Asheville Happenings

Things have been heating up here in Asheville and I don’t mean the temperatures! While spring is still bringing us chilly weather, that hasn’t stopped people from taking a trip down the river. As you might be able to tell we have just started our venture into Social Networking (If you couldn’t tell- Thanks!). We have a twitter handle (wildwaterltd, follow us!), a Facebook Fan Page and are slowly showing up on many travel websites and blogs. As we are new to the Social Network sphere, we rely heavily on our print advertising. We have mailers that have gone out to our distribution list notifying people of our spring specials, newspaper and magazine advertising as well.

Despite all the work, it hasn’t stopped us from doing what we love, even at work. I never thought any job would come with benefits like having meetings in the middle of the woods, or in the parking lot over a game of hacky sack! Jeff took some time off for a family members wedding, and I’ve been enjoying the great micro-brewery scene here in Asheville. Did you know Asheville was just named Beer City, USA by one of the most renowned spirit gurus on the web? Yeah, we tied for first with Portland Oregon of all places! I’ve also been keeping up to date on my Karate training. Just recently we had a man from China come and teach a seminar on Feeding Crane Kung-Fu. He was talking about the history of the exercises and their roots in Mongolia. Now who has ever used a fact about Mongolia to link their job and their hobbies? I did at that moment.

Did you know that our Yurts at Falling Waters Resort are modeled and named after the original Mongolian structure? While the native Mongols didn’t have such amenities as a queen size bed or CD player in their living structures everything else is basically the same. Their  Yurts are easily collapsible for transportation, have a communal bathroom, and are set up in an area that easily accessible to areas with running water! Ok so maybe that’s a bit of a stretch to be making from one to another, but I did make it and I thought it was kinda cool!

While the east coast is still being hammered by rain, here in the Appalachian Mountains the weather has cleared up and looks to stay that way for the next week at least. The rain we have had the last week or two has brought the rivers up significantly and everyone I’ve talked to says that this is prime time to be taking trips down the river! Hope you can find some time in your busy schedule to get out on the rapids. I know I will!