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There are so many places downtown to just hang out now, it’s hard to pick one and go with it for the night. You may find yourself going to several. From the great music to the home brewed beers, it’s nearly impossible not to have an outstanding evening. One of the places to consider going to is the Sky Bar. It’s located near the top of Ashevillle’s landmark Flat Iron Building. The bar is actually three west-facing balconies connected by a fire escape seven stories up. It’s a great view and a great place to watch the sunset. The operators of the bar are the folks that own the World Coffee Cafe on the ground floor on the Battery Park side. Oh boy what great deserts there!
When you leave your Asheville vacation rental cabin, you will go to downtown on Patton Ave. That’s the first exit off 240 going towards downtown, right over the bridge. Stay on Patton Ave until you see the clock on the left corner. Turn left there. Park in the city lot on your right. Then walk to the building that is connected to it. That’s the Flat Iron Building. On Wall Street you will see the big black iron right on the corner.
Sitting in your Asheville vacation rental cabin wondering what to do tonight. Hmmmm, I don’t feel like cooking. Do you want to rent a movie? Oh let’s go out. Oh, let’s not go out and just chill.
I can give you an idea. Go out to a movie and eat a pizza or some Italian dish while you are watching it! Oh, and have one of their in-house made beers if you fancy that. How fun is that!! Asheville Pizza Co. is just the place you want to go. It’s at 675 Merrimon Ave and any night of the week. Check your Take 5 for the movie of the day and the time, or call 828-254-1281 if you are really unmoveable and check out what they are offering. All movies are just $3.00!! You will love it!
Aren’t they the cutest!!! They are only half grown in this pic. They were found orphaned last year in Oregon. They were turned over to the Oregon Zoo in Portland which called the Nature Center. In September, when the cubs were just a few weeks old, they were flown East to Asheville with an employee from the Nature Center. They;ll have their own digs in a quarter acre habitat created just for them. On Saturday they’ll take up full time residence. Until then, they go into their soon to be home only at night, when people aren’t around so they can get used to it’s smells, sounds, and surrounding.
When you leave your Asheville pet friendly vacation cabin to go to the center, be sure to check out the new Otter too at the Otter habitat. They are soooo cute!!! The center is really only about 15-20 minutes from the cabin. Take 240 and get off at exit 8. Turn left and at the deadend, turn right and look for the signs.
Oh boy, it’s going to be sunny and happy around here today. Up to the 80′s for goodness sakes. Can’t figure what the weather will be from day to day. But today, today is the day to drive through Biltmore Estate with the family to see the flowers in bloom. Well it is for us today. The Flower Festival will actually be going on all the way til May 25th. Of course the Estate is always gorgeous, even in the drudge of Winter, but this time of the year is spectacular. Azaleas blooming, tulips, trees, bushes, all blooming, gorgeous.
The flowers are blooming all over Asheville and all over the property at the Asheville Pet Friendly Vacation Cabin , Cabin Cove Farm. Flowers here, flowers there, awesome, one can really feel the approach of Spring.
Off the Blue Ridge Parkway, behind the Arboretum, is a great locally known forest called Bent Creek. Locals love to walk the trails, jump in the creeks or gathered pools of water, and walk their dogs with comfort. We love it there. It’s a little known secret to visitors of the area I am pleased to share with you in hushed tones. There are miles and miles of walking trails, also dirt bike trails. Just about any outdoor sport can be exercised there. It’s originally created as an experimental forest, the first one in the southeast actually, so it’s quite reverred and protected.
It’s only just minutes from the Asheville pet friendly cabin you will be staying in. From the cabin take 240 to I-26 going towards Spartanburg. Get off at the first exit and turn left on Brevard road. Follow the signs to the Arboretum. When you get to the front, go left onto the parkway and follow it til you are exactly behind the Arboretum. You’ll see lots of cars parked there.
There are a couple of Bowling Alleys in Asheville. If you like to bowl, you’ll want to try some new lanes on your vacation, ones you’ve not tried before. It’s always fun to go on a vacation and try out the local lanes in the town you’re in when you’re an avid bowler. Bring your ball! Both are not far from the Asheville vacation cabin you’ll be staying in.
One is the Star Lanes bowling center on Kenilworth. The other is the Sky-Lanes on Patton Ave. What’s nice about bowling alleys are they can be so much a part of the community. They hold events there regularly to aid some organization or another to raise money.
One of the fun places to Contra Dance is at Warren Wilson College. There’s a weekly dance at Bryson Gym and anyone can go. One hundred or more people come together each Thursday for some old-time mountain music and the passes and twirls of the contra dance. You don’t even need a partner to go because the style of dance encourages you to dance with others. It’s a mere 30 minutes from your Asheville vacation cabin.
The gathering at the college started in the 1930′s as the Farmer’s Ball with square dancing. The dance hall closed in the 1950′s. The tradition started up again in 1982 and has been going strong ever since.
North Carolina’s newest state park, Chimney Rock, is only 25 miles southeast of Asheville, or about a 40 minute drive from the Asheville Pet Friendly Cabin you will be staying at. The pups will love walking the trails with you. They are not allowed at the top of the rock.
I’m not sure which is more fun to do; the trails around various places within the park, the elevator to the top of Chimney Rock, guided rock climbing, children’s programs or just the spectacular view from the top of the rock. There are all kinds of fun shops to visit up and down the road to the entrance to the park. Don’t forget to stop for an ice cream cone on the way in or out. Oh, go ahead, treat yourselves, do both!
My neighbor takes her horses out to ride at Dupont State Forest. Another hikes there on a regular basis. There are so many activities one can do there, including mountain biking. There are miles of multiuse trails, waterfalls and lakes straddling Henderson and Transylvania counties. DuPont’s trails are used by hikers, bikers, horseback riders, fishermen. The scenery is spectacular and if you ever wanted to feel you were in the frontier, this is it. You can go for miles and not see another person, still have that all alone in nature appeal.
From your Asheville Pet Friendly Rental Cabin it’s about 30 minutes away. Take your pups with you and hike til you all drop. Prepare your picnic at the cabin and take off for the day. You can set it up anywhere. Just be sure to walk out with your garbage. Take poop bags with you too. You’d want to keep it pristine.
Paved, well lighted walkways wind through the vaulted chambers and along the banks of the ancient Underground River that carved these remarkable caverns from the hard core of the earth 200 to 400 million years ago. In the frontier days, Indians used the Underground River as an attack and escape route in their raids on settlers. Stealing into the area by way of the Underground River and the caverns, they swooped down on unsuspecting families, then disappeared as if swallowed up by the earth.
I know, I know, why would I go to Bristol TN when I’m visiting Asheville NC. I’ll tell you why. As long as you are here and you are so close, just driving distance, and you want to see everything around, you will want to check out the many caverns in the area. There were no state lines when they were created. Stay at your Asheville Pet Friendly Cabin and leave for a day trip to explore both of the Tennessee caverns mentioned in this blog, this one and the Appalachian one. You won’t be sorry.