Talking About it Tuesday ~ Blog Trip/April 14, 2026

 Hi!  I am happy to be back here today with you all talking all about the blog trip!

As most of you know by now, we had our 3rd annual blog trip this past weekend.  It was wonderful!  We haven't had the same group every time, but it has become a yearly fun girls trip I look forward to every year. We met in North Carolina and stayed at this cute AirBNB.

We started our Friday evening with snacks and lots of talking! It was great to see each other again.  Tanya and I drove together from Nashville so we had some extra time to catch up in the car.

Saturday morning was so nice to have Joyce join us for the day.  For breakfast, I brought sourdough bread and we had a delicious quiche and coffee cake from Joyce and Maria provided some fruit.  It was after 12pm when we even looked at the time to decide to leave the house.  After a curvy drive up a mountain that Maria navigated like a champ, we had some beautiful scenery along the way and once we arrived at our destination, Jump Off Rock.  There were lots of rhododendrum, a plant I don't see in my area.  It always makes me think of NC.  I lived in North Carolina for 5 years in my late 20's, early 30's. 

Maria is such a joy!

Joyce is so delightful to be around and I have loved both times being with her.

(side note...this is one my new tops from Old Navy)

I am thankful for each of these ladies & loved our time together!

After the hike, we had Celtic ice cream.  It was so creamy and delicious!  Y'all know I am a frozen yogurt girl, but I really enjoyed this style of ice cream.  I had the "From the Sea and Bee" flavor, which a mix of caramel, sea salt and honey.  We then did some local shopping.

Saturday evening, Joyce returned back home and we went to dinner at Sierra Nevada Brewery, a beautiful brewery that serves farm to table food. I had a burger with bacon and it was delicious.

I am not a beer drinker, but it was very interesting to hear/read about the brewery & see some of the process.

It was a great evening!

Maria left on Sunday morning and Joanne, Tanya and I went to the Biltmore. I had been twice before, and this place is stupid expensive, but it is beautiful to see the architecture.

Here are Tanya and I modeling our matching Amazon jeans in black and white!

This is the inital view walking into the home.

I love ceiling in buildings and these were impressive.

A few other random pieces that caught my eye were this globe

And this rolling ladder for the library

This furniture in the sitting area between Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt's rooms was unique.

I noticed the picture molding in this room which standard for older homes.  The older home we lived in North Carolina had this throughout the house.  It was used to hang pictures, as seen here.

Below is the bowling alley and swimming pool.  The last time this pool had water in it was in the 50's.

This is the kitchen.  In the lower part, you can see the big pot on the stove and the one small oven and small refrigerator in the center picture.  The bottom picture on the right is the dumbwaiter to send food up to the floors.

We walked in the gardens after the house tour, so we all got our steps in this day.

I enjoyed the greenhouse plants the most and loved this unique pink flower I had not seen before.  This got me motivated to get some plants soon!

I did some wine tasting afterwards since it was included in the ticket.  I wanted to get my money's worth, ha!

We ate dinner at Tupelo Honey afterwards and I love their "Bless Your Heart" glass!  I had an egg/veggie omelet with tomatoes, which was delicious.  I had taken a snack with me for a light lunch that day, so I enjoyed every bite of this dinner meal.

I was so, so tired when we got back to the AirBNB and we all went to sleep earlier this night.

Monday, we took Joanne to the airport early and Tanya and I drove back to Nashville.  On the way, we stopped at Buc-ees for breakfast, which was so yummy!  I loved having the car time with her once again.  I dropped her off and continued my drive home.  

What a fabulous trip with fabulous ladies!  

We missed you Jenn and Amy!

Thanks for reading my long post and enjoy your day!