(Yes, we heard officially today it was a tornado, and we took a shuttle around the 8,000 acres today to see more damage. The oldest tree on the estate planted when the home was built was lost during the storm. Very sad.)
After leaving Winston-Salem on Thursday morning, we drove the 2 hours to Asheville, but not before we did a little off road investigating for some good, 'ol North Carolina BBQ. For some bizarre reason, everywhere that we have eaten, people feel compelled to know how we feel about their food because we're from Texas. I can't tell you how many people have directed us, without prompting, to "real Texas BBQ." I guess that we heard about it so much that we couldn't stand it anymore. So, we drove about 20 minutes off of I-40, twisted and turned our way through MORE mountains, to find Phil's BBQ in Black Mountain, North Carolina. I will encourage anyone reading this that ever has the chance to eat at Phil's BBQ to do so! It was amazing, and the North Carolina BBQ sauce puts anything Texas has to shame! TO SHAME! So, so good. So, after we scarfed that down, we were back on the road and ended up getting to the estate at Biltmore around 2:30 or so. Just long enough to get settled in our room, go for a quick explore, and then the storm to end all storms happened. Thunder sounds very, very ominous when it bounces through a mountain range. So, we lost power, and when the storm had cleared, we did a little more exploring and found smashed cars, tons of downed trees, debris everywhere, etc. We ended up just spending the evening hanging out, but we were really lucky that our room had a balcony with french doors. The electricity was back on around 11, and we were so happy to know that it was NOT like East Texas. You know what I'm talking about. When the power goes out, it's out for a lloonngg time!
Which brings me to Day #4...
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