October 20, 2018
Asheville Trip
We left Geneva and
drove to the Kentucky Horse Park. They only had Primitive sites. Signed up for
two nights at $58.00 and stayed in the open field to the south. We left the
Jeep hooked up and ran the Generator to keep warm as the temperature dropped to
27 degrees and the wind was terrible. Thankfully we were able to move to a full
hook up site the next morning with only a slight increase in cost.
October 21, Sunny 48 degrees
Decided to
use the 300 best drives from the National Geographic book and drove the Red
River Gorge. This is a beautiful winding road through the eastern mountains of
Tennessee and had a very narrow tunnel. We stopped at the Glade visitor center, they had a barn loom on display. Then we stopped at the
Sky Bridge and walked the ¼ mile jaunt to the top of the arch.
Skyway Bridge
Red River Gorge tunnel
Red River Gorge East Tennessee
October 22
We drove to Asheville East KOA and as soon as we were set up we headed to My Fathers restaurant in Black Mountain where we enjoyed the Pizza. We have stopped here before and it is one of our favorite restaurants.
Swannanoa River through KOA campground
October 23
Went to
Black Mountain to the stores and looked around, Jay enjoyed the old hardware
store downtown. For lunch we went to Veranda Café and enjoyed their fare.
October 24
Drove to the
Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway and looked at the local artist’s works.
We then ventured further up the Blue Ridge to Greybeard Mountain view. Leaves
were turning but not as beautiful as they were in 2017.
Folk Art Center
Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway tunnel
October 25, Sunny
Chimney Rock
SP was the destination for the day with a great winding road from Black
Mountain to the park. After you enter the park and pay your entry fee you
continue a couple of miles to the parking lot and take a elevator to the
Visitor center and then it is a short walk and stairway to the viewing platform
at the top of the chimney. It was very windy or super windy as Sherry says. We
returned to the town of Chimney Rock and feasted on hamburgers at River Watch
Bar and Grille. This sets right on the river that travels through town.
Chimney Rock State Park
Chimney Rock State Park
Chimney Rock State Park
Chimney Rock State Park
We went to
see “Avenue Q” at the Asheville Playhouse in the evening and really enjoyed the
performance.
October 26
SAFF or
Southern Appalachian Fiber Festival was our destination for the day and was the
main reason we come to Asheville this time of year. Sherry really enjoys all
the fiber goodness. She makes several purchases to weave into her beautiful
scarves. We then headed over to Sierra
Nevada Brewery for supper and enjoyed the walk around self-guided tour before
supper.
October 27
Downtown
Asheville to Appalachian yarns for some more yarn then we ran into an artist
show. Hotworks.com had booths set up downtown and we enjoyed the crafts and
artwork.
We had lunch
at Farm Burger restaurant which was super busy but worth the wait. We went into
a Chocolate shop before but the line was so long people were backed clear out
the door and onto the street. A waitress came where we were just inside the
door and told the people there not to block the door as it was a fire exit. So
we just left and then searched until we found Farm Burger.
October 28
Travel day
back to Kentucky Horse Park for an overnight before returning to Geneva the
next day.
