Day 27: Ashville and Blue ridge parkway

Starting another day on JetBlue’s All You Can Jet pass, we headed toward the Biltmore Estates in Ashville.

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The estate is very impressive and the mansion is very big. It contains a swimming pool, a bowling alley, sizable rooms for the servants, and a great view from the bedrooms.

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In the arboretum they have an arbor that contains these oddly shaped, what looks to be from the squash family.

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The doors to gardener’s shop has shovels instead of door handles.

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Blue Ridge Parkway was a beautiful drive, although it was overcast the afternoon I was there.

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Mount Mitchell State Park which is 6684 feet in elevation was very foggy. The visibility was at times very limited. It didn’t help that the temperature dropped to 37 degrees. I bet the view is pretty nice when the weather is good.

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