk, but not so fast that we didn’t talk at all. The boundary road climbed and climbed and climbed and Chestnut was as fast and flowey of a descent as one could imagine. Mike mentioned that the trail crews have turned that area into a hotwheels track and that it would be a shame if all of Pisgah was redone like that. That type of trail has it’s place, like at the local afterwork public recreation area, but it does lack any resemblence to ‘backwoods’. The climb to Lower sidehill put the hurting on both of us but the descent was well worth it. On the way back to the trucks Mike nailed the big log ride for the first time on a hardtail and just like that, we were done. We got back to his place in time for a bit of Jeep maintainence and I was home by sundown. Now that’s what I’d call a great afternoon!

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February 2008

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Superfriends ACTIVATE!

On Saturday I met up with Captain Morgan, Teamdicky, Big Worm, and The Wonderboy for an excellent ride. I ended up bonking AND crashing but hey, sometimes that happens. We met at 10AM at the Fish Hatchery and followed an excellent route: Cat Gap->Long Branch->up to Gloucester->Cathey’s Creek->Butter Gap->Long Branch->gravel to->475 to Gloucester a 2nd time->Pilot Mtn. Road->Farlow Gap->Daniel Ridge->Davidson River.

The (seasonal trail) climb out of the fish hatchery is wide singletrack and immediately starts to climb climb climb. I tried to keep my heartrate in check and breathing nice and easy so I was in the back right away. Rich, Jason, and Bill were ahead while Josh and I traded places again and again. Up through the fields and we continued up Long Branch. Long Branch is a fun climb with a few downhill rollers that keep spirits high. We stopped at the gravel connector for a quick breather then right away headed up the final climb to 475. Up to Gloucester Gap then Left on Cathey’s Creek Rd. The gravel road continues to climb up Cathey’s Creek for about a mile then you get a super fast descent to the turn to Butter. I started to feel the first signs of fatigue on the relatively easy climb to the gap.
We lined up for the first real descent of the day with me out front and Jason nipping at my heels. I blew the left turn but we figured that out pretty quick. The descent down Butter took me to that place that only mountain biking takes me. Clear mind, totally in the present, and I don’t hear that damn whistle in my ears. I also came into a series of step downs a little too hot and nearly ate shit. I saw the drops, lifted the front wheel and wheelied through with the bike WAY out in front of me. I set the front wheel down close to the last step and snagged the rear wheel on the waterbar which nearly sent me over the bars. I pulled it back in, didn’t wreck, and decided to scrub off a little speed for the rest of the descent.
Once again we climbed Long Branch to the gravel connector. Down the connector to the lower half of 475. I was wondering if that was a good move as we lost a lot of elevation in an attempt to not climb over the top part of Long Branch. Was it harder to take the gravel? Of course not. We made it to the upper trailhead in no time at all. My legs were really feeling the time off the bike and I knew the climb up Pilot Mountain Road was not ging to be any fun at all. It was like my penitence for making all those folks climb it last weekend. I haven’t had to implement the time-space continuum trick in a while but I definitely did it for that climb. In other words, keep moving forward. time will pass. you will get there eventually. space out. enjoy. and whattayaknow? there’s the second gate, here’s Captain Morgan riding to the final gate and back down to me and up to the final gate and back down to me and up to oh man…. there’s the top. As soon as I was again on trail my legs loosened up and I was having a good run at it. My eyes were pinballing around on the descent to the descent and I had run out of water so another break was needed at the Farlow trailhead.

Farlow is easily the most technical downhill in Pisgah. There are faster trails (Heartbreaker, Big Creek, Pilot Rock,…) but there is nothing like the top to the first creek on Farlow. My vampire eyes came into focus and I cleaned all the way past and over the log drop to the first creek. I let out a whoop of joy after that one. The trail was in perfect condition, just wet enough for traction, dry enough that it didn’t break free. I saw the lines over the rocks and through the shoots….. I felt like superman. We crossed the creek and were on the sidehill where the creek is running on the right and a simple log crossing was up. No problem. Oh no, big problem. I got the front wheel over but ummm something happened and I was over the bars and I slammed onto my chest with my arm under me. I knocked the wind out of myself and rolled around in the dirt for a minute. I think the last time I went down that hard was on heartbreak with Rich…. Anyway, the woods suddenly felt much much larger than it did moments before. Once I was back on the bike I let everyone go ahead. Farlow goes on and on and on….. and my bell was rung. My quads started locking up and I was making silly mistakes. Jason held back and made sure I got over the creek crossings safely. We made it to Daniel’s Ridge at the 4.5 hour mark and Bill then Josh took the lead. Usually the Daniel’s descent is something to rave about, the highlight of a ride. On this day, it was the final chapter of a very long book. We saw no less than 4 groups of hikers and were at the bridge just like that. Davidson River trail was the final footnote and back to the vehicles in a little over 5 hours. Great ride guys. Thanks. I can hardly move today.

