..even more Asheville pics

Matt offering Dex's bribe for leaving our food alone..

Matt looking cool. We found out too late that our picnic blanket is way too small, ha!

The biggest animals Dex has ever seen. He didn't know what to think about these guys!

Our starter was a variety of fancy crackers with brie, sundried tomatoes, and basil. We also had pepperjack (matt's fave) Serious yum.

Oh god, this pic makes me hungry. The yummiest pesto/cheese pasta salad EVER.

Roast beef mini-sandwiches on soft homemade rolls with spicy mustards and horseradish. Mmmm..

And of course, dessert. Mini-cannolis with mini petit-fours. So cute and so yummy!

Mean-dawg face. He was growling at another pooch who had wandered by.

Careful.. he'll attack!

Catching the breeze

Aw yeah, this is the good stuff right here.

View from our picnic area.

hi!

hi again!

We played with Dex in the grass for a while.. psycho puppy face!

After the picnic we took a long long walk through the gardens. Dex has short little legs that get tired easily, so this was one of the spots he picked to take a break. Not too shabby.

When we got back to the hotel, he had had a long day and immediately fell asleep. These pictures slay me.

The next day, we checked out of the hotel and visited the winery. When we went down into the cellar we found a really cool hallway with AWESOME light. All we needed was a hot couple in wedding attire so we wouldn't have to use ourselves for some neat pics!

We bought a few bottles of wine after tasting several different ones. We are both pretty picky about our wines, so it took a while to decide! This pic isn't of any of the kinds that we chose, but it had the coolest display.

More Asheville shots

Before entering the grounds, we ate at Waffle House. I've lived in the South my entire life, and this was my first time eating there. It wasn't bad for a quick stop breakfast. I took in the point 'n shoot and grabbed a few shots.

My waffle..

Matt's waffle (his had blueberries)

Now the house!! No photography allowed inside, but we took quite a few pics of the outside

The front door

The attention to detail was mind-boggling

There were creepy figures everywhere. Knights, jesters, magicians(?) and creepy cherubs. Here is a gargoyle with 2 scary jester things underneath:

Across the front lawn:

Creeeeepy

No photography in the house (which is difficult to describe in words.. it's just stunning. mind-blowing.), but about halfway through the first floor, we came to a terrace where they DID allows us to get out our cameras:

Later on, back outside.. trying to self-portrait and failing, lol. The sun was not in a friendly place to get the house in the bg.

The back corner of the house.

The Wisteria on the side terrace was still winterized, and made for some moody shots. You can see a few purple blooms sneaking into the second view.