A million years ago, when I first started this blog, I did an entry on the Biltmore House, just a week or so before I was to head off to Louisville for the next nine years. My family has a timeshare (that we haven't been able to get rid of yet) up in the mountains of Lake Lure, and that was the "home base" for both the Biltmore trip of 11 years ago, and this one, in Current Year!
I was only able to join the Mountains fun for part of the week, and there was a hurricane a-blowin' in the day I arrived! So, blocked from the outdoor fun of the lake, we spent the 8th in the town of Chimney Rock, although we did not ascend the actual Chimney Rock itself (see above: hurricane)
We got some lunch at an excellent barbecue place:
Before a wine tasting at Burntshirt winery next door:
A quick coffee, then we headed back. The rain pretty much abated toward the end of the day, and the following day was picture perfect, so we did lake, pool, and mini golf type activities. Saturday, we got up and vacated the timeshare early to make the drive over to Asheville for Biltmore!
We were meeting the Beth clan there, not only to see the House itself, but because of a special event taking place at that time: a Dale Chihuly exhibit on the Biltmore grounds!
Now, I had pictured like, Chihuly sculptures all throughout the house, but it was really just an exhibit at the museum on the property. Still, we did the regular house tour:
Plus the outside balcony:
Then back in:
And out to the gardens:
We then went over to the little village for lunch, and following that: at last, the Chihuly exhibit:
And then finally, before heading out - another wine tasting!
No comments:
Post a Comment