Wednesday, July 23, 2014, it is raining. We decided to go to the Knife store just off
I40. James collects the “cowboy knives”
and we had been told they would have them.
That place is unbelievable! They
have the world’s largest indoor waterfall.
We finally found the “cowboy knives” and they only had 5 of the type he
collects and he already had 4 of them.
But the stop was worth it. Then
on toward Ashville, N.C. in the rain!
When we got to Ashville we sent to the Biltmore information center. We plan to go there with DeLyn the week
before Thanksgiving and wanted to be sure that the estate would be decorated
for Christmas. Not only will it be
completely decorated, the candle light tours are that week. GREAT LUCK!
We are looking forward to coming back.
We also drove by Grove Park Inn which is just absolutely fabulous. Our main stop was in historic downtown
Ashville where we sat outside and drank STARBUCKS!! Leaving Ashville we headed toward Winston-Salem
when I spotted the RIDGECREST sign. I
have heard about Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center since I was in high
school and never had the opportunity to visit.
We drove up, were given a map at the gate and toured the facility as
best we could in the rain. It is significantly
larger than Shocco, but, like Shocco all the sidewalks go uphill!
Back on the road – we passed up Winston-Salem
because of the fact that the majority of hotels were sold out for some
reason. We decided to go to Burlington –
only about 15 miles further where we found a room at the Holiday Inn
Express. About 5 miles before the hotel
I saw the sign for Replacements, Unlimited.
It is a great place to get pieces of china and crystal for patterns that
are discontinued. Shipping has gotten so
expensive that I haven’t ordered recently but James agreed that we would “back-track”
there tomorrow. When we got to the
hotel, we took a short walk and called it a day. Sure am glad to see the sun after all the
rain today.
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