Asheville, North Carolina

We recently returned from a short get-away to Asheville, North Carolina. While the fall colors weren't as close to peak as we were led to believe; the leaves, the mountains and the scenery was beautiful none-the-less! The blog just doesn't do the pictures justice. You will just have to take my word for it!

On the first day we were there we picked apples and went horseback riding!

Although it rained and was cold, the next day we went to see the Biltmore Estate. Wow! You can hardly imagine it without seeing it for yourself. Unfortunately, because of the rain we were not able to fully enjoy the grounds, gardens and barns. Maybe next time!

After touring the Biltmore all day, we did meet up with Julie. She let the kids spend the night so Zena and I could go (back out in the rain) out for dinner! We had a great dinner at a lobster resturant in Asheville. They have their lobster flown in fresh from Maine every morning. Delicious!

http://www.thelobstertrap.biz/about.htm

Saturday morning we all went to Chimney Rock State Park (Julie, too)! We climbed all 450-something steps to the top. What a view! And quite windy too.

There was some color there as well...

Then we traveled over to the next county and took in the scenery and some waterfalls at Pisgah National Forest...http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/pisgah1.htm


Finally, we went to the one place Zena talked about the whole trip...Dolly's Dairy Bar. This place was really good. They had about 16 special made ice cream flavors, all with names related to the area. I don't remember the name of mine, but it had strawberries and a touch of red pepper. Yes, red pepper. It gave it a little kick at the end;-)