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Asheville, NC- The Blue Ridge Mountains

To be honest, North Carolina was never a destination for me; I had seen it as a state I needed to go through in my effort to visit all 50 states, but that all changed about two years ago when I started following this amazing blog called Be Love Live.  I was instantly drawn to the inspiring photos and words of Liz, and we soon became what Liz lovingly calls “blogging buddies”.  When I decided to do this trip through the American Southeast, I asked Liz if she wanted to meet up, and she amazingly asked me to stay at her cozy apartment with her, her wife Lina, and their cat, and I of course was so excited to do that!

I don’t know that I could describe the amazing and instantaneous connection that I felt with Liz, Lina and Nick, but Liz  did a really amazing job in her blog post: The Power of Blogging.  Or the Day That Paige Came to Town.  We all just clicked and felt like we had been lifelong friends (which I’m now completely confident we will be- in fact, as I’m writing this I’m sitting in Liz and Lina’s apartment on my second trip to Asheville).  I am so thankful to have had this amazing opportunity to connect with this city and group of people and it’s all thanks to Liz, her inspiring words, and blogging.

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The first photo of our friendship- Borrowed from Liz’s Blog: Be Love Live

I have about a million wonderful things to say about Asheville, North Carolina and even more than that, about three amazing people that I got to spend four days with in Asheville, so I’m just going to jump right in (WARNING: there will be several Asheville posts!)

I’ve been having a difficult time deciding where to start, so I thought I would start with one of my favorite Asheville moments- the girls mini-road-trip through The Blue Ridge Mountains.  We started out on this surprisingly warm day in January set on doing part of the Blue Ridge Parkway since it runs right through Asheville.  However that was short-lived, as only a few miles of the Parkway was open, but we really enjoyed the parts we got to explore:

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When we got about as far as we could go, we walked through the woods for a bit and had fun hiking around, laughing and making memories:

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Borrowed from Liz’s Blog: Be Love Live

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Since a vast majority of the actual Blue Ridge Parkway was closed, Liz took us on a off-the-beaten-path mountain road tour, that was really incredible, and the views of these majestic blue, smoky mountains took my breath away and stuck with me:

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Thanks to Liz, for taking this awesome shot of me!

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“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”

-William Blake-

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6 Comments

  • Reply
    liz
    February 24, 2014 at 2:02 pm

    You are sooooo amazing! Everything about you! I cannot believe what has happened because of our blogging friendship that started 2 -3 years ago! How blessed and lucky and thankful am I?! We all are. xoxoxo

    • Reply
      PaigeBrown
      March 1, 2014 at 7:29 am

      I’m pretty blessed and lucky and thankful myself! I am blown away by what has come from our blogging friendship too! So much more to come! See you in a few weeks!

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    Head Out West
    February 24, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    Amazing story and pictures! I have a friend I first met online…5 years ago? She’s from Virginia while I live in England – I spent a week with her and her family. It’s amazing the connections we can make with people from far away!

    • Reply
      PaigeBrown
      March 1, 2014 at 7:31 am

      Thank you so much! It really is amazing to make those connections! Has she been able to visit you in England yet? I love hearing these stories- too fun! Thanks again for reading and commenting!

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    lukebunker
    February 26, 2014 at 8:17 am

    Great photos and so awesome that you made a connection through blogging! Really enjoyed this post! Thanks for visiting my blog, as well!! I look forward to seeing future posts from you! Exclamation point! 🙂

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      PaigeBrown
      March 1, 2014 at 7:39 am

      Thanks, Luke! It has been incredible the things that have now come from that friendship as it continues to grow after meeting up! I’ve already been back to Asheville once and am going back later this month one more time before I move there in July! Crazy! I love this blogging community so much! Thanks for reading and I can’t wait to hear more from you!

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