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Summertime, how I am spending my summer.

I keep seeing lists of recommended summer reading. I don’t know how anyone has any time for reading in the summer. Oh, I get some reading done, but not nearly as much as I do when the sun goes down … Continue reading

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Travel blog posts updated

For those of you who have been following our blog of our trip to Asheville I have actually gone back to earlier posts and added pictures. I haven’t done them all, yet, but will when I get time.

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Shaker Village

October 31, 2009 Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, KY The simple beauty of this place speaks to us in a way that the opulence of Biltmore could only hope to do. Our stay here at the Shaker Village was meant … Continue reading

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Shaker Village – Arrival

October 29, 2009 Guess who. We left Asheville, NC this morning planning to stop in Kentucky for the night. A detour is in effect for I40 West due to a massive rock slide. We were re-routed on an interstate highway, … Continue reading

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Blue Ridge Parkway

October 29, 2009 The forecast promised another warm, sunny day–perfect for a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. This road follows mountain ridges and valleys, winding for 469 miles from Virginia to Tennessee in the Blue Ridge Mountains. There are … Continue reading

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Asheville

October 28, 2009 Still Jomamma posting here. As much as we would have liked to spend another day at the Biltmore Estate, we hadn’t done much exploring in Asheville itself, so we decided to do the Urban Trail today. Asheville … Continue reading

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Rainy day at Biltmore

October 27, 2009 Jomamma posting again. The day dawned grey with forecast of heavy rain.  By the time we left the hotel, the rain had started.  It would continue all day.  Story of our travels–the rain follows us wherever we … Continue reading

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Biltmore Estate

10/26/2009 Asheville, NC We visited the Biltmore Estate today.  A very impressive place.  We are staying at a hotel that is only minutes from the entrance–I got the reservation several weeks ago when we were without internet service. I felt … Continue reading

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Smokies

October 25, 2009:  Smoky Mountains National Park, Cades Cove Jomamma here, posting to the blog. Yesterday we headed out on the road again. This time to the southeast. It was raining through Indiana but started to clear into Kentucky. We … Continue reading

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