Excellent! Amish Bike Forever!!! So my wife and I trail ride, not mountain bike, and were taking a water break, talking with a couple older (like us) folks stopped at the same spot. An E-bike pack whines by and one of the ladies says "Hmph. I've got an R-bike". "R-bike?" "Ya, real bike".

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And, since beer and music happened to come up in association with Asheville, here's one we try to make every year or so. See ya there? https://theleaf.org/leaf-festival-lineup/

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LOL at R-Bike. I've got an ebike for road riding. It makes it more fun. I've also ebiked in Colorado mountains in Crested Butte. I had to. 10,000+ feet and going up mountains?!? Needed it.

Ha! Thanks Tom, saving this one for my brother.

Festival looks really interesting too, passing info onto the boss.
I've never been up for the color change.

Third - Camping at the festival is included with the full weekend ticket but we stay here. It's just a few minutes away and heck, we can't stay up all night anyway. https://www.mamagerties.com/

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After the bear scare at the Davidson River campground, my crew is probably never down for camping with me again.
Worth a try tho, the boss seems curious about the festival.

any Grateful dead leaning beer / bars in that area I need a biking vacation..

Oskar Blues had a dead band while I was there.
http://oskarblues.com/events/?filter=past

Another Quiet Waters Vid. We biked it twice the past two days as a lot of rain has Markham closed. QW can handle the rain, Markham closes.

Asheville might be at Maximum Beer. In Portland, Oregon, breweries have been tending to close. Still plenty of ice cream.