For many years,my husband and I talked (more liked dreamed) about taking a family vacation to Asheville the day after Christmas. We have visited once in 2009, but have wanted to visit the mountains for along time.
This year, 2011, we finally made it. At last minute we made hotel reservations, packed up the Charger, winter coats and critter hats and headed north.
We have officially been in Asheville for about 8 hours, but already its so nice. The drive in is just amazing. My 3 year old daughter was so excited to see mountains. As we got closer to the mountains, she said “Wow, is that what mountains look like?” Since we are from Florida, everything is so flat you can’t see over a park bench.
It was such a beautiful change of scenery. We are staying at this beautiful hotel. Since we drove for almost 9 hours today we rested upon arriving at the hotel. After that we hit the grocery store for some staple items and then trucked it to Downtown Asheville! We have our favorite Pizza place, Mellow Mushroom and headed over there for dinner. Since we parked at the Civic Center Parking Garage, we were able to sightsee as we walked through downtown. Such a beautiful city.
The best part was on the ride back to the hotel where you could see lights going up the mountain. Again FLORIDA IS FLAT…LOL
Well tomorrow we plan on sightseeing around the town. Maybe some Blue Ridge Parkway, more some Biltmore Estate and most likely Fun Depot………
The best part of the whole trip though is the cold weather!







