Saturday was a full driving day. We had a late start Saturday am due to our previous late night. Once on the road, we checked in with our destination - some friends that live near Ashville, N.C. We had estimated a 6:00pm arrival time in order to be able to have a reasonable dinner time. We humped it pretty hard because the GPS estimated we could not make it before almost 8:00pm. We made up the time fairly quickly by doing between 80 - 90mph the whole time. BUT... to save GPS battery, as we needed the plug for the radar we turned off the GPS. We were making such good time, we went an hour past our expected exit before stopping for gas and turning the GPS back on to verify our progress. After an hour past and an hour back tracking and throwing in a few traffic issues we finally arrived at 8:30pm. Man - the NC police (which thankfully we saw little of) want to give you plenty of notice, and had on two occasions directed a lane change to a the left lane - one for an accident and one for road work about 4 miles ahead of the actual event!
Anyway... driving in the mountains was beautiful - pictures to follow. The leaves have started to change and the temp dropped a bit cooler than the FL or TX weather we were used to. Tonight it is expected to drop in to the mid forties and get back up to the mid seventies tomorrow.
Upon arrival - after dark and after traversing some typical narrow gravel mountain roads we arrived in time for cocktails and a main house tour. Tom and Brenda - our hosts, gave us a tour of their "Ranch House" and described the extent of the renovations they had done since their original purchase. A beautiful job and a beautiful view of the mountains - I will get some pictures tomorrow evening when we head back up there for dinner. I had stated the dinner menu in the last post, and it was awesome - fresh ceasar salad with home made dressing, thick Filet Mignons cooked to order, a baked potato with all the fixins, peas and for desert, delicous home made chocolate Mouse. : )
Around 10:40, exhausted and stuffed from the incredible dinner, we headed down to our accomodations, which is another home on the property - the "Round House". Where we each get our own bedroom, covered parking, all the fixings for a very filling breakfast and a very comfortable environment to chill in. Once this is posted, I am off to crash - we are running on about 4-1/2 hours of sleep.
Tomorrow, I will get the camera out and get some pictures posted.
Goodnight for now.
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3 comments:
Sounds like you are having a great time, just wait till you get to go to the Biltmore. Enjoy your vacation!!
Workmate =)
Darn, I was in DC looking at the monuments yesterday (Saturday). Too bad our timing couldn't have been a wee bit better. The architecuture and scale of the various federal buildings are as awe inspriing as the national monuments. You will have a great time. Wear comfortable walking shoes, you will need them.
Harold
2 men...directions...AND a GPS still doesn't get you there?? LOL
hope you are having a great time.
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