I took Friday off to make it nice long weekend and head up to SC Thursday night. Since Chris had to work a half day Friday, I took advantage of my day off. After sleeping in, I got up and headed for a run to explore the neighborhood. Chris lives about two blocks from a neat downtown so I headed that direction. The main drag has tons of little shops, restaurants. parks, theaters, and lots of things to do. A nice little river runs through downtown, I ran to the river, around the park and back to his apartment. It was a good morning work out with great scenery. After Chris got home we walked back to downtown to eat at a little southern fare restaurant. After lunch he showed me around downtown and then went back to the casa to relax. That evening we met up with one of his coworkers and his wife for dinner at "famed" BBQ joint. Now Carolinian's rave about their BBQ and to be honesty I don't know what about, Texas BBQ is the best. After dinner we drove to Clemson and checked out the campus and the college town. It reminded me a lot of A&M and the scenery was beautiful.
Saturday we got up early and headed to the farmers market in downtown, we did a little shopping and ate some Shrimp and Grits for breakfast. Since Chris is very close to mountains we decided to spend the day hiking and exploring the different trials. It happened to be perfect weather for hiking we did two different trails and got to see a couple of waterfalls along the way. By the time we got home I was beat, even though I am in fairly good shape hiking took it all out of me (it might also have been that Chris hikes at a strenuousness pace, if its a 3 hour hike he completes it in 1.5). That evening we went to a nice little Italian place for dinner and I enjoyed several pounds of delicious pasta and a glass of wine. After dinner we went to a little wine bar to explore the Greenville nightlife, the people watching was great.
Sunday it was up bright and early again to go hike some trials in North Carolina. For lunch we drove into a little town and had a delicious lunch at a farm to table restaurant. The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing and watching movies. Monday we decided to rent a jet ski and play on the lake for a while before I headed back to Houston. I have never ridden a jet ski and boy was I missing out. I am not going to lie I was terrified, I thought I was going to die when Chris was driving. (Please not this does not reflect on his driving skills, its just a whole ton rougher for the person on the back) Let me tell you the minute I got behind the wheel it was pure FUN!! I was chasing speedboats and hoping their wakes, I am pretty sure we got up to 60 something speed wise. The lake was gorgeous, the weather was perfect, and the water was warm... couldn't have asked for a better way to end the weekend. Then it was back to reality sitting in the Greenville Airport.
Saturday we got up early and headed to the farmers market in downtown, we did a little shopping and ate some Shrimp and Grits for breakfast. Since Chris is very close to mountains we decided to spend the day hiking and exploring the different trials. It happened to be perfect weather for hiking we did two different trails and got to see a couple of waterfalls along the way. By the time we got home I was beat, even though I am in fairly good shape hiking took it all out of me (it might also have been that Chris hikes at a strenuousness pace, if its a 3 hour hike he completes it in 1.5). That evening we went to a nice little Italian place for dinner and I enjoyed several pounds of delicious pasta and a glass of wine. After dinner we went to a little wine bar to explore the Greenville nightlife, the people watching was great.
Sunday it was up bright and early again to go hike some trials in North Carolina. For lunch we drove into a little town and had a delicious lunch at a farm to table restaurant. The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing and watching movies. Monday we decided to rent a jet ski and play on the lake for a while before I headed back to Houston. I have never ridden a jet ski and boy was I missing out. I am not going to lie I was terrified, I thought I was going to die when Chris was driving. (Please not this does not reflect on his driving skills, its just a whole ton rougher for the person on the back) Let me tell you the minute I got behind the wheel it was pure FUN!! I was chasing speedboats and hoping their wakes, I am pretty sure we got up to 60 something speed wise. The lake was gorgeous, the weather was perfect, and the water was warm... couldn't have asked for a better way to end the weekend. Then it was back to reality sitting in the Greenville Airport.
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