Headed out of Asheville towards Tennessee
where beautiful views such as these are abundant.
The Story Begins...
It was a time in each of our life’s were we needed to make a decision about truly taking life by the horns and wrestling it down to the ground. When I say we I am speaking of me and one of my best friends of my life ever “B”. B always has looked out for me in many ways before and was currently facing some life struggles of his own and wanted to embark on a journey cross country to DeFiNe HiMsElF, and also take his clothing company DeFiNe InC to the next level. It was around 5:30pm on a Wed evening when I got the call, I answered and said hello and B responded “how long will it take you to pack and be ready to go cross country to California hitting every major city along the way?” I replied about an hour. So our mission to DeFiNe OuRsElVeS began…
We departed Cary, NC around 8pm wed night and our 1st stop was in High Point, NC for a overnight visit with B’s family, and then we woke early and headed to Asheville, NC to take in some nature to clear our minds and prepare us for what was to come. See we had made arrangements quite well for a trip that was planned in a matter of hours, we had sent out email messages, networking site messages and made phone calls to contact as many people that we knew Nationwide that may had been able to assist us in our journey.
We arrived into Asheville around 4pm and began the ascent towards the top of Black Mountain. Black Mountain is nestled right in the beginning of the NC foothill Mountains, and is located about 20 minutes from Asheville. B had arranged for us to stay with a great guy he knew named Karl. Karl was a biochemist with many life experiences and great knowledge of this vast world we live in that B and me needed to wrestle to the ground. After being in the Kamp Karl preserve for nothing but just a short 30 minutes I already knew why B had chose this to be one of our first stops on the long journey we had in front of us. Karl’s house was built by himself, his brothers, and his father when he was younger and then was past down to him after age had ran its course as it does in all lifetimes. This house was absolutely amazing and was designed for music to play a major role throughout the house. The acoustics were set so that you could hear music played anywhere in the home.
B and I began the day by setting up our campsites located next to the guest cabin located on Karl’s property and headed into town to take care a few errands that needed to be tackled before we departed Asheville. That day there was a talk around the house about a magical banana bread that was supposed to be taken apart of later in the evening. Karl knew some really great guys that were originally from Ukraine and had lived in the states for twenty years already because they had moved here at a young age with parents. We spent the night conversating with Karl and his daughter waiting on the phone call to head to the two Ukrainians house to have a great end of evening experience. We headed down the mountain and showed up over to the house later that night Karl ended up falling asleep and didn’t manage to make it with us.
As we arrived handshakes and cold beverages welcomed us and so the night began. Alex was the only one at the house at the time, Alex was the younger of the two brothers and said his brother had left to get groceries to make the banana bread and pick up his girlfriend from work. We talked about life and explained our trip and purpose to our new friend and as this transpired Alex’s brother pulled up in his car with his girlfriend and groceries in hand. We made our introductions and Alex began making this magical banana bread. We spent the whole night sharing amazing conversation and stuffing our stomachs to the top with this amazing banana concoction. We discussed culture, life, experience, and the definition of what DeFiNe yourself meant to B and me. Alex’s brother’s girlfriend was from Russia and had been in the states for only a short month. It was so amazing to see new culture and people not from the US and the way they viewed life and how they projected their energy into this world and universe we all take apart in. The energy levels and my spirit was already beginning to climb into new senses of elevation. My soul had felt like it was flying above a mountain and had already begun to take new shape.
B and I had discussed how amazing this time was going to be and how much closer our friendship bond would be at the end of our trip. The night had come to a close and we went back to the top of the mountain and camped out the rest of the night. We awoke that morning early and drove into Asheville to take DEFINE INC to the next level. We went to different stores and talked to many different types of people and told them about what we were in town for and why we came to them. Amazing responses, new contacts and even better Artist information was just a few of the things we walked away with from our trip to downtown. B and I were so empowered about the responses we had received already so we decided to head back to Black Mountain and wrap up our time in NC. We went to bed around midnight and planned on a 5am wake up call to head to what we thought was going to be Louisville, KY.
I awoke around 4:33am by my biological clock and immediately woke up B. We packed the car and began the hundred of miles trip. We drove threw the Mountains of NC, and TN when I received a surprising phone call from a really good guy and amazingly talented DJ I know from Chicago by the name of Keith Mackenzie. Keith owns his own music label for the electronic break beat industry. We spoke briefly and Keith told me he was playing a party in Chicago, IL and I should come and he would put B and me on the guest list. So and there it was no more Louisville, KY and Chicago, IL is now the final destination of today’s driving.
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