I know, sounds insane, right? But it was a really fun day, I promise!
Last weekend (or the weekend before?), we made a day trip to Asheville to visit the Biltmore House. Jim’s parents had received vouchers for free tickets and weren’t going to use them, so they sent them to us. I initially thought just Jim and I would go for an overnight visit (he’s never been!) but we ended up taking Molly with us for the day and had a blast. Alas, we never made it IN the actual Biltmore House, but there was so much to do outside the house. I will just have to take Jim back sometime soon. I don’t need too many excuses to visit Asheville, just the time.
My mom went with us too and was a huge lifesaver, especially in the car! She kept Molly *very* entertained.
When we arrived, we headed straight to Antler Hill to visit the farm, barn, and have lunch in Antler Hill Village. Molly was a little skeptical of the animals at first, but she warmed up to the goats and chickens quickly. She still wasn’t sure about the huge horses when we left.
At the barn, there were some games and toys from the early 1900s as well as some old farm equipment. Molly enjoyed climbing on the horse-drawn wagon and tractor. We also watched a blacksmith demonstration that was really cool.
The next stop was lunch at Cedric’s Tavern and ice cream cones at the creamery. Even the kid size cones were huge and Molly entertained a few customers by swinging hers around a few times, never once dropping it.There were some close calls, though!
Once we finished our ice cream, we got in the car and headed over the main house and gardens. We did a lot of walking but Molly wanted nothing to do with her stroller. She stumbled and tripped at one point running downhill on an asphalt path and ended up with pretty bad road burn. Two weeks later, it’s still a little raw. While Molly didn’t do much complaining about the walking, not everyone else was as enthusiastic about all of the walking. I’m pretty sure we took a three mile hike to see a bass pond. We took one look, turned around and headed uphill towards the car. As soon as we got near the actual house, the sky opened up. Luckily, the path to the car had a canopy of trees and we managed to stay fairly dry.
Thanks, Chris and Doug for the vouchers. We enjoyed our day!
Life with Sweet Peaches 