I had a Herceptin treatment in December 23rd and neither of us felt much like flying on Christmas Eve, so this year we decided to stay in North Carolina, and ended up renting a house in the mountains near Asheville with our friends Todd & Elise. We drove up there after my infusion and stayed through the 27th.
Unfortunately it rained 80% of the time and was 75 degrees the rest of the other day, so it wasn't quite the winter getaway we had envisioned when booking the trip. It's a good thing, though, because the "road" to the house was a Scottish-style single track path straight up the side of a mountain. I don't know what we would have done if it was icy; it was terrifying enough in the rain.
The house was great, though! Perched right on the side of the mountain.
Unfortunately it rained 80% of the time and was 75 degrees the rest of the other day, so it wasn't quite the winter getaway we had envisioned when booking the trip. It's a good thing, though, because the "road" to the house was a Scottish-style single track path straight up the side of a mountain. I don't know what we would have done if it was icy; it was terrifying enough in the rain.
The house was great, though! Perched right on the side of the mountain.
The view from the deck was fantastic!
On Christmas Eve we drove into Asheville in the downpour and went to the Biltmore Estate. My company sells their wine, so they hooked us up with free tickets, a special private winery tour, a red wine and chocolate seminar, and then a sparkling wine tasting. And then we had dinner. It was a lot!
We had to buy ponchos and umbrellas on the way there.
On Christmas Day the rain finally relented, at least for part of the day. Christmas morning Ben said he was going for "a little stroll" so I decided to join him in my pajamas, given that we were isolated on a tiny road with only a few other houses around, most of which appeared to be empty. Also I figured there wasn't much of anywhere to go. Fortunately he managed to find a steep path up the side of the mountain that we could climb up.
Later that day the wifi went out so we all sat around reading our books in silence for a few hours. It was lovely.
However, by the 26th we all had cabin fever and drove into Asheville despite having no concrete plan for how we would spend the day. Elise and I ended up sitting in the Asheville Bier Garden reading books on our phones all afternoon while Ben and Todd wandered in and out. It was pretty perfect, actually. We finished with dinner at Chestnut and drove home early Sunday morning. A nice quiet Christmas!
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