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It’s hard to think that a movie theatre in a mall turned into one of the coolest places to go in Asheville and it’s free! Starting July 5th, Cinnebarre is taking their movies outside, admission is free. Bring a blanket, a chair, a pillow, whatever makes you comfortable watching a movie. Seating begins @ 8pm. All shows start at dark. They are grilling burgers and hotdogs outside with a great beer and wine selection. Just another heads up, Mon thru Thurs all movies are $1.00 after 9PM.
From your Asheville pet friendly vacation cabin, take 240 to the Biltmore Mall on Brevard Road. At the first light turn left (McDonald’s is on the corner) into the Mall entrance. Turn left again and follow the road to go all the way around to the back. You will see Cinnebar in the back.
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.
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.
Vadim Bora, 56, died recently this month following complications from a massive stroke in December. He may have left this city in body form, but he remains with us in spirit as his artwork is found throughout the city. Leave your Asheville pet friendly cabin and take a Vadim tour around the city.
Look for the crucifix on St. Mary’s Episcopal Church off Charlotte Street. Then on Wall Street you will see a trio of cats named appropriately “cat walk” slinking down Wall St that he created for the Urban Trail. When you go to Biltmore, Cornelia Vanderbilt playing with her dog Cedric at the Biltmore Estate’s Antler Hill Village outside Cedric’s Tavern is Vadim’s creation. At Mission Hospital’s Reuters Children’s Outpatient Center you will see “On the Mend,” a 10 piece life-size figurative sculpture grouping. At the VA Medical Center Asheville there is a memorial stone sculpture, “The Wings of Freedom.” Another place to find one of his sculptures is at the Modesto restaurant in the Grove Arcade. There you will find medieval-style grotesques of synthetic stone.
Health Discovery has a great traveling exhibit guaranteed to entertain your kids. The new exhibit is called Alice’s Wonderland…A Most Curious Adventure. Children and agile adults are invited to “fall” through the rabbit hole and begin a whimsical journey to a place where things aren’t as they seem and the bizarre becomes ordinary. A lot like living in Asheville. :O)
Stay at an Asheville pet friendly cabin and bring the kids and the pets and have a blast. The cabin is not far from the Health Center.
It is said when all you have is lemons, make lemonade, these folks live what it means. When it’s really snowy and cold and you can’t do anything else in the mountains, as soon as the ice forms on the rock walls in various places in our mountains, ice climbers come out from the woodwork. It’s a little scary to me, but if you are an adventurous soul, this is perfect for you. I personally have had enough of the cold, ice, snow of this season, but like I said, they make lemonade. After traipsing around all day climbing ice walls, there’s nothing like cozying up to the fireplace in your rented Asheville pet friendly cabin. Here are some of the places not too far from your cabin that you may want to try:
1) The wall on NC215, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Devils Courthouse. If the parkway is closed, take US64 to Rosman to NC215.
2) Graveyard Fields. There is a wall on the parkway near Milepost 418, across from the Graveyard Fields trailhead parking lot. (Climbers are allowed only when the parkway is closed to vehicles).
3) Winding Stair Gap on US 64 near Franklin.
4) Doughton Pasrk, near Milepost 245 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
5) Along US64 near Franklin.
All the National Parks across the country are honoring the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend by waiving admission fees Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Now amongst all the great places that you can go to for free, you will want to check out Carl Sandburg’s home. The home tour itself is usually $5 at other times than this. But there is never a charge to enter the grounds, hike the more than five miles of trail or visit the dairy goats at Mrs. Sandburg’s farm operation. Additional free dates are: April 16-24, June 21, September 24, November 11-13.
From your Asheville pet friendly cabin it is aproximately 35 minutes.
There’s one thing we can say at this point in time, we have lots of snow. It’s been snowing bunches up here in the mountains. At our Asheville Pet Friendly cabin, the folks had a white Christmas like no other. They were ecstatic to be here! They were able to snowboard down our hills. But when there is no snow, you can still ski in areas that are higher up as they can keep the snow on the ground all winter in one way or another.
One of the places to ski at is Wolf Ridge Ski Resort. It’s not too far from the cabin so a day trip is definitely possible. Wolf Ridge is host to more than 72 acres of ski terrain with 23 slopes. It’s in Mars Hill just right above Asheville.