Category: Asheville
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Biking Biltmore
On our way out of the Biltmore yesterday, we stopped at Antler Village information center and asked for the trail map. “Are you renting bikes here or bringing yours on your car?” The attendant politely asked. “We’re riding them here,” we said. “I don’t know if you are allowed to ride them on. We’re not…
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Conga at the Biltmore (Day 1)
As usual, a downpour overnight and well into the morning foiled our plans to bike to the Biltmore. Declaring war on the rain, Eric read an informative review about RV parking there then packed up Betty for a 15 mile mini-excursion. The three days of rain meant that the site was largely packed or covered. …
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No Rain (for a minute)
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain And all I can do is just pour some tea for two And speak my point of view but it’s not sane It’s not sane It’s been raining all week in Asheville and today looked like a…
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Downtown Asheville
Asheville, The Official 2018 Visitor Guide magazine says to “MIX IT UP” and go from the Streets to the Peaks like a Local. Every offering is marketed as a not-to-be-missed opportunity and we are totally buying what they’re selling. There is no shortage of cool things to experience. Yesterday we headed away from the city…
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Roller Coaster Roads
Nestled in the mountains with two rivers running through it, Asheville, NC is the gateway to the Appalachians and often named “one of the best places to live in America. The setting is so copasetic that it was chosen by George Vanderbilt as the home to his famous gilded-age mansion estate, Biltmore. We were eager…
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I’m Free
To do what I want Any old time Last Saturday (July 28th) marked the 20th day of our 33 day Reboot Roadtrip. We’d pretty much exhausted everything there is to do within a 20 miles around Mistletoe so we decided to make a Wildwood Park return for another championship round of disc golf, go swimming…