Autumn Adventures

Last Friday we embarked on our 16 day fall vacation.

What a beautiful time!

We get to escape the heat of Florida & visit cool mountain air, see changing leaves, relax, and visit family and friends.

We visited a chili cook off in brsyon city on Saturday morning, went to an Appalachian music jam, & visited an old farm before driving from the start of the Blue Ridge parkway until we made it to my parent's home in Asheville that evening.

Our time in Asheville was spent relaxing (I spent the first half of Sunday with a nausea inducing sinus headache).

Ray & I went to a local pub Sunday evening & listened to some live Irish music.

Our birthday/Christmas gifts from my parents were annual passes to the Biltmore Estate so we went there a couple of times. Our kids beg to go, they just love being able to run around the grounds! Afterward we went to Sierra Nevada - so fun!

A childhood friend, Theresa, lives less than an hour away - I hadn't seen her in nearly 14 years but she met up with us on Tuesday for coffee & goodwill shopping.

Today we left my parents to drive.more of the Blue Ridge & go apple picking.

Poppies meeting Brooke.

Cousins at The Biltmore Estate.

Mother and daughters.

Outside at Sierra Nevada after a delicious meal.

With Theresa at The beehive.

Megan had a lot of fun with the Halloween costumes at Goodwill.

Hills! So much fun rolling down hills!

The kids had big cups of juice while we did the Biltmore wine tasting.