For their 5 year anniversary local Asheville record shop Harvest Records put on a 3 day music festival. My sister Rebecca arranged for me to attend the shows and take pictures for the local independent newspaper the Mountain Xpress .

It was my first time ever being commissioned to take pictures and it was a great experience. These are all from the first day at one of the best places to see live music in Asheville, the Grey Eagle.

The bands playing this show, in order of appearance, were:

Floating Action from Asheville, NC

The Coathangers from Atlanta, GA

Kurt Vile from Philadelphia, PA

Sunday we headed west to Dillsboro and rented tubes from Tuckaseegee Outfitters to float the Tuckaseegee River. Always a good time, even slightly low water didn’t dampen the fun. Apparently Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday are the days they release more water from the upstream dam.

An afternoon thunderstorm in Asheville, North Carolina.

We rented a raft from the Natahala Outdoor Center without a guide. I don’t know how long that has been an option, but most of the outfitters on the Natahala seem to be providing the service nowadays. They take you 8 miles up the river and you are in charge of navigating some class 2 and one class 3 rapid.

Pictures from the drive through western North Carolina to Lake Chatuge in northeast Georgia.

A few final pictures from my last visit to Asheville.

Happy Birthday Davy!

A few more pictures of a warm North Carolina Sunday in January.

These pictures are all from a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and a hike up Mount Pisgah, a Sulock family favorite. It was my last day in North Carolina and it was probably about 65 degrees.

Happy Holidays from the Bizarro Sulocks.

My friend Valerie Hastie made the drive from Charlotte to Asheville for a short and sweet visit. We went and played some disc golf and Asheville’s excellent Richmond Hill course.

These pictures are mostly from my last summer evening in Asheville for a little while. Rebecca and Scott were kind enough to walk around with me in a slight rain.

Been playin’ some disc golf.