The Grove Park Inn in Asheville NC

The Grove Park Inn is depicted in a rare snowy scene on a post card which was mailed in 1914.  

(Note: I've switched back from new Blogger because my Mac won't open the page I've used for years to edit all my blogs. Didn't help. So I have a new bookmark for opening the editing page. Secondly the Labels place is waaay too slow to type into on the new Blogger. I hope they fix that, since they're saying that will be the only format soon. Maybe it's time to check out WordPress again. I've got a blog registered there, but it had some difficulties which I will have to go through again.)

And back to the Inn, which has red/orange shingles on its roof.

I've never stayed there! But I've gone visiting for several touristy things...it's such a beautiful place, and open to the public, mostly. There used to be free parking, but I've heard that's changed (a garage on the far side was built several years ago, to add to the parking lot that goes up the hill to the right behind this photographer.

Some more old photos of Asheville were on my blog More vintage photos of Asheville

One of the things tourists (and I) like to visit at the Grove Park Inn, is an area of arts and crafts cottages, including an antique car museum. I posted about them Antique cars anyone?

Eckerd College buddies from the early 2000s (Tai [on the left] graduated in 2001)

A weekend with my youngest son, before he moved on to new places, new friends, new activities, and did I mention, much further away?  Well, he could be going further I guess, but Colorado seems pretty far from North Carolina, to me at least! (This visit was in 2018)

Yes, we did the tourist thing at the Grovepark Inn.

A couple three or four (or five) Thanksgivings ago, my son, Russ and his family came down from OH to give me a family Thanksgiving, and I took them to see the Gingerbread Contest which is held at the Grove Park Inn.  I thought I posted a blog about it, but I'll see if I still have any of those photos in the cloud. Nope, they are probably on the external hard drive, and I wanted to just share the building, not my family. The girls enjoyed the Christmas decorations and some fancy glass mugs of hot chocolate.

The other side of the building with the additions (on the left is the parking structure below more rooms. This renewal happened about the time the Inn became an Omni Inn.

 I don't know the year, but the cars give a good hint.

I don't think there was snow for this...just a very light exposure. I don't know when they stopped doing horse drawn tours, but I don't think they do any more.

Today there's a little waterfall below all the terraces where you can enjoy a cocktail while watching the sun set over the golf course. There are many restaurants, very posh, all needing reservations. We had appetizers for lunch at one.

And did I mention there's a spa? It was also added recently, and its skylight is right by the waterfall outside. It is a bit pricey, but I did pick up a brochure when I walked through, thinking of how much I'd saved!

I'm sharing again with Sepia Saturday this week. I've shared about a hillside Inn, though I don't have any Tramways here. I hope you all have a great weekend. Come over to see what old photos might have been shared.

Today's Quote:

That's the terrible hypnotism of war, the brute mass-impulse, the pride and national spirit, the instinctive simplicity of men that makes them worship what is their own above everything else. I've thrilled and shouted with patriotic pride, like everyone else. Music and flags and men marching in step have bewitched me, as they do all of us. And then I've gone home and sworn to root this evil instinct out of my soul. God help -- let's love the world, love humanity -- not just our own country! -Christopher Morley, writer (5 May 1890-1957)