North Carolina Mountain Birds: Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Taking the Garden Paths to the Bass Pond at Biltmore Estate
| Exploring the outdoors at Biltmore |
We know that most people who visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, can’t wait to go through the 175,000 square-foot, fully furnished and ornate, Downton Abbey-esque house, but we tend to recommend heading outdoors at Biltmore, especially in late summer/early fall.
Chestoa View Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Looking for some incredible views when you visit the mountains of Western North Carolina? Combine a day of scenic driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Asheville with an easy hike, such as the Chestoa View Trail (0.6 miles long).
July 4, 2014 Events around Asheville, Black Mountain and Old Fort
| Montreat Parade [photo credit: veganlibrarian on Flickr] |
Exciting news: All of the towns around the Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast — Asheville, Black Mountain, and Old Fort, North Carolina — will have fireworks displays this year! Of course, there are other events going on, and if you want to avoid the crowds, we can help with that as well. Here’s what’s happening in our neck of the woods during the 4th of July weekend:
2014 Asheville Area Art Events in June
Asheville is consistently named one the nation’s top art-friendly small cities, and for good reason: Check out all the art-related events going on in June in the Asheville, Black Mountain and Old Fort area:
North Carolina Mountain Birds: Whip-Poor-Will
| Eastern Whip-poor-will [photo credit: National Audubon Society] |
Many evenings during the week in May and June, at precisely 9pm (OK, maybe not precisely…sometimes at 9:04pm), guests of the Inn on Mill Creek B&B and North Carolina Birding Trail site are treated to short symphony by the Eastern Whip-poor-wills. Since it is a May mainstay in our neck of the woods, we’re bestowing the Whip-poor-will with the honor of being our May 2014 bird in our 12 Months of Birding at the Inn series on the blog.
2013 Sourwood Festival is August 9-11
The 36th annual Sourwood Festival is right around the corner! This fun street festival, presented by the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce, is the quintessential awesome small town event, featuring hundreds of arts and crafts vendors, food that ranges from vegetarian to BBQ, as well as ice cream and festival fare, kids’ activities and rides, live music, and the part we like best — honey and bee demonstrations.
American Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting and White-breasted Nuthatch
Busy day at the Inn on Mill Creek birdfeeders today! These three photos were taken in the span of about four minutes. Just a taste of what you might encounter in the summertime at the Inn on Mill Creek, which is a site on the North Carolina Birding Trail, Mountains Region.
Some Summer Blooms at the Inn
The daylilies, shasta daisies, butterfly bushes and hydrangea shrubs are out in full force at the Inn on Mill Creek, welcoming summertime to the mountains of western North Carolina. (And just FYI, since we are daylily-crazy here at the Inn, we have several varieties that bloom at different times in different garden areas.)
Ten Hikes for Summer in the North Carolina Mountains (updated)
| View from Mt. Mitchell, highest peak in the eastern U.S. |
You really can’t beat summertime in the mountains of Western
North Carolina. The average highs are in the low-80s at the hottest point of
summer. And that’s just our elevation. Drive 20 minutes to the Blue Ridge
Parkway and hop on for a scenic drive up to elevations of 5,000+ feet and
you’ll often experience high temperatures in the 70s, and sometimes even the
60s, in July and August.