Asheville NC

Yep! The drive from Virginia to Asheville was extremely cold. It was a really long drive and the first time we encountered snow. Our feet got so cold on the drive we had to keep moving them in our shoes just to keep warm. Stuff you find out on the road I guess!

We didn’t think about this when we bought the RV, but there really isn’t much insulation especially in the front. The generator is in the front hood so it’s quiet when we are driving but MAN does it get cold.

Luckily, we had some fun stuff too look forward too. Family in town!

My brother Kevin and his wife Melora are now living in Knoxville TN and wanted to come out and stay with us in the RV. Our first visitors 🙂 We splurged a bit and stayed at a nicer campground and it was well worth it. Magic Mountain RV resort! We stayed right next to the river and enjoyed the white noise.

This is probably the nicest RV park we have stayed in so far. They have a fun store (with ice cream) an arcade, mini golf that was actually clean, and even a giant chess set.

More importantly, the staff was really helpflu. This was the only RV park to help us get to our spot and back in. Thanks, Justin for all your help!

We drove to Asheville early on Saturday morning and was able to catch a local parade. It was small but fun to see the town come out and all the creative floats they had. One of my favorites was a float playing Jazz Christmas songs. Such a fun funky culture. Reminded me of Austin.

After lunch at the White Duck, we headed to see a pinball museum that was pretty much just an arcade but you pay $15 and then play as long as you like! Not a bad idea for a date night! After that, we just walked around at some shops then head to the Biltmore Village.

There we walked around some more shops and found a fun little bakery that we got some sweets at. When we visited Kevin and Melora in Germany, that is something they liked to do. Cake in the afternoon!

The next day we played some mini golf at the RV park, the headed into Gatlinburg! What a crazy city that is! It seemed like a ski town mixed with Branson Missouri! We went to the visitor center and learned about the smokey mountains and went on a walk to a waterfall.

Then headed over to the center where some more cute shops were!

Something funny that happened, we were all looking in a spice shop and Ben and I were getting a little close (we are newly weds so dont judge) and the worker said “I know it’s spicy in here but seriously, get a room!” We all laughed, but did cool it.

Something else we were able to do is look at some local grafitti art which always seems to amaze us.