I finally uploaded pics from this fall. Very late as these are from an October trip. The top one is from Greenville, SC. I have friends there that I met in Tokyo (the husband was studying there but they are from South Caroline and Georgia) so I was up there for a housewarming/fall get together. Some friends from here went along as well and we continued on to the Biltmore outside of Asheville, NC which is the Vanderbilt family mansion. My favorite story about it is that as there were only a few family members living there in the 1930s and this was obviously more than they needed, the local folks asked if they could open up the residence to the public hoping that it would spur tourism and bring jobs to the area. It has succeeded in that endeavor and still boasts a ton of visitors. It's an expensive admission price and they continually bragged about the fact that it is private and not a government institution but for the price of admission they should be able to pay the bills!
