And now she is talking to me, in the same Australian accent. So I got to Linda's more easily than if I had followed her directions. We have another thing in common -- the ability to say/write "right" when we really mean "left." Jo has learned to watch where I point rather than listen to what I say.
The drive through western Virginia and eastern Tennessee into North Carolina got greener, steeper and prettier as I went east. There is still spring freshness in the trees compared to the full green in Vienna because we are quite high.
Linda took me to see Hendersonville's quaint Main Street with its painted bears before lunch. Google "hendersonville nc bears" to see them. They are on wheeled platforms so they can be secured overnight and so last from May until October when they are auctioned.
In the evening we wandered around Ashville which is a very different city filled with trendy restaurants, any number of beer bistros with entertainers in interesting, old buildings. It is a year round tourist destination so has its fair share of street people.
