After  2 and 1/2 days in Asheville, I need to catch up before we head out for Charleston early tomorrow. We can now say we have seen the largest house inAmerica. It is only 175,000 square feet though, and has 45 bathrooms, none of which may the public use. It goes without saying, NOBODY would want to clean THAT many bathrooms. 

      It was truly impressive as are the grounds surrounding it. My audio tour took between 1 1/2 and 2 hrs. inside. We did one of the garden areas, and the winery, and then left for the day. This morning, we went back to do the gardens. That went pretty fast since much of it is not in bloom and I only took  a few dozen pictures. NOT to worry, Kara and Lindy, I will put them on a separate Snapfish page. :-)  Mike was sweet and patient, and since it was a cool morning, we both enjoyed the walk and peace and quiet with few people. However, I wanted to take a last peak inside the Biltmore before we left, and as soon as we entered (using our 2 day ticket which our B & B gave us) I knew we were in trouble. After three rooms of wall to wall people, we turned around and left. Saturday is NOT the day to tour inside, at least this time of year. Their Christmas Celebration sounds excessive, but neat. They put up 45 Christmas trees.

 

God's creation is so AMAZING!!!

      Tonight we went to a wonderful restaurant in an old house called The Corner Kitchen. The food was amazing.  We met a nice couple who live two hours away and come to this restaurant each time they come to town. Afterwards we walked to an old cemetery that we had been passing by.
     
SATURDAY NIGHT....Sept. 28th, 2013