We had a pancake breakfast, made by the campground, before we pulled out and onto the next campground. We were parkers today so we were one of the three that left early about 9am. We drove north on the Blue Ridge Parkway, stopping to take pictures and take a break, we had plenty of hills and curves to maneuver.
After everyone got parked, we had a catered dinner in the meeting room at the campground. Fellow airstreamers had served and cleaned up, we had BBQ pork and BBQ chicken sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, & cornbread.
Friday, June 6
Ken wasn't feeling good so he stayed behind, while I rode with another couple to Biltmore Estate. The estate has a 250 room mansion, which is surrounded by 8,000 acres of land. We toured the mansion, three floors, I was surprised that the place wasn't air conditioned, to preserve the fabrics and furniture, but it wasn't, just windows opened and fans blowing everywhere. After the tour, we ate some lunch, they have different restaurants adjacent to the mansion. We then walked down to the gardens and conservatory, we did walk a short path and then back to the mansion.
Biltmore mansion
Gardens
Arbor walkway
Conservatory
Horse stable turned into restaurant
After returning to camp, Ken felt better after sleeping most of the day.
Saturday, June 7
We had driven downtown and took the trolley around town for about 1 1/2 hours. Our tour guide was very good, he is a school teacher and does tours on Saturdays, he's been doing this for 8 years. Got to see a lot of the town and the surrounding area. We then drove downtown and looked for the Mast General Store, has everything you might need for the kitchen, a trek along the mountains or travel around the world. I bought hiking sticks and Ken got a new coffee mug. We then went to McDonalds for lunch, this is the only McDonalds, in the world, with a grand baby piano that plays while you eat.
Since Ken didn't get to see the mansion, we decided to drive through the grounds of the Biltmore. We drove past the mansion and then around the flower garden and conservatory and then out to the Antler Hill Village and Winery. Walked through the Biltmore Legacy building that told you the history about the family, very interesting.
Stomping grapes
Weathervane and clock at winery
We finally found Wal-Mart to fill our water jugs and got a few groceries before returning for the evening.
Sunday, June 8
We sat around until after lunch and then went for drive on Blue Ridge Parkway to the Information Center, watched a 24 minute movie of the parkway and then onto Parkway Folk Art Center. They had a lot of different art from the region, wood works, glassworks, knitting, quilting, quite a variety, sorry couldn't take pictures. Also stopped at a farm market, not too far from campground, got cantaloupe, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. This evening, we had a social hour at meeting room and went over drivers manual for tomorrow.
Monday, June 9
We all had breakfast of bagels, juice and fruit before hooking up and moving on to Boone, NC, this morning.
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