In October I went to visit my best friend Sarah and her husband Jonathon for a couple weeks in Greenville, SC. We took an overnight trip up to Asheville, NC to play tourists since it's one of those towns that several people have told me I would enjoy living in...so, we cruised around, found THE local bike shop, and had lunch at a recommended Brew Pub. Asheville, NC is home to the Biltmore Estate, a historic mansion and huge estate, owned by the Vanderbilt Family. Tours cost around $55 per person and their are optional wine tasting tours, lodging romance packages, and regularly hosts special events and weddings. This is on my list of places to tour someday.
On this trip we had planned to hike Mt. Mitchel the highest point east of the Mississippi River, but we were referred to hike Mt. Pisgah instead in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Pisgah National Forest. So, trusting our referrer, we proceeded to hike Mt. Pisgah.
This was a very cool gnarly tree along the hike up, which was only about 2.5 miles, if I remember correctly.
The trail was very well maintained with well placed stones for steps...although being so moist they were a bit slippery!
To our disappointment the top of Mt. Pisgah was completely socked in with clouds. Here's Jonathon standing in front of the observation deck.
We were just about out of the clouds and starting to get a view, so picture time of course! The happily almost one year married couple!
Looking west across the Blue Ridge Mountains. The fall colors were just starting to show.
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