We arrived in Charlotte this afternoon (Monday) after a very pleasant drive from Asheville. Our journey from Anderson to Asheville on Sunday was on National Scenic byways, then we connected with the Blue Ridge parkway to arrive in Asheville. Dinner on Sunday evening was at Ryan's Grill and Steak House (Not great), then we went to the cinema to see a film called 'Failure to Launch', quite amusing and it filled the evening well.
The journey back to Charlotte from Asheville today was the same route that we took two weeks ago, however in the interim the trees have started to show their spring colours and the Azalea and Dogwood trees had come in to bloom. A very different journey indeed. The weather since we left Charlotte has also improved significantly, when we arrived on 24th March it was about 4 degrees Centrigrade and now its 22 Cent. What a big difference it makes to the place. Charlotte is a very nice town and our view of North Carolina is that we much prefer it to South Carolina, there are more trees and hills etc .
I invested USD 18.00 in a haircut which was badly needed and I can now see where I am going...Tonight we went back to a restaurant called PRESTO which serves excellent food and we had two proper steaks and not the Ryans attempt.
Tomorrow we re pack our stuff and fly to the gambling city of America - Las Vegas. The photographs from there will be of a different ilk to those of the past. Next blog will not be for a couple of days as we get organised in Vegas. Elvis has asked us over for dinner but not sure if we can make it ??
I must also compliment my wife Jennifer for her navigational skills, after covering almost 2300 miles we only almost got lost once...
