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Anonymous wrote:Is slippery rock aka sliding rock?

http://www.romanticasheville.com/sliding_rock.htm

Looks like so much fun!

-The OP

Yes, that's it. I meant Sliding Rock. It can get crowded though esp with camps coming through so get there early.

Would have never have known. Thanks DCUM!

http://brevardnc.com/businesses/hunger-games-waterfall/

Signed,

A HUGE Hunger Games Fan

We stop through here on our way to Hilton Head each year. Definitely check out some of the farmer's markets...

http://www.yelp.com/biz/wnc-farmers-market-asheville

http://www.exploreasheville.com/foodtopia/tailgate-and-farmers-markets/

Is slippery rock aka sliding rock?

http://www.romanticasheville.com/sliding_rock.htm

Looks like so much fun!

-The OP

My son loved Slippery Rock! He could have stayed all day. Google "waterfalls in the movie The Hunger Games" and visit some of them if you liked the movie. We saw Triple Falls and one other one nearby that we in the movie.

Anonymous wrote:We were thinking about going last year but never made it. Here's some of the research I dug up on family-friendly activities for the under 5 set...

http://www.gsmr.com/

http://www.ashevilleart.org/education/family-programs/

http://blackmountaincollege.org/history

http://www.groveparkinn.com

http://www.paddlewithus.com/gemminingaoc.html

http://colburnmuseum.wordpress.com/

http://www.chimneyrockpark.com/index.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/travel/24hours.html?pagewanted=all

Awesome!!! Thank you. -The OP

We were thinking about going last year but never made it. Here's some of the research I dug up on family-friendly activities for the under 5 set...

http://www.gsmr.com/

http://www.ashevilleart.org/education/family-programs/

http://blackmountaincollege.org/history

http://www.groveparkinn.com

http://www.paddlewithus.com/gemminingaoc.html

http://colburnmuseum.wordpress.com/

http://www.chimneyrockpark.com/index.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/travel/24hours.html?pagewanted=all

Wow! These are great recs! OP here btw.

Will definitely splash out on the behind-the-scenes tour of Biltmore. And hike Slippery Rock.

Thanks!

+1 on visiting the Biltmore Estate. It's a stunning house and a great history lesson for the kids regarding the Vanderbilt family and how they amassed their wealth building the railways The vineyards there are also great and if I remember correctly they have a children's "tasting" with different types of grape juice so they can "participate".

If you go to biltmore it is definitely worth the money to take the behind the scene tours.

our family went last summer for a long weekend on our way further South. Awesome time. stayed at the Hotel Indigo. Rafted on the French Broad behind the Biltmore, went to Slippery Rock (a must), saw waterfalls, jumped off rocks into the rivers, downtown was lively and the food was great everywhere.

Thanks PP! Will be sure to check 'em all out.

12 Bones and Tupelo Honey Cafe are my favorites. Gotta visit the Biltmore and go visit some waterfalls in Pisgah Natl
Forest. We also loved Chimney Rock.

We're renting a cabin in the woods close for a week of unplugged downtime this summer. Has anyone visited recently and have any kid-friendly suggestions for activities and eating out?

Thanks!!