So we toured the mountain valley town of Asheville today in yet another Grayline tour. Seems like we've done quite a few of those throughout our travels. Dean, our tour guide, a little cheesy, but very informative was full of cute stories and facts and figures. Of course, I have already forgotten just about everything he told us. I did however get the big picture, quite a few wealthy people came to Asheville for their outstanding hospitals, mental and physical. Many of them stayed and brought a lot of wealth to the town. Dr. Grove made a mint on a concoction that helped fevers and built the Grove Park Inn. Many musicians came to the area and stayed. And of course there was that family, the Vanderbilts, that left a little trinket in Asheville, the Biltmore House.
After our tour we found a nice little sidewalk cafe and enjoyed a great lunch outside in the beautiful weather. It was a gorgeous morning in the mountains, cool enough for a sweater that we shed after lunch. Now we are chillaxing outside by the RV watching the clouds roll in for this little front that we've been hearing about and are planning where to go next. Think we are headed to Hiawassee, GA.
Here some pictures of scenes around Asheville.
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