I was a bit disappointed in Cleveland’s Winter weather. Not much snow to speak of. In my opinion if it’s Winter, it should be WINTER!!! Where Snow comes in storms worse than the weatherman could hype them, (if that’s possible). When temps are so cold, breathing deep makes your lungs hurt and your nostrils stick together. And the local pub is full of rosy cheeked neighbors in commiserating comradery. I have to admit, I am a bad weather aficionado and Cleveland wasn’t providing the goods.
On the day I was scheduled to leave, there was 6 inches of fresh snow on the ground and more expected. I was thinking I might stay a little longer and play but it was time and the trailer was taking a beating in the wet Cleveland winter.
I like to take the backroads on this endless Sunday Drive of mine. With the snow, I was a little worried that the secondary roads would be unplowed and slippery, especially with the trailer. It turned out to not be a problem, the snowfall became less and less significant as I drove south. By the time I got to the Ohio River, there wasn’t any snow to be seen. I didn’t have any problems crossing over the Appalachian Mountains and into the relatively flat North and South Carolina foothills.
I took a few days to make the drive. I planned my route to take me through Harlan, Kentucky. The Setting for the fictional TV Series Justified. I should add a disclaimer here, the streets crisscrossing the small 8 blocks or so of the downtown are pretty tight, and I take up a lot space so decided to just do the driving tour and not figure out parking so I didn’t get to engage with anyone. What I saw was a nice little mining town. The store fronts were far from 100% occupancy and those that were open were more utilitarian (furniture stores, repair shops, food carryouts, etc). No galleries, Craft beer and cocktail bars or foodie restaurants. So no Hipsters to be seen. WooHoo!!!
If it was closer to the weekend, I might have stuck around to see what happens at night. I can’t imagine that there would be much happening on a Tuesday so I drove on to South Carolina.
I had an uneventful night in Hendersonville, NC. Before making my way to Greenville in Western South Carolina. I stopped over there on my previous Atlanta visit and was intrigued. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the country right now but you wouldn’t know it on a Wednesday evening. I hit a few bars in the downtown district. Some good Bar room chats but not enough to keep me out past by 9pm bedtime. I was tempted to give Greenville a Thursday night try but decided to drive around the area and see where I ended up.
Turns out, I ended up in tiny Anderson, SC. It turned into an odd and random night for such a little town even for a Thursday. I would like to spend more time there to see if random is standard but this visit ended in the morning when I headed to my friend’s house across the Georgia border.
I’ll be here and in Atlanta helping said friend get a handle on his marketing efforts for his telecommunications company. Their website is WWW.TeledataSelect.com. A consulting company assisting small and medium businesses to select and manage their telecommunications solution. Might be a short stay since I don’t know anything about Marketing other than it is usually a job that employs attractive women. I am definitely not qualified on that account.
