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Dine to be Kind on February 23
Ten Hikes for Winter in the North Carolina Mountains
The Start of our Kiva Loans for 2010
We are proud to be a part of Kiva, a microlending organization that connects regular people like us who want to help entrepreneurs in poverty-stricken areas to be successful in their small businesses. With Kiva, lenders can choose where their money goes by selecting an entrepreneur based on preferences like geographic region, business sector, the terms of the loan, and even gender. As of November of 2009, Kiva had facilitated over $100 million in loans. (They also now allow funding of loans to U.S. entrepreneurs).
Photos to Share
As we watch the snow melt, we’ve been going through our photos, comparing last year’s weather to this year… big difference! While waxing nostalgic about how last February, our crocuses had begun to bloom by the middle of the month compared to this February, when our White Garden is literally white — covered in a blanket of pristine white snow — we realized that it’s very easy to take pretty pictures here in the mountains of Western North Carolina; no matter what time of year it is, the scenery just makes you smile.
Great Backyard Bird Count 2010
Inn on Mill Creek Is Now on Facebook
Groundpug Day Results Are In
Yes, that’s right. We said Groundpug Day. Since we haven’t seen any groundhogs lately in our neck of the woods near Asheville, North Carolina, we at the Inn on Mill Creek decided to check in with our own hibernation expert and one-half of our innpug duo, Csaba (pronounced “Chubba”), to see if he would act as our weather predictor this morning. It could be that the Inn on Mill Creek is a very relaxing place to be, or it could be that Csaba is lazy, (we like to think it’s a combination of the two), but he is very much an expert at napping.
Celestial Events for 2010
For our amateur astronomer guests (and space-loving Innkeeper Brigette), the Inn on Mill Creek is a great location to do some stargazing. Our bed & breakfast is located two miles within Pisgah National Forest, with virtually no light pollution. Much to our delight, the evening lights coming from our neighboring small towns of Black Mountain and Old Fort, North Carolina, are conveniently blocked by two ridges to the east and west of us, making for great opportunities to see planets, stars, meteor showers, the beautiful bands of the Milky Way galaxy (and even the International Space Station sometimes).
Chimney Rock Park Elevator Is Open
Great news from our friends at Chimney Rock Park: the scheduled improvements on the elevator to the Chimney are complete and the elevator has reopened to the public. The Chimney is a 315-foot monolith and the focal point of the park. From the parking lot, you can take the elevator up 26 stories, and then it’s a short walk and 44 stairs to the top of the rock, where you can see up to 75 miles. Lake Lure and Hickory Nut Gorge are really beautiful from the Chimney. Here’s a great photo from Chimney Rock Park’s website of the views:
