Back to Work!

I just returned from a wonderful Thanksgiving in the mountains of North Carolina. We stayed in a cabin close to Black Mountain, N.C. with an amazing view of the beautiful fall foliage and the mountains beyond! After hiking for a couple of hours along the Swannanoa River, we enjoyed our Thanksgiving dinner all the more!



Friday we visited the Biltmore, "America's Largest Home" with over 250 rooms. Talk about a million dollar view, the home boasts a panoramic view of Mt. Pisgah National Forest with over 100,000 un-populated acres in the viewshed! I especially enjoyed the tour as the home was bedecked for Christmas with over 100 trees including a 35 foot Balsam Fir.



Saturday we hiked the Chimney Rock State Park trails up to the top of the falls and then over a ridge to Chimney Rock itself. After a mile and a half of strenuous and rocky trails, we rode down to the parking lot in the elevator! That night we enjoyed a tour of the Grove Park Inn and the display of the National Gingerbread House competetion winners! Dinner in Downtown Asheville, NC topped off a perfectly exhausting day!



The kids, John and I wish all a belated happy Thanksgiving.



Now, back to work!!!