Category: Campground

The Land of the Sky… Asheville

4/5/23-4/6/23: Day 3 & 4

We came to Asheville in 2017 on our way home from our first month long RV trip (to the Florida Keys). I’ve always wanted to come back when the Biltmore gardens were in bloom…today was the day!
After a leisurely morning we headed out to Biltmore Estate. We started at Antler Village for a light lunch and then a complementary wine tasting, sitting outside with blue skies and gentle breezes.

Quite the lovely day!

We then went to the Biltmore house to tour the gardens. Tulips were in full bloom and the azaleas were just popping out. The conservatory was filled with amazing colors. Here are some pictures from the day.

Back at the RV we took care of Harley, had a short rest and after dinner strolled through the woods with the pup in tow. Super day!

Thursday, we went into downtown Asheville. Such an artistic community! Murals all over the city and we went into the Asheville gallery. Wonderful textile section, amazing artists!

After the gallery, the sun came out and we headed to a dumpling restaurant, superb. Off to find a brewery, only 48 to choose from…

Wicked weed brewing did the trick, one flight and one cider please!


Back to the RV to take care of the pup and relaxing before our next leg. Off to Camp Hill, AL tomorrow then 3 nights in New Orleans… that’s as far south as we can get to avoid the tornados!!

Hello April or is it February?

               

Well our maiden RV trip for this season was in the Northern Poconos at Promised Land State Park.  We have camped there a “few” years ago, in our tent and in our early Philly years, camping at Bruce Lake (which is now Forestry Land and no camping allowed).  We started out thinking we had reserved a site with electric and water hook ups but arrived with no water and the power was out as well in this section of the campground.  The upside is that there is no set up required in this situation, just open the slide-outs and turn the heat on… it is due to go down to 25 degrees tonight!  Actually it was good we did not have water and kept the RV winterized!

The bath house was open and once the power came back on, it was nice and toasty.  The morning trip to the bath house was a bit chilling and necessitated some pep in out step to get there in time… if you know what I mean 🙂    We were camped on Pickering Point surrounded by water and took a leisurely walk to scout out some other campsites.  Water everywhere made it so B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L  on this sunny day.  It was so nice to be outside and breathing fresh air.

There were several other RVers at the camp ground and we quickly made some new friends.  It was a bit challenging to get the fire going but once the wood finally caught, it kicked out some much needed heat.  The smoky fire called out to our neighbors and we spend the late afternoon chatting, getting to know others and sharing RV ideas.  It’s great to talk to others that have been doing this awhile, we always get some new useful ideas and places to go.  Saturday night the sky was clear and I haven’t seen that many stars in quite some time.  If it had been warmer, we would have stayed outside and stared into the vast skies looking for shooting stars and satellites.

Down to 21 degrees Saturday night and a very quick walk to the bathhouse the next morning.   A leisurely breakfast and the intent to hike on the conservation island but once we got to the entrance of the island, Paul noted that the parking lot was not exactly RV friendly so we headed home.  All in all a nice get away weekend and maiden voyage for 2018.  We kept the RV winterized once home.  With the 4 snow storms in March, we didn’t want to take any chances.  See you in May at Otter Lake!