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Asheville, NC (Grove Park Inn) & Surroundings 2013 Celtic Adventure |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013) |
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Asheville, NC (Grove Park Inn) & Surroundings 2013 Celtic Adventure |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013) |
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| Historic Main Inn |
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| Our room |
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| Afternoon view of the mountains, from our room window... |
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| A few of the sculptures outside the Grovewood Gallery: |
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| Another view from the window |
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| We had a little snow on Sunday morning... |
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| ...pretty, but it didn't amount to anything. |
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| We visited the Grove Arcade in Asheville on Sunday. Nearby is the Basilica of St. Lawrence, under renovation. |
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| Owl sculpture in basilica alcove. |
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| Stairwell lantern, back at the GPI. |
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| Another view of the original Inn. |
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| Frozen falls in front of the Inn. |
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| Lamp post |
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| With the Super Bowl about to start on Sunday, I barely caught the sunset... |
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| Hazy valleys between the mountains the following morning. |
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| Heading home, we detoured via Brevard, NC, to see a few sights: |
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| Looking Glass Falls in Pisgah Forest |
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| Looking Glass Creek |
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| Sliding Rock |
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| Another reason to swing by Brevard was to visit the new east coast operation of Oskar Blues Brewery: |
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| A few cans of beer... |
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| Fermenters |
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| Tanks |
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| Tasty Weasel tap room. |
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| Draft taps |
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| Continuing west on Hwy 64, we encountered some ice and snow. |
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| Whiteside Mountain, between Cashiers and Highlands, NC. |
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| An icy Bridal Veil Falls at dusk. |
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| ~ A few images of the Celtic Weekend bands ~ |
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| Our buddy EJ Jones with some musician friends |
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| Solas was Friday night's headliner |
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| Click here to see photos from Solas' performance, on our Flickr page. (Page will open in a new tab.) |
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| While Gaelic Storm was the main act on Saturday! |
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| Click here to see photos from Gaelic Storm's performance, on our Flickr page. (Page will open in a new tab.) |