Trip to Asheville

This past Saturday we decided to take advantage of our membership to the Biltmore House and spend the day in the beautiful mountain area of Asheville. We were worried the weather would be too cool, but it ended up being a perfectly gorgeous fall day and the trees were in peak color change. We decided to skip the tour of the house again and spend most of our time in the gardens and surrounding areas.

We spent lots of time in the rose garden area, which had been converted to row after row of stunning fall flowers. It was so much fun to see Luke and Olivia stop to smell the flowers-literally!-and run around with such joy. Other visitors enjoyed seeing them and talking with us as well. After a trip to the petting zoo, a walk around the garden gift shop, and an adventurous nature walk to a waterfall, we decided to have dinner at a local southern diner-a new favorite of Dan's.

Luke and Olivia did awesome during the day, especially considering they only had a short 45 min nap in the car the entire day. We got them changed into their pj's and headed for home around 8pm, where they transitioned straight to their beds and fell fast asleep.

We look forward to making another trip in December to see the holiday decorations and seeing the beauty of the house from warm indoors!