Asheville for Dinos

So the heading is a lie twice over - the Dinos were not in Asheville and ALSO we didn't go to Asheville for dinos - we went for a Noah Kahan concert. I'm specifically not posting about the concert though (suffice to say a good time was had by all), but instead will share some other little tidbits from our 36 hour road trip.

For wacky reasons (like lyrics in Wagon Wheel) I've always felt the need to at least stop in Johnson City, TN. Turns out it was a lovely little ways past Asheville back towards C'ville, so we spent the night in a hotel there and I can now check that bit of silliness off my bucket list. Even better though, is the incredibly quaint and SUPER well executed backyard museum (I believe it's actually called "Backyard Terrors Dinosaur Park") in neaby Bluff City, TN. We would have probably spent HOURS here if the light rain that was falling when we arrived remained the dominant weather - instead we ended up in a thunderstorm monsoon - and that curtailed our wanderings. Would love to stop in again if we're in the area because it's 100% worth a visit.

Other miscellaneous shenanigans included car ride hilarity based on snack choices (apparently we love a good meat stick?), a randomly delicious mall-type breakfast place, lots of fun car games, a very chill EV-style road trip there, and a hella long detour through west virginia/virginia (2 or 3 border crossings = 2 or 3 singings of Country Roads) and skirting comparatively close to CHM on the way back. While EVERYONE wanted to go visit, we stayed the course b/c 1) Ivy's an EV and WV is not a plentifully charge-ful state and 2) we would be back at camp for realsies in just over a week so alas, no sidequests this time. Props to Z on baller navigation skillz getting us over, around and through the back roads so we could make progress when I-81 was shut BOTH WAYS.