Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

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Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby Liz » Tue May 17, 2011 7:19 pm

The French Broad River and a tour of the Biltmore Estate
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby BirdbyBird » Tue May 17, 2011 7:58 pm

It took traveling with my daughter to get me to stop at the Biltmore. Reading the material and looking at all the nooks and rooms and hallways fed my imagination regarding a life style that was.... The grounds are just beautiful but the colors of spring are over the top.
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby Redetotry » Tue May 17, 2011 8:07 pm

Beautiful pictures, thank you Liz I always wanted to tour the Biltmore! I have read of Mountain Laurel in many books and wondered what it looked like.
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby sharon » Tue May 17, 2011 8:37 pm

On my bucket list! Thought you knew about Passport America, Liz. I can usually find one in an area I want to visit. That one is really pretty and clean.
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby JoanE » Tue May 17, 2011 8:39 pm

Liz,

Great photos. You have a good eye for photography. Brought back memories from my visit there a few years ago. Asheville and areas north along the BR Pkwy are one of my most favorite areas. Although I don't like shopping, there were some wonderful craft shops in Asheville itself. Beautiful work. Thanks for posting these.

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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby BarbaraRose » Tue May 17, 2011 9:05 pm

The mountain laurel are gorgeous! Do they have a scent? Also, the photos of the green grass and trees makes me homesick. Nothing much green around here :(
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby Rufflesgurl » Tue May 17, 2011 9:28 pm

Liz - Thanks for sharing your beautiful pix and adventures.

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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby avalen » Tue May 17, 2011 10:18 pm

beautiful!! thank you
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby snowball » Tue May 17, 2011 10:22 pm

so enjoyed the trip....have heard of the Biltmore think from your pictures it would be fun to tour.
The Mountain Laurel was so pretty I am with Barbie what does it smell like?
And that campground so very nice! Some day I really hope that we can do the east coast
thanks again for the trip
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby bluepinecones » Tue May 17, 2011 11:27 pm

Thank you for another wonderful tour.
Hard to imagine that people once lived in places like Biltmore. Travel in the late Victorian era must have been quite an experience.

Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild is headquartered in Ashville. You and Nan might find a visit to one of their shops interesting.
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby Irmi » Wed May 18, 2011 6:08 am

Great pictures, Liz! Thanks for taking us along on your trips.
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby Liz » Wed May 18, 2011 6:50 am

bluepinecones wrote:Thank you for another wonderful tour.
Hard to imagine that people once lived in places like Biltmore. Travel in the late Victorian era must have been quite an experience.

Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild is headquartered in Ashville. You and Nan might find a visit to one of their shops interesting.
http://www.southernhighlandguild.org/pages/resources/permanent-collection-gallery.php


Thanks for reminding me about that place, Sarah. I've bookmarked it so I might remember next visit. There's a lot to do in and around Asheville, so I'm sure I'll stop this way again. Nan has an appointment at a camping world tomorrow to see about getting an inverter installed on her rv. We spent last night at a Walmart and ran a cord from my rv to hers so she could run her c-pap off my inverter. (Hope she's still breathing over there...)
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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby Carolinagal » Wed May 18, 2011 7:19 am

My goodness, I sure hope Nan survived the night with your idea of the extension cord !!!! :P So glad to see your tour of the Biltmore, been on my bucket list forever and I live so close !! I'm bad :D Sure enjoyed your tour and thanks for including pix from your brochures, first I've seen of anything inside.

Stay safe, hope Nan can get her inverter installed without to much trouble and $$$$

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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby Nasoosie » Wed May 18, 2011 8:31 am

Another great trip, and, so far, I have spent not a cent for gas! Thanks, Liz! I cannot fathom living in a place like that. I think I would feel as if I were in an institution of some sort. But what an historical place filled with such valuable relics and art. My favorite things to look at were the gargoyles! For some reason, they have always intrigued me. And I read somewhere that they got their name from the sound the water made while running out of them as they helped to drain the roofs.

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Re: Where's Liz? Asheville, NC

Postby AlmostThere » Wed May 18, 2011 12:09 pm

Love that era. Just splendid inside and out.
Thanks Liz and Nan! Oh, and hello, Belle!
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