Treasure Hunting in North Carolina

As mentioned in a previous post about Asheville, one thing you can do while on vacation is go gem mining.  In different areas of the world, you will find many different gemstones.  Some mines are open to the public, where for a small fee you can dig for your own gems.  One mine that’s open […]

Asheville, North Carolina

One of Frommer’s Top Travel Destinations for 2007 mentioned recently, Asheville, is in the south western part of North Carolina. Since we had never considered traveling to many of the destinations that were listed, we were happily surprised to see Asheville there. We have plans to travel there in the spring, so we will be […]