Drew and Annie had Friday off so last minute we decided to go to Asheville, North Carolina for the weekend. Drew had been wanting to visit Asheville since we moved to Kentucky. It's only a 3.5 hour drive and really it was a beautiful city that had some fun things to do. The main thing on our agenda was visit the Biltmore Estate. It's the largest private residence in the United States.
Warning: 3 posts and way too many pictures
After a long day of traveling we let the boys play for a bit.
The 175,000 sq ft. home sits on 8,000 acres of some of North Carolina's most beautiful land.
The gardens were amazing.
Me by my name sake the "Ash Tree"
On the estate they had a little village with old fashioned games and people reenacting life back in the late 1800's.
Mac loved the bowling.
There was a cute little petting farm with little baby chicks.
The funkiest looking chickens and the sweetest miniature goats.
Saturday we came back to tour the inside of the house. It was absolutely beautiful!! A must see in my opinion and worth the money.
9 comments:
What a gorgeous estate! What a fun trip for you guys!
what a fun trip! the biltmore is now on my checklist of things to do while we live here! hope everything is going well, we need to get together soon!
Now we all have to go there. Great pics! Love the bowling table.
Seriously miss those boys!!! Oh yeah you too! one week tomorrow. can't wait to get home and catch up! went to cafe rio tonight. hoping to go to your dads store next week. not sure how to get anything home though....kind of out of room. see you soon.
WOW!!! What a place! Your photography is amazing - I could sure use you about now around here!!!! Miss you tons! Come visit. Are you going to UT at all this summer?
We made that trip our last year in dental school and loved it. I couldn't believe that a house like that was built so long ago. The indoor swimming pool and bowling ally killed me but the gardens were my favorite. So beautiful!!
Awesome place Ash--and great pics as usual. I need you to take some pictures of our family someday.
Man! It really makes me wish we'd done that one while we lived there. Thanks for the pictures though... it's almost as good as the real thing ;). I can't believe how big the boys are getting.
Fun place! Where do you always find these places to visit? Great pics as always. One of these days I'm going to hire you! :-)
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