30th ANNUAL SOURWOOD FESTIVAL
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The Sourwood Festival takes place this weekend in Black Mountain. The street festival, now in its 30th year, brings 180 vendors and what estimators are saying will be 30,000 visitors to the town.
BUZZZZZZZZ
We discovered a great shop in Black Mountain called Black Mountain Ironworks (http://www.blackmountainiron.com/). They have all kinds of art, sculpture, housewares, gates, railings and furniture made from hand-forged iron.
BAKING WITH BRIGETTE (OR NOT)
It is becoming a well known fact that Innkeeper Dave is a great cook (although he is quite modest and will never admit it, no matter what the guests say). It naturally follows that he makes breakfast at the Inn. However, Innkeeper Brigette does attempt cooking and baking from time to time, which is true if you count toast.
OFF ROAD ASSAULT ON MT. MITCHELL
The Off Road Assault on Mount Mitchell is a 63-mile, mostly off road bicycle route which has 11,000 feet of accumulated climbing. From Old Fort, cyclists climb over the Blue Ridge Parkway two times and just below Mount Mitchell on Forest Service roads and singletrack (a trail just wide enought for one person or bike). Mt. Mitchell peaks at 6,684 feet and is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River.
MORE RACE PHOTOS
DINNER RECOMMENDATION: JULY
We’re starting a new innblog entry every month for restaurant recommendations for guests by guests. What better way to get a feel for our fantastic local cuisine than from the recommendations of your fellow travelers?
NEEDING RAIN
Has it been a dry summer where you are? We’ve had so little rain over the past six weeks that Innkeeper Dave has been turning off the Andrews Geyser overnight in order to replenish the lake fed by Mill Creek and the creek itself. He then turns it back on before breakfast so the geyser comes back for the daytime tourists.
A PART OF OUR INN’S HISTORY
Here are a couple of shots of the Andrews Geyser taken this week. The height of the geyser was actually a little low this week, perhaps due to the lack of rain. The little figures on the far right in the first picture are picnickers enjoying a nice afternoon at the park that now surrounds the geyser.
ORCHARD UPDATE
OUR TREE-LINED DRIVE GETS A FACELIFT
We decided to splurge. Check out our new cars.