August Weekend in the Mountains

August 17 and 18, 2013

Saturday morning we took a drive to Asheville with the ultimate goal of visiting Chimney Rock.  This time we took the scenic (read slow) route from Tuckasegee through Brevard.  A quick stop for lunch is where we discovered possibly the world's nicest Ingles (Route 64 maybe?) en route to Hendersonville.  We were coming through Hendersonville's downtown when Chandler spotted the sign for Mast General Store so we decided to make a stop and poke around.

 

 Here we are in downtown Hendersonville: Chandler, Kat, Papa and Mama Bear.

 The downtown is very pedestrian friendly, colorful with lots of potted flowers, and helpful bears.

Maple Creemees! Just like Burlington!

We drove to Chimney Rock but the weather turned cloudy and misty so decided to forgo that tourist stop and head straight to Asheville for dinner.

Asheville is very dog friendly so Mochi was able to accompany us.  We sat outside and had burgers.  Mochi silently and carefully kept her eyes on the pigeons who were in turn carefully eyeing the breadcrumbs.