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Asheville Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Asheville, United States
Happy 4th of July!!!
Just running a test with uploading photos. My parents left South Florida this morning and they will arrive tomorrow! ...
Hello From Mountain Country
... At 175-thousand square feet, you can hardly call this a "house" but they say it's the largest "house" in the United States! The mansion and grounds were bought in the late 1800s by George Vanderbilt, Grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, ...
The Bhavana of Flow
It is my belief that we don't 'do' yoga, we become yoga. We embody these postures to give them life. We each have a unique expression of an asana. We breathe into a shape and create connection with mind, body and spirit. There is bhavana, a deep ...
Kudzu Vines
... Lake out side of Dandridge NC is part of an interlocking lake area, beautiful tourist fishing and boating attraction. We drove around Asheville a bit before settling in at the RV Park. It is interesting that you really do not see much of the city ...
green, green and more green
... . Drove over the viaduct ( a cantilevered highway wrapping around the mountain). Walked the charming streets of Asheville. It is fulI of restaurants, art galleries galore, and funky shops. Saw the interesting architecture of ...
We have Arrived!
... Now that we're in Beer City, USA, it's Michael's turn! We visited a couple breweries, Lexington Avenue Brewery & Asheville Brewing Company. There are about 9 breweries in Asheville, but we didn't think we should hit them all in the ...
Asheville, NC
... in town for the races. The race is actually in Bristol, but the closest room we could get was the Crowne Plaza in Asheville. We are not complaining though, b/c it is a very nice hotel. We ordered room service for dinner, mostly just for ...
Day 31
08/01/09 Wilkesboro, N. C. to Asheville N. C. This is the final stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway for us as we need to head west now. We did experience a lot more rain today on and off. Asheville was completely filled up, we barely found an old ...
On the road
Today's adventure was a trip to Asheville, NC to see the Biltmore Estate. It's a little over an hour's drive to Asheville from Bryson City. The estate was opened to the public in 1930 during the Depression to help promote tourism to the ...
Doug, can we have a house like this?
A Lizzie Note: Today was awesome! It is possibly my favorite sight seeing day so far. We are staying at the Biltmore Inn on the Biltmore Estate. The Inn is a few hills away from the Estate. We can see the Biltmore from our room. Right below our ...
We are so forgetful
... Center. They were very helpful there. We also ate lunch at the Corner Kitchen. The food was delicious. Asheville has quaint, independent restaurants and not so much into fast food ones. Next, we went to Sam's for gas and ...
Mercury 150 starter
Heading to a marine parts shop in Black Mountain for a new starter. Not sure if I'm going to take the boat if I can't get it running BEFORE I head ...
A Day at the Biltmore
... , I don't quite get that. But I love the casual, funky, down to earth atmosphere of this city. Alas, tomorrow we leave Asheville for Boone. It's been a great visit. I suspect Boone has it's own adventures awaiting discovery. I can't wait! ...
Roanoke to Ashville
... over night in Blowing Rock. In the end we got back on the parkway and did another 100 or so miles to the town of Asheville. Found somewhere to stay with a pool and free breakfast, overslept and missed both Doh!!. So today the plan is to get to Cherokee ...
Fly out of Asheville
After a hectic night of packing we woke up early to get to the Asheville airport. When I got to the airport I found out that my flight was delayed for an hour. I sat around for two full hours, but I still felt like I was on my way. The ...
4 more days!
Still cannot believe only 4 more days. My parents are leaving to drive up to Asheville this Sunday. They will arrive on Monday. Still haven't started packing but I have a list of things that I want to bring. Figure I will start cramming everything in on ...
Blue Ridge Parkway
... took 21 S and picked up the parkway out of Sparta. OK - it was a beautiful trip from hell! We didn't get to Asheville till 5:30! Yes, we made a few stops to take pictures and lunch.... the twists and turns took forever. As you can ...
Day 2
... and thought it was a 55 mph straight away! Veronica finally lead us through many backroads and small communities to Asheville. It had been a fun adventure for us, although Mark still has hand cramps from holding onto the "Oh $*!@ ...
Introducing....
...the new name and tour poster for our epic journey. Holden really outdid himself on this and we love it! Hope you like it too! You can see the image below. ...
Blue Ridge Parkway
... night in Shenandoah NP and when we looked at the map realized the Blue Ridge Parkway to Great Smokies NP (just 30 or so miles from Asheville) was 459 miles which was more than we could do in one day. So headed out and had a driving day to ...
Is the Storm Coming?
Today, Jack was sent home from bass lessons with a Bob Marley song to learn, "No Woman, No Cry." He's very excited to put some of his basics into playing a song. Although he thinks he's perfect already. He's gonna need practice and encourage to become ...
A New Kind of Civil War
... still fun. Back down through the storm, back down through the changing trees, back down into the lovely fall day descending on Asheville. I had told uncle Harry that I visited the Vanderbilt mansion on my way to New York City, so he wanted to take ...
We were just gonna go to Knott Co.
... air cocaine". The crowd fell into a weird silence and the roadtrippers promptly left. Now we had previously decided to press on toward asheville, so off we went, arriving around 4:00 am. In the little park in the middle of town we settled to savor a ...
Day 6 - Holy Cats and Wolves
Day 6 - We visit the Western NC Nature Center Another beautiful morning here in Asheville. There was some concern that it would rain today, but so far it's been nothing but perfect in the morning. Today, we're skipping breakfast in the ...
