Day 10 - Home, Top Ten List and AAR.

Departed our hotel this morning and headed straight to Asheville. Found our restaurant and settled in for a wait. And it was well worth the wait people!  

I had a sweet potato Belgian waffle fried chicken sandwich served with maple bacon and jalapeño aioli. Crunchy, sweet, spicy and GOOD!  

John had the breakfast to end all breakfasts. Scrambled eggs with maple bacon, sausage, cheese grits, a biscuit and of course a salad to make it halfway healthy!  

Top Ten List

10. Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington.  

9.  Visited the granola Capitol of the South. I'll let y'all figure out that location...

8.  Second funniest billboard advertising for a golf course "Great balls and good grass". 

7.  Funniest billboard advertising for a seafood restaurant "I got my crabs at Dirty Dicks". 

6.  Best tour - Historical Walking Tour in Charleston with Ann. 

5.  Funniest radio commercial (heard after  our mammoth lunch today) "do you feel fat? It may not be you. You might just be bloated".  Cracked us up!

4.  Best beauty products - a pair of sunglasses and a baseball cap!

3.  Best restaurants - The Olde Pink House in Savannah and Sunny Point Cafe in Asheville. 

2.  Best memories - TX Legend's retirement and catching up with some great people. 

1.  Best sight - John feeding the ducks after we arrived home this evening. 

AAR - Statistics 

2,057.6 miles travelled. 

Drove through 6 states. Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. 

Crossed the Eastern Continental Divide

Opinions:

1.  Nissaan Sentras are not made for 6'4" or 5'11" people. 

2.  I can always find the nearest Texan. (It's a Texas thang)!

3.  When in doubt, turn right!

Thanks for reading along folks. Until the next adventure!  

Day 9 - Norfolk Zoo and on to Hickory, NC

Today we woke up (big plus) and decided to head to the zoo. So a little background info for my dear readers. John and I lived in Newport News, VA for approximately 18 months while he was assigned to Ft. Eustis. We took day trips on some of the weekends and one of them was over to the Norfolk Zoo.  One of the exhibits at the zoo was a pair of sibling Siberian Tigers. They were hand raised as cubs by one of the zookeepers. These two cubs would play with the zookeepers children and chase them as the kids would ride their bikes. So, the tiger cubs grew up being fascinated by wheels. Stick with me....

During our visit 19 years ago as I rounded the corner into the tiger exhibit I came face to face with one of those adult tigers. As soon as he saw me in my wheelchair he lunged forward and hit the piano wire mesh in front of me. Growling and standing on his back legs he was a mighty sight!  The lady who had raised them was there and explained his background. That day I got to play with a tiger. I would push around to the plexiglass viewing area and he would race over to it. As I approached the rock ledge I could see the tips of his ears laced back as he crouched behind the rock. When I would get to the edge he would leap at the glass. 

In the 19 years since, the Norfolk Zoo has made a lot of improvements to their exhibits and if you are in the area you should give it a try. It really is a fun little zoo. 

Unfortunately, my Siberian Tigers are no longer at this zoo. They have been sent out to other zoos for breeding purposes. But we still had a great time walking through the zoo and reminiscing about our visit all those many years ago.   

As day fades to darkness we are on

I-40 headed to our evening destination of Hickory, NC. Tomorrow we will be home. And oh how I love home!  

Have a good night folks and thanks for reading!