View from our balcony at the Fairfield Mountain Resort. That's Lake Lure off in the distance.
Another view from our balcony - this is Bald Mountain.
Also from the balcony in our villa at the Fairfield Mountain Resort. I zoomed in on this one a little.
Picture of “The Chimney” at Chimney Rock Park, photographed from the parking lot below.
View of Lake Lure from the top of Chimney Rock Park.
View of the parking lot from the top of the Chimney. Our car is down there somewhere.
Adrienne with her dad and step-mom.
Adrienne and I at Chimney Rock Park in North Carolina. That's Lake Lure behind us.
Bill and Lin at Chimney Rock Park, North Carolina.
Bill and Lin (Adrienne's dad and step-mom). We're not going up those stairs, thanks.
View of the Chimney and the valley below from “The Opera Box”
Another view of Lake Lure from The Opera Box.
Neat looking crevice on the Hickory Nut Falls trail at Chimney Rock Park, North Carolina.
Hickory Nut Falls at Chimney Rock Park, North Carolina
See that white stuff? Yes, it's ice. It's April 13. It's about 60 degrees. There's no snow anywhere - except some leftover winter ice from the falls. No sunlight hits this side of the mountain at this time of the year.
The 400' high Hickory Nut Falls, as photographed from the bottom of the falls.
Hickory Nut Falls, Chimney Rock, NC
My beloved wife Adrienne.
Yes, I'm getting a little spray here.
I love being able to “interact” with things like this. Mere minutes ago, that water to my right was inside the mountain somewhere.
Bill's shoes were a little slick, so he stayed on this side of the falls.
Bill and Lin at Hickory Nut Falls, Chimney Rock, NC
A view down the gorge into the valley from the bottom of Hickory Nut Falls.
Climbing back to safe ground!
The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC
We took the rooftop tour. The next several pictures were taken from various balconies and roofs. We're actually going to go out onto the “balcony” shown in this picture.
George Washington Vanderbilt's front yard.
A view of one of the gardens from the roof.
All of this stonework was handcarved, much of it done “in place.”
George Washington Vanderbilt's back yard.
More of the back yard at the Biltmore Estate
