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Asheville, NC (Grove Park Inn) & Surroundings 2011 Celtic Adventure |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2011) |
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Asheville, NC (Grove Park Inn) & Surroundings 2011 Celtic Adventure |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2011) |
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| The GPI is a bit of a splurge, but hey, it's only once a year! |
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| We like to stay in the original section of the inn. Lot's of character, and a ghost to boot! (the Pink Lady...) |
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| After driving the entire way up in the pouring rain, we were ready to hit the Great Hall bar! |
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| The Highland Fling Trio were playing in the Great Hall. |
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| One of the huge stone fireplaces; needing some more firewood! |
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| The Hunt Family played Friday night. Click here for our other photos of The Hunt Family's performance, on our Flickr page. (Page will open in a new tab...) |
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| Break between sets... |
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| Rockers in front of the fireplace in the Great Hall. |
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| Outside our room in the Palm Court |
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| Looking out our window Saturday morning; still overcast but the sun was breaking through. |
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| After breakfast, we headed next door to Grovewood. |
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| Sculpture near the Grovewood Cafe |
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| Elk sculpture |
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| More Grovewood art |
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| Grovewood Gallery entrance |
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| Grovewood Gallery |
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| Stained glass |
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| Grovewood Gallery |
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| Colorful light shades for sale |
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| Big Leaf Sphere |
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| More Grovewood garden sculpture. |
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| Bench in the gardens. |
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| Big plant sculpture |
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| Abstract garden sculpture |
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| Antique Car Museum |
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| Just part of the auto collection; all are in running condition. |
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| The cars in the museum were collected by a former Asheville auto dealer |
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| 1957 Cadillac El Dorado |
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| Old Fords |
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| Another nice Ford |
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| Edsel side panel |
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| Old Asheville Fire Dept. truck |
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| Mascot in antique fire engine |
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| Asheville's Art Deco City Hall. What a cool building! |
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| Art Deco roof of City Hall. |
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| Neo-classical Buncombe County Courthouse next door. Asheville has lots of neat architecture that wasn't torn down, as in many cities. |
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| Sitting with friends in Pack Square |
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| Packs Tavern, with an excellent selection of beers on tap. |
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| The Vance Monument in Pack Square, built 1896. |
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| Neo-gothic Jackson Building reflected on the walls of I.M. Pei's Biltmore Building. |
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| Another view of the Vance Monument and Pack Square. |
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| Pigs and turkeys... |
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| This dummy was in a chair on a building roof near Pack Square. |
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| Later Saturday afternoon we attended a reception discussing Scots-Irish heritage. Free buffet and an open bar serving Bushmills & Guinness! |
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| EJ Jones and Steve Agan piping in Gaelic Storm to start the Saturday night show. |
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| The highlight of the weekend (as in previous years) was Gaelic Storm! Click here for our other photos of Gaelic Storm's performance, on our Flickr page. (Page will open in a new tab...) |
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| View from our window of Pack Square area in Asheville. The City Hall and Courthouse are on the left, as well as the "reflection" buildings in the center. |
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| Final view of GPI as we headed home... |
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