The Cowsert Cottage

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Sitting on the porch at Pritchell Hall at the Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center
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Our neighbor gave us tickets for a tour of Asheville. We went on a tour through famous writer, Thomas Wolfe’s house. “The Kentucky House” was a boarding house run by his mother, Julia, back in the early 1900’s. It has 17 bedrooms and only 3 bathrooms!
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Here we are at the Nibble Nook! Yes, even I had some ice cream and it was so good! I allowed myself to cheat on the diet for some Nibble Nook ice cream.
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We went to the Charlotte, NC area to visit Aunt Helen Cowsert and Aunt Helen Short. Aunt Helen Cowsert took over the Cowsert Cottage when her father died just two week after he had bought it.
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Aunt Naomi, Aunt Helen Cowsert, Mama

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See the deer? After picking Wesley up at the airport in Charlotte we spotted two deer near the side of the road. We stopped to take pictures and they just stood there and posed for the camera. It was an amazing sight to see.
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Eating lunch at the Dr. Pepper restaurant located on Cherry St. in Black Mountain, NC.
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Meet Ridge! One of the first days we were there I saw him at The Town Hardware store in Black Mountain. Later my dad bought him for me as a surprise after Dave had gone to buy it for me and told me, “Sorry Elaine, but the frog has been bought and they don’t have any others in the store.” Dave was in on the surprise and knew my dad had bought him!
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Aunt Naomi and Uncle Jay started dating at Ridgecrest too! They had their first kiss here on the tennis courts of the Ridgecrest Conference Center!
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At the Lake! The water is so low the dock was at an angle.
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Ellie, Daddy, Mama, Wesley, Aunt Naomi, Elaine, Pretinha, Dave

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Winner of “The Race”! Near the tennis court there is a huge field where the dogs just love to run wild. We had a race to see who could run the fastest. Pretinha won because Ellie got distracted in the race and started trying to bite and wrestle her sister in the middle of the race - typical Ellie! In the individual races Ellie was the fastest runner!
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The Prayer Garden
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The bench where it all began! </div>

- Elaine