Pictures From a Recent Trip

Family vacation several weeks ago took us to the Carolinas to stay with my aunt and her super-fun boyfriend, as well as to take a tour of the Biltmore Estate.

It was silly-expensive to get in the American castle, but always fun to marvel at the opulence of my nation's "royalty."

Plus: fun photo opportunities. Which is all I'm really here to blog about right now.

They aren't big on allowing cameras indoors at Biltmore, but I managed a few decent shots in the gardens. The skull in the succulents greenhouse was one of my favorites. You'd think around a house that big, with all the statuary and imposing buildings I would have captured a few more spooky pictures, but looking back this is really the only creepyish one worth sharing from the Biltmore itself.

The neatest thing I saw was this really nifty property near my aunt's with a road sign that reads "Hell for Certain," with a suit of armor (yes, that is a candy cane sticking out of his helmet).

Other highlights: we had dinner at the Grove Park Inn and I took the elevator up to the haunted floor, and we had a nighttime bear visit not once buy twice during our stay. Which was exciting, but terrifying when we finally caught sight of how BIG the guy was.

:) And that's how I spent my early-summer vacation.