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Asheville Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Asheville, United States
It's Avocado Salsa!
... We wound our way down the mountain to Asheville, North Carolina to catch up with a Permaculture buddy, Mike and his family. Asheville is known as a liberal town full of artists and nature lovers. Whilst here, we enjoyed the lovely company of Mike, ...
Asheville, NC
... ;Oh well… We hit up several breweries & restaurants during the week and enjoyed an afternoon at Biltmore Estate, but in reality Asheville sort of let us down. I think we had built it up too much in our mind. We left a little ...
Gobble gooble, the worlds best turkey.
... week, they were very gracious hosts. We had the opportunity to hike with Mike and Aggie up Mount Pisgah, a beautiful mountain in Asheville. It wasn't too difficult and was quite a rewarding hike, with us being the first people up the mountain for the day ...
My nephew's wedding & vacation in DC
... . My brother and the bride's parents took care of the accommodations and some meals while we were in/and around Asheville and Hendersonville for three days. My sister, niece, and I, continued onto Washington DC for a short vacation after the ...
Hours and Days
... , I would choose it's sinuous shade over the highway in a heartbeat. We are now camped out in a very normal motel outside of Asheville, N.C., have places lined up for the next two nights, and I am staying awake to send this message out into the void, ...
Day 8 - Time to Say Goodbye
... We'll remember this trip for as long as we live! It was a great relaxing time away from normal life for awhile. I see Asheville again in our future! "Happy trails to you, until we meet again.Some trails are happy ones,Others are blue.It's ...
White Trolley Tour and more
... ; Some scenes from Dirty Dancing was filmed at Grove Park Inn. Charleton Heston was the first director of the Asheville Theatre. Stephen Spielberg has a condo in downtown Asheville. Actress Andie McDowell lives in the Biltmore residential comunity. The ...
...Asheville...
... several hours wandering around downtown, stopped in a brewery for a quick bite and a beer and checked out a couple cool stores. Asheville is a pretty sweet city - very "Boulder'ish", but seems a bit more city like. We did end up wandering around ...
Zoe Loves Jack!
After school today, Jack, Zoe and Dave met up with Dave's friend Chris for nine holes of disc golf. Jack had some great shots and enjoyed hiking through the woods. Zoe was Chris' caddy, happily carrying his discs around...but she's going to have to ...
Biltmore Estate Tour
... winery. From there we drove to the Visitors Information Center where we boarded a trolley to take us on a tour of Asheville and all the sights downtown and around Asheville. We found our new hotel and then went out to supper at Longhorn ...
Weekend at the lake
Enjoyed a lovely break with my mom, sister, and brother in Lake Lure in the beautiful Smokey mountains. Enjoyed rock hoping, sliding rock, visiting our great aunt, and just relaxing with my family. Gorgeous area. ...
Mountain time
We traveled from Nashville to asheville on Sunday, 3/24. It was heavy rain, drizzle and fog. The views over he mountains when visible were fantastic. Lots of climbs and switchbacks. Got to our site on the Broad French river which is just ...
Organic Breakfast
After five days in NC we were back on the road and on our way to Nashville. On the way we stopped in Asheville, an amazing little town filled with organic restaurants and shops. We had a great breakfast at the Green Acres Cafe. After breakfast it was back ...
Personal Rating of Asheville for Retirement
... the cart. You can pick houses you want to visit at home in your PJs and bunny slippers. Pretty nice. Bottom line: Asheville is certainly a retirement possibility. I said I didn’t want this to sound like a commercial, but if we move ...
Note to self, do not drive from MA-NC in one day
Keeping a secret about the departure date from the children was difficult, but in the end it worked really well because the kids were very surprised when we woke them up at 3:00 Am this morning. They were so surprised, in fact that they decided that ...
Change of Scenery
... so full he looked a bit intoxicated. There’s got to be some addictive chemical in those irresistible biscuits! We arrived in Asheville, North Carolina a little later than we’d hoped, but got to the home of our couch surfing host in time for ...
Percy Jackson in the Appalachians to the Biltmore
... we both got low blood sugar and got cranky with each other right about the time we hit the point of no return into Asheville. We were about an hour outside of Asheville and there were no more major roads intersecting with the parkway, so we were pretty ...
Biltmore Estate
Monday....April 19 We went to The Biltmore today......I can't even begin to describe it. I was awestruck! here's a bit of info about it: The Biltmore Estate is the realization of George Washington Vanderbilt's bold and enduring vision to create an ...
The Beginning...
As time goes by it is becoming more and more evident to me that I will be leaving the US soon. I am entering my final year in college and I will be starting that chapter by spending a semester abroad. I will be doing field-based research with SIT ...
Testing, testing...
Check, check...one, two...one, two...is this thing on? Hey there! Just testing out the blog before we head on out. Have to find a cool profile pic for this thing. Just a few more days! Been planning since January, can't believe how time flies. Tune in ...
THURSDAY - Our last travel day - YEAH!
... and found out they were staying at the Red Roof Inn too -- and heard how they have lived all over the U.S., and they liked visiting Asheville. Both seemed to be free spirits. Tomorrow we go to our house - 5 Morris Drive, Weaverville, NC 28787 ...
Asheville NC
... tale. We almost turned around without going in due to the empty lot. It looked really creepy. We made it into Asheville for a quick visit before heading to visit Kate and Michael. Tracy has been talking about the farmer's market so we ...
Day 1 - The Departure
... be start of his 5th expedition to Iceland. What lies ahead will be both an adventure and unforgettable memories. I proceeded to AVL (Asheville) airport to start my travel to Iceland. My grandparents dropped me off where I gave my hugs and regards before ...
From Springs to Springs
On Tuesday, we drove from Pagosa Springs, CO to Eureka Springs, AR -- a mere 16 hour drive, nothin' too crazy. Mom jousted me out of bed at 530 AM from our frigid cabin stay in Pagosa and we hit the road. I was asleep for pretty part of the ...
Blue Ridge Parkway
We were told Asheville was the place to go, so from the Outer Banks via Durham we headed there along the World Famous Blue Ridge Parkway. The Parkway is listed as one of the best scenic drives in the US, but they forgot to tell us its only really during ...
A day with my head in the clouds
Clouds overhead all day. Couldn't see any good views on either side of the Parkway. No matter the curves :) So hard to keep to the speed limit including going around the curves. Two high points of the day was 1. A visit to The Blue Ridge Music Centre and ...
TALES OF TRAVEL FROM 2011! AND A PEEK AT 2012..
... cast. The tour is January through May. I've had to memorize what feels like hundreds of poems, and I will be traveling the United States performing them in a high-intensity two-person 'poetry-turned-into-a-play' kind of show! I have been rehearsing in ...
Leaving our beloved Asheville
Our upcoming adventure has yet to begin and we are having mixed emotions about leaving Asheville - after all, it IS the place were we met, got married, and lived the past 3 years. It's sad to leave this town behind, but much harder to leave behind ...