Oh, then the guys came back to Erinna and my place and we went to the Bike Love Party.

OH! While we were out doing all that what was Erinna doing? Running to 5th place in the Black Mountain Challenge 40 MILE running race. From Black Mountain to Mount Mitchell and back. Awesome.

wait wait! I didn’t mention: We were all on singlespeed 29ers. I had the only suspension fork. Rich rode fixed gear. No coasting. No rear brake. Monster.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Timewarp=Y2K

I got out on the bike yesterday for a ride with great long-time friends. Ian ‘The Pony’ L., Dennis ‘Race Nazi’ H., and I hit a solid 2 hours at Bent Creek. It was like old times. Ian used to be my roommate and Dennis used to take up space on my couch. I think it goes without saying then… the three of us have gone on many, many rides together in the past. Anyway, Dennis had done a 9+ hour ride the day before and Ian had drank 9+ Singapore Slings the night before, and I hadn’t been on my bike in 3 weeks soooooooo…. We had a fun filled day of farting around and goofing off while getting a little excercise in. I love mountain-biking. Even when we all had our excuses for not doing well we all had big smiles across our faces, saw things we would have otherwise not seen, and got our daily dose of sunshine and accelerated heartrates. The route doesn’t really matter this time. Let’s just call it two hours in Bent Creek. Social pace.
Here are a couple photos:

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Run Club Run

There were two events going on this past weekend, one that’s been going on for years and years that I’ve attended no less than 5 times, and one that had it’s inaugural ‘running’. Erinna and I decided to go for the new event this year, the Run Club Run. Teamdicky thought this up a few months ago and my first response to the invite was something along the lines of ‘HELL NO!’. Well, after a bit of thought about it (and prodding from Erinna) I got out there and started to prepare. Two and a half months later I felt pretty good about my running prowess but alas, I probably shouldn’t have been there anyway (more about that later).
Erinna and I got up super early Sunday morning for the unusual task of driving FROM the mountains TO the flatlands for an athletic event. I felt like absolute crap but after some ‘come on, get in gear’ prompts from Erinna we were off. We arrived at Crowders Mountain State Park around 9:30 and found a rag-tag crew getting ready for the run. The plan: Start at the parking lot in-between the two peaks, run to Crowders, run back to the lot, run to Kings, run back to the lot. About 10 miles, about 3500 feet of climbing. After a quick photo Rich said ‘Go!’ and we were off and running.

(click=make big/see everybody)

The group quickly split into two. I kept my pace nice and slow for the warm-up and by the time we hit the steep stuff I was feeling great. There was some seriously technical trail along the way that let me slow down and catch my breath. I lost the trail a couple of times but after a moment or two of wandering around I found it again. Crowders and Kings are strange little not-mountains that jut out of the surrounding flatlands and provide amazing views. I had dropped the rest of my group and found myself in that no-mans land in between the fast guys and the slow guys. At the top I was looking at the map when a hiker asked ‘are you looking for the runners?’ and pointed me in the right direction. Next was 2500 steps down the backside of the hill and then a steep gravel road down to the turn around point. I found myself gaining speed, taking longer and longer strides, and suddenly going WAY too fast. One misstep would have sent me on a 50 yard belly slide.

(Thanks for the photo Rich!)

A little before the turn around I saw the fast group headed back up the hill. I got to the bottom, turned around, and went to the task of retracing my steps. The gravel road had me walking a bit but seeing other runners still heading to the turn around made me push hard. I got to the steps and took them two at a time and found myself on top quicker than I had imagined. Back through the tech-top and down the steeps back towards the parking lot. During the downhill my belly started to rumble (in a NOT hungry way) and my knee started to hurt a little but I was excited that I was doing so well. I was feeling great when I arrived at the turn to Kings. However, I decided it would be a good idea to head back to the parking lot for a drink of water before heading off for the next leg. My belly was feeling worse and worse but there was no-one else around so I decided to head back up the trail. Just then I noticed Bill laying in the grass, shoes off, soaking up the sunshine. What a great idea! A very quick reconsideration and I was done. Run Club Run number 1, done. Great idea Rich. Thanks for lighting the fire under my feet. I would have never guessed I would enjoy something like this so much.
So, why shouldn’t I have been there? Well, two nights before I picked up Erinna from work at midnight and we went out for a drink. We each had two beers, including an imperial stout, at the new Rocket Club here in West Asheville. Well…… Saturday morning we BOTH woke up with shall we say, food poisoning-like symptoms. By the end of the day I was also showing flu-like symptoms to boot. On Sunday morning I was dehydrated, way under-nourished, and with a weak belly… Erinna was about 8 hours behind me on the flu so Sunday morning she was ready to go… but Sunday night she said to me in a pathetic-sick-apologetic-tone ‘I’m sorry I made you go’. Awww, that’s OK sweetie, I’m glad we went.

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