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2012 Celtic Adventure
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The 2012 Celtic Adventure weekend featured Colin Grant-Adams, Midnight at Kittredge, Seven
Nations, and Gaelic Storm.   The band McPeake was originally scheduled to perform Friday,
but they ran into visa issues and were replaced by Seven Nations, which was fine by us!



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GPI entrance (which is sort of the back side of the Inn)


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Our room


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Sun setting, from our room window on Friday evening


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Falling water at the Inn...


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Lantern on Inn wall


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Sheepdog demo




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Little bear at Grovewood


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Stone sculpture


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A reflection of ourselves


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Doggie in the window...


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Out on the patio;   window at top center is our room.


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Another nice view from the room as the sun set on Saturday.




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Pack Square in Asheville


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Art Deco City Hall


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We had lunch at Pack's Tavern


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Wall detail in the public plaza


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Looks like an "Occupy Asheville" next to City Hall.




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Surrounding mountains




Hooker Falls
Hooker Falls at DuPont State Forest


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Hooker Falls


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Triple Falls, also at DuPont Forest
Scenes from Last of the Mohicans and The Hunger Games were filmed here...



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Upper and Middle cascades of Triple Falls
(which were putting out quite a mist!)



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Lower cascade


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View down Little River from Triple Falls.



~ Images of the two headline bands' performances ~

Friday night - Seven Nations:



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Victor, Kirk and Will


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Victor and Crisco


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Crisco


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Victor


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Struby


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Kirk and Will



Saturday night - Gaelic Storm:


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Steve and Jessie


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Ryan and Pete


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Pete and Pat


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Jessie


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Steve and Ryan (on ukulele)


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Patrick


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Jessie


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Steve, playing bodhran




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