Blue Ridge Mountains, Binghampton NY, & Sutton Mass

On our way to Maine we traveled 178 miles through the Blue Ridge Mountains.  They really are blue when you see them!

Cherry Tree

Granite Quarry

Daffodils along the mountain side

A man made dam along a stream

A natural falls 

A mountain stream

After traveling through the Blue Ridge Mountains we met our friends Joe and Angal in Binghampton, NY.  We had a great visit with them where they showed us their Honda shop, some great restaurants, and shopping.  We relaxed with a family picnic before we left for Sutton, Mass.

There we stayed with our friends Al & Sheila at their beautiful house.  They took us to Newport, Rhode Island where we saw beautiful sites of the ocean.

Our first view of the Atlantic Ocean in the NE

Newport Sailors Memorial

One of the beautiful mansions in Newport

Cliff Walk

Daffodils along the Cliff Walk

Another mansion in Newport

Sheila, Jamie, Al and Jewel along the City Walk

Another view along the City Walk

Boyd's Grist Mill

Sue with Jamie and Jewel

The Grist Mill Stone

St. Georges Catholic Cathedral

St. Georges Catholic Boarding School Campus

Al, Jamie, Jewel and Sheila in their Rhododendron garden

 

We had a wonderful trip to the Augusta/Gardiner KOA.  More pictures to follow.

Maine

After spending almost 2 1/2 weeks on the road touring first the South, then friends in Binghampton New York then friends in Sutton, Mass, we finally arrived in Richmond Maine today.  I will post pictures of our trip soon.

We will be spending the next 5 months here at the Augusta/Gardiner KOA. 

A Day At Biltmore Estate

We spent the day at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.  What a beautiful home/mansion.

The Biltmore Estate

 

Out on the balcony

The entry way

The gardens

Those are stairs outside these windows (maybe for washing)

The ponds

The Spring Tulip Garden

I don't know what this tree is, but it was beautiful next to a bridge

Tulip Garden

The Tropical Gardens

Orchid Gardens

Orchid Gardens

French Broad River

One of the water falls on the property

Cornelia Vanderbilt with one of the six St Bernard's

Magnolia tree blooms

Shrubbery Garden

 

More of the shrubbery gardens

The stables at the Farm

Some of the property with the Appalachians in the background

One of the Vanderbilt cars

Champagne bottles ready to be labeled from the Vanderbilt winery

The Farm Blacksmith

No pictures were allowed to be taken inside.  It was absolutely beautiful and restored perfectly.  Needless to say, we had a wonderful day.