Hey Asheville North Carolina ....We're back !!!

Tom caught some final images of Atlantic City New Jersey in the last few days we were there

What's left of part of the Boardwalk

This area is missing it's Boardwalk

I don't think this person got the evacuation order.

Now we move on....

Our travels have brought us back to a place we love, Asheville, NC.  We really loved this area when we were here last time and thought it would be a great place to decompress after almost 3 months of being kind of on the go.

We left New Jersey on November 26th and traveled through Maryland stopping briefly when we found a wildlife refuge with what else  Bald Eagles for Tom to photograph. This place is number 8 on the top ten list for the US to see Eagles.  We didn't see many as their migration is still in the beginning stage but Tom was able to catch a beautiful sunset and a couple of Bald Eagles.

They were sitting on some kind of food.

After leaving we went South on the 13 and took the RV over and under the Chesapeake Bay.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel(CBBT) is a 23-mile (37 km) long fixed linkcrossing the mouth of the Chesapeake Bayand connecting the Delmarva Peninsula'sEastern Shore of Virginia with Virginia Beachand the metropolitan area of Hampton Roads, Virginia. It replaced vehicle ferry services which operated from South Hampton Roads and from the Virginia Peninsula from the 1930s until completion of the bridge-tunnel in 1964.

This is why they need a tunnel.

Let's just say driving 20 miles in the RV over water and in tunnels is a bit unnerving.  The tunnel was quite small or it felt that way.  The lights and railing flying past my side of the coach at 55 miles per hour mad for a bit a tense ride in the tunnel.  Tom kept it very steady.  

After making it through we made our way to North Carolina and to Rutledge Lake RV Park.  

http://www.campingnorthcarolina.com/

Coffee and Sam have a great place here in the woods to fun around off lease.  They chase squirrels and can sniff their little hearts out.  

Since we like this area so much we decided to look around for some property to buy.  Not sure if we will make that plunge but if we do, we plan on having it be someplace where we can go to be away from the busy world.  There will be a place for our RV friends to come and hook up also.  Those of you who don't have an RV we'll figure out a way for you to come visit too.  Right now we've decided on Eastern Tennessee.  We'll keep you posted.  This will not mean we'll stop traveling though.

Thanks for coming along on our journey.  Happy Holidays.

Check out The Biltmore at Christmas...

http://www.biltmore.com/media/photo-gallery.asp?cat_id=14