For our 2 year anniversary Brian and I took a weekend trip to Asheville, NC. Over the last few years (and mostly because of the awful Texas heat) we have come to love the mountains. Brian took a half day on Friday so we arrived in NC around 4pm. We were hoping to escape the hot temperatures but apparently we brought them with us. While we were there the temperature got up to 95 degrees! BOO! It wasn't what we were expecting but at least the scenery was beautiful!
Later that day we decided to take the car and drive up the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is an incredible drive through the mountains with many places to pull over and get in some incredible pictures. That would have been great if our camera battery hadn't died on the drive up! The rest of the pictures of our trip were taken on my iPhone. That would have been fine if either Brian or I had the new version of the iPhone with the fancy camera and flash....well we don't! I tried my best to capture the scenery on my phone but many of the shots didn't turn out so great. Lesson learned....I will always have the camera battery charged before we head out on vacation! (Thanks to piknic.com my pictures don't look so bad!)
Friday night we walked around and got settled into the place. We had dinner at Cedric's Tavern and then headed to the creamery. Saturday morning we took the shuttle over to the Biltmore house. It is the largest home in America and was finished in 1895. It has 4 acres of floor space, 250 rooms, 34 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces. The basement alone would house a swimming pool, gymnasium and changing rooms, bowling alley, servants' quarters, kitchens, and more. I felt like I was at a chateau in France! It is incredible.
That is the best shot I got on the drive through the mountains.
Due to a recommendation from Noelle, we headed to The Grove Inn for dinner at the Sunset Terrace. It was a perfect night. We were seated right around sunset and got to enjoy that while eating our dinner. It was a perfect way to celebrate!
Here is a picture of the Sunset Terrace on the back side of The Grove Inn and a picture of the view from dinner.
Sunday morning we had a few hours to kill before heading back to the airport so we rented some bikes. They have lots of mountain bike trails you can explore but since we only had a few hours we just stayed on the main roads. The roads were lined with beautiful sunflowers.
I am so thankful to have met and married such an amazing man and I look forward to the many many years ahead!
