Asheville, NC

 

Keith & Sandy dressed for dinner at our place!

We met up with Phoenix friends Sandy and Keith at a nice RV park along the French Broad River right in town in Asheville.  What a find!  1/2 off with Passport America, only $15 per night (our total overnight is up to $69 now for almost 30 nights on the road - not bad!)  A city trail for biking and walking was RIGHT in front of our RV's so we had a good ride one morning that also took us around an auto racetrack that's now used for bikers/walkers. 

We all took the Asheville Historic Trolley Tour (our 5th this month - we love these), walked about the beautiful Grove Park Inn Resort and downtown Asheville a bit.  Sandy and I toured the boardinghouse where author Thomas Wolfe lived as a boy and tried the chairs on the porch.  His classic book Look Homeward, Angel is essentially an autobiography with the names changed just a little and scathing enough that his family and fellow Ashevillians more or less drove him out of town after it was published.

Since Gregg & I had seen the Biltmore 2 years ago, we did not go again with their $50-60 ticket price now.  But I do remember it being something to not miss your first time in Asheville.