Making the trek west on I-40 - the wall of mnts!
A quick visit to UNCA, where spring is nearly sprung (at least the early stuff).
Looking from the Ramsey Library steps and out to Mt. Pisgah.
Pretty, fragant flowers at the library
Flowers along the walkway leading up to the quad.
The new Highsmith University Union
Saturday morning walking tour of downtown. My parents had never had a chance to walk around downtown Asheville. Thankfully, it is much more welcoming than it was even 3 years ago. We had a great time. here's what we saw:
The great S & W Cafeteria, now for sale. One of the great examples of Art Deco in Asheville.
Detail
Urban trail marker for S & W
Corner of Patton & College St. at Pritchard Park, looking towards Pack Place
Mom on Wall St. at the "Catwalk" Urban Trail art marker.
Justin checking out the cats
The recently restored Grove Arcade.
Inside the Grove Arcarde. Awesome antique/mission style furniture store on right.
Julie outside the Grove Arcarde
Exterior detail
Faces of Grove's indebtors
Mom & Justin on Urban Trail art piece, Patton Ave.
"On the side of the Wachovia Bank Building on Patton Avenue is a metal bower of medicinal herbs that surrounds a bust of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. "Dr. Blackwell is known worldwide as the first woman in America to receive her degree as a Doctor of Medicine, Elizabeth Blackwell
represents a historic moment in modern medicine and women's liberation."
The Central United Methodist Church tower (1837) on Church Street. Sang at it for several UNCA Chorus productions.
The Vance Monument on Pack Square.
Paul and Julie at its base
Mom & Dad at the base
Justin, not to be left out, at the base with the Urban Trail marker, "Crossroads" I don't think
he cares much for the turkeys...
But Julie likes the pig...the artwork is described as the follwing, "a curving path between metal
rails, which bears footprints of the people and animals that once walked this way. This site represents the crossing of the ancient Native American trade routes and what later became the
Buncombe Turnpike. Farmers from Tennessee herded their turkeys, hogs and cattle along this
route through the public square to southern markets. The rails outlining the path symbolize
the "iron horse" which streamed into Asheville in 1880 and the streetcars, which were important to Asheville's economy. Asheville had the second electric streetcar system in the United States"
Basilica of Saint Lawrence - Spanish Renaissance architectiture (1909). The only Basilica in the southeast (and only one of 33 in the US)
Packing the car and getting ready to head up to the Elk Mnt Scenic Hwy.
Looking across I-240 towards the Grove Park Inn
At the scenic stop on Elk Mnt. Quite popular.
Mom & the bubbles - quite fun on a windy day
For old times sake, the "self portrait"
Looking down into the Valley and Asheville below (with rain clouds on their way)
More pictures to come... having internet issues!
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