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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in Asheville now. It's decently recovered in the city, but lots of places in the River Arts District are still closed (on the other hand, that's not really where you spend a ton of time with a 6 year old and 11 month old). The Swannanoa River area is still pretty devastated--the Western North Carolina Nature Center is finally reopening on Monday but some parts of the zoo will still be off limits as the continue to rebuild.

Outside of Asheville is much more hit or miss as far as things being open. Numerous places we like to hike are still closed. The little town of Black Mountain was decimated. Large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway remain inaccessible.

And it's impossible to miss all the destruction: hillsides washed away and massive numbers of trees down everywhere. Even in Asheville, the evidence of the flooding remains very obvious. My friends live right outside the city limits in Biltmore Park and there's still trees down everywhere. And the sheer number of large stumps in every single yard was a bit mind-blowing. Their neighbors were getting 3 stumps ground down today, all from tress that fell due to Helene.

I believe the pinball place is open again, and I know the Biltmore is, but some of the grounds are off limits. I think more and more things will reopen or return to fully open status the further into spring we get. I saw city crews working at the parks along the French Broad Rover on Friday clearing downed trees and repairing stuff, presumably to be ready for paddle and float season kicking off soon. Word is the Arboretum is hoping to have all their hiking trails open by spring break in April.[/quote]

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