Asheville Travel Blogs

We wanted to drive a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway while visiting Asheville. The scenic Parkway runs along the mountain ridges from Virginia, where it connects with Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park, through North Carolina to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We started at the Folk …

Rain or no rain?  Do I go or do I stay?  I will wait another hour to see if it clears , screw it “On the Road Again”.   Ten minutes later I am under the overhang of a Lowes home improvement center buying another TARP.  15 minutes 10 bungees later , rain suit on & he…

Asheville is about an hour and a half drive from Murphy (depedning on traffic) through some more of beautiful North Carolina. Asheville is in my opinion a city but most would still call it a town. It has close to 70,000 people which makes it a city in my opinion.  Asheville is rather a strange…

I first heard about a tiny town in North Carolina called Asheville this summer when I met an American from NC and he said the only really nice city to visit in NC would be Asheville and the rest pretty much just sucked. I did not really know if I wanted to go but later heard about Biltmore the…

We toured the largest house in the US. Impressive and very nice weather too 70F. This place is in Asheville NC and is a quick stop off the Blue Ridge Parkway or is easily access by way of I-40. Parking is a big problem and the cost of the entrance is expensive. Since the Christmas rush was over, we…

More than 365,000 people will descend on the streets of Downtown Asheville on July 25-27 for Bele Chere, a three-day street party that has become one of the largest outdoor street festivals in the Southeast. www.belecherefestival.com

I don't know what is wrong with this computer, but it just ate my posting!  I have to do this one all over again.  Grrr! We decided to make this a day to do chores rather than go sightseeing.  As I have said, cities are not my thing.  I did laundry and Jag went in search for a …

We all wake up to have breakfast together this morning.  After breakfast the groomsmen dropped off our clothes to the bridesmaids room to have them iron our clothes.  That was sweet because I am definitely not a fan of ironing.  So we grabbed some of EFD beer and went to the grooms s…

This is a spectacular drive trough North Carolina and the Shenandoah National Park. The views really are stunning and make you want to actually obey the speedlimits... part of the time. There are good curves too for when you decide that the 45 mph and less limits are really just suggestions. A perfect drive for a sports car and especially an motorcycle.

Heading over to Asheville, NC. to see the Biltmore Estate. It's an hour and half drive from Gatlinburg. We will drive Hwy 321 to Interstate 40 south to Asheville.  It's 30 degrees in Gatlinburg this morning. According to the Weather Channel we will be under a wind advisory …

I drove with a friend for two months all around the country when I turned 18. We left with about $35.18.

At the Biltmore House

Not really Asheville, but sort of the general vicinity... So the four of us loaded up my little car and headed out west (of North Carolina).  The intention was to drive a decent portion of the famous Blue Ridge Parkway.  This does have some amazing scenery along the way.  Including …

The Biltmore House is one of those places I planned on visiting on a day off, and it now fell along the route I was taking. I figured I could stop for just a couple hours to walk through the house, but the grounds were much bigger and took me most of the day. The house also features a winery w…

We had to leave on New Year's Day, but we did stay and explore downtown Asheville before leaving NC. We ate a a restaurant together and spent a bit letting evyone walk around!