Our 2023 Road Trip #19: Asheville Before Hurricane Helene

Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year since 1999 Anne and I have taken one road trip to a different part of the United States and seen attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have back home. From 1999 to 2003 we did so as best friends; from 2004 to the present, as husband and wife. After years of contenting ourselves with everyday life in Indianapolis and any nearby places that also had comics and toy shops, we overcame some of our self-imposed limitations and resolved as a team to leave the comforts of home for annual chances to see creative, exciting, breathtaking, outlandish, historical, and/or bewildering new sights in states beyond our own. We’re the Goldens. This is who we are and what we do. For 2023 it was time at last to venture to the Carolinas, the only southern states we hadn't yet visited... ...and with South Carolina behind us, at long last it was North Carolina's turn for a visit. Our Tarheel State itinerary, not nearly as long as our Charleston checklist, began with spending a cozy Wednesday night in Asheville. Little did we know the catastrophe to come fifteen months later. […]

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New Toronto exhibit showcases Paul McCartney's photos
The Art Gallery of Ontario is showcasing Paul McCartney photos taken between December of 1963 and February of 1964 at the peak of Beatlemania.
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With #photos of several scenic spots, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on #swimming (just!) from, in #Australia, "State to State" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/walkaboutsverse-5-of-230.html

Built by the #USArmyEngineers between 1853 and 61, #FortPoint has earned the names "Pride of the Pacific" and "Gibraltar of the West Coast." You might've seen it in #GTASanAndreas, #DawnofthePlanetoftheApes and #WatchDogs2. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #californication #canon80d #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #travel #photos #trivia #funfacts

My WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with plenty of #photos, on, by #train, "#Liverpool" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/06/walkaboutsverse-64-of-230.html

I now prefer the, nearby, Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve, but I'm sure if the guest presenter on #GardenersWorld would like this place in the south of Sydney - my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, on "The #Camellia Gardens" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/walkaboutsverse-9-of-230.html