The new beginning, a reintroduction to adventure, the time for me to evolve into my true self. After a long stop in Georgia, I’m back on the road. This time, with more confidence, courage, and lust for adventure.
It took me awhile to leave Georgia, but I knew it was my destiny. The time was right, I could feel it in my heart and soul. I didn’t want to leave, but I knew it was time for me to grow out of the roots I tried to place in Georgia. Technically, Tennessee was the next place I stopped after Georgia- but it wasn’t nearly as memorable or exciting as North Carolina. I’ve been told from others previously they can really see me thrive in Asheville, NC. This is where I fell in love.
Upon arriving, I’m immediately drawn to the mountains, and how easy it is to get there. Just driving to my hike I went up and down the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway. The drive itself was mesmerising, but the hikes were even more astonishing. The access to the parkway was also so close to town it was easy for me to go in and out if I needed anything or to sleep since I mostly slept in Walmart parking lots at this time. Adventuring here was by far my favourite, possibly because I was on a healing journey of evolution but the scenery was genuinely amazing everywhere I went here.
I started off waterfall hopping, I found so many just on Google Maps I hit every single one that I can find access to. It was so much fun. No reception, just meditating by the cleansing falls throughout the mountain ranges. My soul felt purified, my mind was cleared, and I could connect with my soul with full clarity. Here's some videos on my waterfall hopping adventure (more at end of page):Now this is where things get a little wild LOL. And slightly personal- but this is another reason why this is such a dramatic and wild story. Feel free to skip majority of the rest of this story if you aren’t too interested in this part. I won’t go into as much detail, but if you really want to read the deep and personal part you can read about it on this page, the password is “ireallywanttoknow”.
In short, I met a guy and started banging him at a waterfall LMAO. Turns out he was living out of his car too with his dog. Except it wasn’t by choice, so yeah I guess I kind of banged a homeless guy. In my defense, he still went to his mom’s house to shower and eat and do laundry, but he wasn’t allowed to stay there so he slept in the mountains with his dog. He was by no means remotely close to anyone I would usually be attracted to but hey it had been a while I needed to release some energy if you know what I mean LOL.I ended up spending a lot of time with him. Mostly because he invited himself to my solo adventures and plans, as he didn’t have a job or anything to do so he would just follow me around. I let him, because I’m nice and it was nice having company. Most of the time he annoyed me but I have this dangerous skill of turning my ears off and simply not paying attention so I would just be in my own world while he rambles about things I don’t care about. This may be a reason why he planned an entire future with me and tried to make me stay or come back to him in North Carolina. His attachment to me grew and grew and even though he supported me traveling and leaving…he still tried to make me stay.I wanted this to remain a cute fun story, but as time went on, I stayed longer and longer because there were more mountains and hikes I wanted to conquer. He took it as if I was staying for him even though I kept asking for space. At a certain point it seemed like he was almost trying to accidentally get me pregnant and I had to flee the state. It was disappointing to leave a place I fell in love with, but someone fell in love with me which made me have to leave and not return.Overall, I had the best time in North Carolina despite how it ended. I had the most magnificent time summiting mountains and chasing waterfalls all throughout North Carolina. I even went down near Cashiers, NC and explored down there. I drove everywhere, and slept mostly in Walmart parking lots but my favorite nights were sleeping on the mountain. It was my first time sleeping on the mountain since I usually tried to be in lit parking lots or somewhere that felt safer than being in pitch black darkness and worried about sheriffs kicking me out. I felt safe enough with that guy and woke up to sunrises over the mountains. We would make or buy dinner and rush to a scenic spot to eat and watch the sunset. It was a heavenly experience and super fun while it lasted.So the reason I even got more acquainted with this guy after hooking up at the waterfall was that I was trying to sleep in an abandoned parking lot. He texted me and asked where I was sleeping since he knew I lived out of my car. I told him and he said to be careful because it’s a dangerous area and to message or call him if anything happens. 2 seconds later some drugged out fat old white man came knocking on my door yelling at me to come out. He said “you’re safe here, come on out come on out!” over and over. I was terrified. I started shaking and crying and immediately took down all my window coverings and drove straight out. At first I grabbed my taser and pepper spray and then realised I’m totally safe inside my car and wasn’t planning to open my door or window so I was like wtf am i doing LOL and just started the car and drove off. Of course, out of fear and not knowing anywhere else I can legally park and sleep, I called the guy and slept in my car next to his on the mountain. It was actually really nice and him in his car next to me made me feel safe. And that was the beginning of our chaotic adventures leading to me fleeing the state.It’s hard to top Asheville, so visiting Charlotte wasn’t as amazing though I did meet a couple individuals that really left a mark on me. You can read about them under this page. Here are more vlogs of my beautiful time in North Carolina! First are my IG reels and scroll all the way down for full vlogs- i've never been great at videos so bare with my skills haha!