Category : Explore

Anniversary Weekend in Asheville, NC and Home Tour of the Largest Home in America

Couple at The Biltmore on the front lawn.

For our anniversary this summer Brent and I decided to travel to Asheville, North Carolina. It’s only about a 4 and a half-hour drive away from Nashville. We’ve heard many people talk about their love of Asheville, so we thought we would check it out. A few things that drew us to the area were the Blue Ridge Mountains, the quirky culture of Asheville, and the enormous estate of The Vanderbilt family, Biltmore.

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Let’s Talk Fall Drinks

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Even with Dashed Expectations a Weekend in Monteagle, Tennessee Still Delivers

You know how you can get your hopes all up for a vacation, even daydreaming about specific details like the feelings you’ll have? Like when all your family members are sitting in the living room of your cabin sipping hot chocolate and laughing while the fire burns softly in the background and everyone is happily putting together a puzzle. Then when you actually arrive in the cabin you can’t figure out how to use the fireplace, your kids are not into puzzles and you forgot the hot chocolate. Reality can sometimes steal our joy if we’ve set up expectations in our minds for an ideal scenario.

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