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| Grove Arcade Upper Floors |
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| Grove Arcade Stairway |
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| View of Biltmore House from Campground Entrance |
With cool temperatures and a nice breeze, we began our day at Panera Bread Co., and then headed to downtown Asheville, peeking into artsy stores displaying local artisan work including pottery, watercolors, glassworks, weaving, and sculptured wire art. We walked through Grove Arcade, which was originally to be a five-story base with a fourteen-story tower that was to be filled with shops, offices and living space, but only the base had been completed. During World War II, the government took over the building and after several years after the war efforts ended the property was saved by a group of concerned citizens and has since been restored and upscale shopowners and restaurants have claimed space. We continued our walk along the streets of downtown, which were active with tourists and locals. We found Suwana Thai Orchid restaurant on Broadway, and thoroughly enjoyed a lunch of Spicy Fried Rice and Chicken for Dave (who made it even more spicy thanks to Sam's special blend of hot stuff!) and Drunken Noodle for Karen (sans spice). Dave drank nearly four glasses of water to put out the fire on his tongue! We recommend this restaurant for its wonderful food and hospitable host, Sam. We continued our walk amid the streets of downtown Asheville and returned to camp. And the crazy thing is that for these days we have been here we did not realize that at the entrance/exit of the campground you can look across the valley and see Biltmore House in its splendor, as well as Antler Hill Village and its vineyards. Tomorrow we head eastward to an afternoon appointment at Tom Johnson's in Marion and then continue onto Indian Creek Campground in Hickory for the night.
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