On October 20th, we got up early and headed out for the day. Kevin lived in Ashville when he was 10 and 11, so we drove to his old neighborhood and house to show the kids. We drove around the neighborhood and he recalled the different friends he had and the things they used to do. Kevin even knocked on a neighbor’s door to find out if they still lived there after 40 years. They did but were out of town. While doing that the next door neighbor came out to see what he was doing. Kevin ended up talking to him and his wife about the neighborhood for almost an hour. Kevin called his mother in Florida and she asked them about all the old people she could think of. They were able to tell her about almost all of them. We then drove into town to tour the Biltmore Estate. It is the biggest house in the United States at 175,000 sq. ft. with 8000 acres of beautiful trees and rolling hills. The estate has a winery on it, a big hotel, restaurants and much more. We planned to go in and tour it, until we found out it would be $170.00 for us all. We decided not to but say we did! We instead watched a video about the place that they show before the tour then we took the kids to McDonald’s for lunch (they liked that better). We then drove 30 miles up the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is a 495 mile road that winds through the Appalachian Mountains. We drove to Mount Mitchell, which at 6,684 feet, is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. We walked to the observation deck and had an amazing 360 degree view of the area. It was breathtaking with all the leaves changing colors. The drive back to town was just gorgeous with all the colors. On October 21st, we left our campsite in Ashville, North Carolina. We drove about 6 hours on our way to Nashville, Tennessee. We set up camp at a Wal-Mart. Kevin rested a little, while the kids and I went looking for flu shots for them. We were unsuccessful in finding any. We went to the post office, and shopped at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club.
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