Best part of the day today. Sue Richards, one of my harp idols, invited us to come up and play harps today. She lives about 15 miles out of Asheville on top of a hill with marvelous landscaping and a beautiful view of the mountains in the distance.
I learned a couple of new tunes and some nice new chords to an old one. After we left, we headed for Black Mountain. Directions: Drive to the end of the road and turn left, when that road ends, turn right at the fire station, when that road ends, turn left again and follow the winding road over the mountain. Didn't mention we would cross the eastern continental divide. Anyway, we did find our way to Black Mountain, which is a Grass Valley kind of place. Population of 8000 but has a hammered dulcimer shop. I was quite interested in a bowed psaltery, but I managed to restrain myself from buying one.
Anyway, we did find our way to Black Mountain, which is a Grass Valley kind of place. This ice cream shop made their own waffle cones on site, so you got your ice cream in a slightly warm cone. That's a nice combination, but my prediction that the end of the cone it would be messier than usual was spot on. Still worth it.
Population of 8000 but has a hammered dulcimer shop. I was quite interested in a bowed psaltery, but I managed to restrain myself from buying one.
Back in Asheville we had pizza at All Souls pizza. Everything is locally sourced and the pizza was delicious. There is this wonderful baker around here called around here called Farm and Sparrow. We bought a loaf of bread to bring back to the hotel, but I have no idea why, except that it's so damn good.
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