North Carolina Arboretum Asheville

North Carolina was FANTASTIC! We have been planning this trip for a bit. My entire family was so excited to go on this trip. And boy did we get some time together. We drove all the way there. Actually all of our conversations were great. And I got a bunch of reading done. We did so much in the time we were there. Here are some great highlights. …

Aujourd'hui, c'est une autre journée sur le Blue Ridge Parkway. Notre premier arrêt est à Blowing Rock, tout près de notre hôtel. C'est un rocher sur le dessus d'une montagne, où le vent souffle "à l'envers" (si on lance des feuilles d'arbre, elles reviennent vers nous). Le rocher est nommé selon une légende indienne, où l'amoureux d'une indienne, …

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... ; WOW was that tricky or what.  All in all it was a very good time.  We are getting ready to head back into Asheville and hook up with Janna and Steve for a bicycle ride along the river.  Of course there will be more pictures to add to the ...

... reason I wanted to go there turned out to be amazing.  I have a deep appreciation for bonsai trees!  The N.C. arboretum has the most comprehensive bonsai collection in North America.  Just last week, a lady on the Parkway told me that NC ...

... by the Cradle of Forestry (our bosses!).  We first arrived at Bent Creek Experimental Forest and the NC Arboretum. The Bent Creek Experimental Forest is the oldest federal experimental forest east of the Mississippi river. It encompasses nearly ...

... , il n'y avait pas vraiment de bon "spot" pour le voir et le photographier. On arrive en fin d'après-midi au North Carolina Arboretum. On a été un peu déçu de ce jardin botanique. C'était assez petit, et il n'y avait pas beaucoup de fleurs. Mais il ...

Our original plan this morning was to go for a bike ride in the NC Arboretum. When the alarm went off at 7, though, neither Justin or I were in much of a mood to get up. We got up around 8, and decided to go to Grandfather Mountain instead. So we had ...

... I didn't attempt to ride with him. We will probably try do a more relaxing ride together at the NC Arboretum. In the evening, we drove back to Asheville and were going to go to a restaurant called Olive Or Twist. We walked in and were basically ...

... ;So great.  Baseball - As some relaxing at the end of the day, we went to 2 minor league baseball games.  The Asheville Tourists were a cute little single A team.  You could definitely tell it was a small town crowd.  We couldn't even ...