We left Cookeville on Monday (the 12th) after a week of rest and relaxation at my brother Jesse and his wife Bronwynn's house, whom I hadn't seen for nearly two years. It was really nice to get to see and hang out with them. While we were there we saw waterfalls, played disc golf in the park, and went to see '300' (which is pretty good, you should see it maybe sometime). We also dumpstered our hearts out, played scrabble, and ate at Jesse's restaurant Toot's a few times. I went out to the gun range with Jesse and shot many a coke can with high powered rifles. All in all it was a down to earth feel good time.
Two hours of driving lead us into Knoxville. Knoxville is lame! This is how we feel about it after spending four hours in it's downtown area. We did find a cool coffee shop near the two venues in the town that didn't play country rock. We met a nice girl who told us that the area was pretty dull unless there was show or something else going on. So, if you ever find yourself in Knoxville go to Old City Coffee in the downtown area, a nice girl works there and a refillable cup of coffee is two dollars.
We had intended to stay in the Smoky Mountains but it was dark, all of the campsites were closed or confusing, so we drove around and ended up at a Denny's in Asheville, NC. We crashed in the car and woke early to head toward Raleigh. (After the fact, we learned there was a wicked infoshop in Asheville. -booo) So, we drove to the University of North Carolina in Raleigh. When we first arrived we found a wicked little alternative coffee shop dubbed 'Cup a Joe'. Next door was a pretty neat used book store which we perused for a moment. We parked in the campus lot and rode our bikes around the campus. There were some fun hills to ride down and a few good fields for laying. We got condiments from the Student Union and had a picnic of cabbage, tomato, onion, and cheese sandwiches during which we took swigs from a not-so-hidden bottle of Negra Modelo.
After our picnic we checked out the library and played a futile game of checkers in their new east wing that is more like the hang out area by crossroads in the OU Union. They had computers all around surrounding a flat screen with a new Nintendo Wii setup for anyone to come and play and at one point during our game a band started setting up to play. After a walk through the campus and a meeting of a girl who's phone we found, we decided to settle in. We watched Unbreakable in the Library and then climbed up a ledge on one of buildings to sleep.
The next morning we woke up for free coffee in the library, took pictures in some echoing sculpture that were out in the 'brickyard', and ate free pizza that was being distributed for 'Founder's Day'. Also there was free ice cream and we each snagged an extra piece before heading out.
Six hours later we were in Virginia Beach.
Picture post soon to come with what the hell's up with VA beach.
And all that.
Love,
Marshall
P.S. You're great.
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