Asheville Arrival and Our Cottage

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After leaving Chimney Rock we headed for our final destination, Asheville, NC. When staying for weeklong visits we've always chose to rent a condo/cabin rather than camping out in a cramped motel room.  Usually these cabins are located up a mountainside but being March I didn't want to take any chances with snow and/or freezing rain so I opted for something in town.  Asheville Cottages had great reviews so after doing a lot of investigating (if you don't already know, I'm something of a hotel snob) I reserved one of their places for this trip.  Often times the online photos can be deceiving and while we've never stayed in a horrible place, several have been a bit disappointing.  That was definitely not the case this year.  This was by far the most immaculate and nicely decorated place we've ever chosen.  It's almost as if she knew Julie was coming.  :-)

Here's a view of the exterior...

and the view upon entering.  Upstairs there is a really nice kitchen,

living room,

and full bath (not shown).  The furniture was beautiful, the kitchen well equipped with new dishes and appliances and the bathrooms were immaculate. Absolutely everything was organized and well stocked. She even included complimentary beverages in the fridge and a basket of assorted breakfast items and snacks on the kitchen counter.   And while we didn't use them, there was also a brand new hot tub and grill on the back porch.

The two bedrooms, another full bath and laundry facilities were located downstairs.

I usually don't sleep well away from home but that's a king sized Sleep Number bed!  Randy had his side cranked to 70 while I kept my side at 25-30.  LOL!! While it wasn't as comfortable as my Tempurpedic mattress, it far exceeded anything I've slept on when away from home.

The remainder of our first day in town included a trip to Boston Market for lunch (Meg had already scoped out the fact that Asheville had one...ours closed a couple years back), some grocery shopping, a general scouting out of our surroundings, dinner at a local restaurant/tavern and finally a great night's sleep on that fabulous mattress.