Tuesday night, my boy Cashflow rode in from the nearby WNC town where he currently resides. We hit up Margaritagrille, downtown, for dinner and a couple beers. It was a Guinness draft night. The bar/grill was fairly empty and the atmosphere was extremely low key. Nothing is set in stone yet, as I still need to try out Hannah Flannagan's (sp?), but M-grille is starting to feel like the go to place; much like The All Star Grill of Winter Haven. We ended up being the last two people there since it was a weeknight and not only did they not run us off, but they offered us another round. Something I can't say for The All Star Grill. Since I'm working on moving up to higher weight class I treated Cash to some milkshakes on the way home. Nothing like burgers, chicken wings, Guinness, and milkshakes. We watched some sitcoms into the evening which still takes me back to "early L.A." days. I ended up crashing though because I'd been awake since 3:50am that morning.
Wednesday we ended up sleeping in a little (much needed). After a low-key morning of discussing future travel plans and possibilities over coffee we headed out to hit up a Chik-fil-a for lunch and more milkshakes. (I'm at the heaviest I've ever been in my life...I might move up several weight classes. I haven't quite decided yet.) The local hop was way too busy so we went to the Biltmore Square mall which has a modest food court of which Chick-fil-a is one of the vendors. It was also on our way to the Arboretum.
Cash had never been to the Arboretum before so I was disappointed to find that most of the plants were no longer blooming, the fountains had been turned off, and some topiary displays had been completely removed. We were able to walk through the bonsai exhibit though which elicited much reminiscing over Japan. We also did some trail walking during which we tried some trails I had never done before. I really enjoyed the new trails, especially one that is several miles long and does a large loop around the property. It would be a great place to go running (assuming you have the year round pass) or to simply hike again. It was nearing closing time when we started the trail and we hiked the last quarter mile or so with just barely enough light to see. It was dark and the moon was shining through the trees.
Today I got up at 3:50am again and went back to work, and Cashflow headed back to his digs. It was a quick visit, but we packed a lot in and it was a lot of fun. I'm off now for dinner and a milkshake. I think it will be Chick-fil-a......oreo.
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