Need a little R&R this winter season? For me, yes, always! Hi everyone, Jess here, dishing out some of my favorite stays around Asheville. For me, there is always a good excuse for a little getaway, a change of scenery, or a switch up of the routine – always does me good. I also love…
The Mountaintop Connection
If you were to get on Pinterest right now and search for Asheville, you would notice that, alongside posts telling you where to eat and shop, there are also hundreds of pins with hiking advice. Among these, you can find everything from packing list ideas to lists of the top five waterfall hikes within an…
A Photographers Hike
Nature is Beautiful, especially as seen through the eye of this photographer. What makes good photography? We all have access to a camera during most times of the day. We love snapping photos to share what we are up to. We look at pictures to learn something new, what a friend is doing, a place…
Top 10 Asheville Boutiques (BONUS)
When the sun is shining in Asheville, most locals are hard-put to stay inside. Most find excuses to drag their work outside, or take a slightly longer stroll at lunch. Jess and I decided to show you one of our ideal ways to soak up a sunny day, which is with what we call a…
Pubcycle
As part of the summer series “Get Out AVL” we want to share great ways to explore and enjoy what Western North Carolina has to offer. To make it fun, we decided to try out a couple adventures that were new to us, as well as revisit a few of our old school favorites. On…
Graduation: Day Eight of the Bellyak Progression Clinic
Its the last day of our progression clinic, time to prove what we have learned during this wet and wild summer. Time for round two of the Ocoee River. I am feeling all too familiar from yesterday. We gear up and walk our boats down to the take out spot. I’m also feeling a bit…
Comfortably Uncomfortable: Day Seven of the Bellyak Progression Clinic
Welp it’s here, time for our final days of the Bellyak progression Clinic. We’re going all in on this one and heading three hours away from Asheville to the Ocoee (a class 111+ with some lV whitewater. As usual with a new river I’m feeling some anxiety just not knowing what is ahead of me.…
Mind Set Check: Day Five of the Bellyak Progression Clinic
It’s the Fifth day of the Bellyak Progession Clinc. We are back at Pigeon to have a couple runs down the river. We were told to carb up and have our energy on point today, I’m overjoyed, you don’t have to tell me twice to eat a lot. Pizza in hand driving to the river I’m feeling…
Baby Duck Takes a Swim: Day Six of the Bellyak Progression Clinic
Day 6 of learning to Bellyak and that means Pigeon time! I am a fan of this new river, The Pigeon in Tennessee. With this class being optional, I convince myself how I would be more upset to miss out on a sunny, beautiful day on the river, my favorite river none-the-less, than to skip…
Big Splash, Big Smile: Day four of the Bellyak Progression Clinc
This is the day I really fell in love with Bellyaking; which I’m surprised to say given my initial feeling for the day. We are went to the Pigeon, which is a step up from the rivers we have been on. It is a class 111+ whitewater. I was nervous to learn this. On this…
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