Another Biltmore Post

I do apologize if you've seen just about enough of the Biltmore by now . . . =) It is our destination spot of choice this year. Biltmore is the new Charleston, if you will.

We had a wonderful time, again, with our friends Dustin and Mary Benton this past Saturday at Biltmore Estate. The weather couldn't have been more perfect and we spent most of our time there outside. They generously treated us to a tour of the rooftops (thanks, again!!) and we thoroughly enjoyed that. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable not only about the architecture of the rooftops, but all sorts of other Biltmore and Vanderbilt family history.

We passed around the camera quite a bit and ended up taking 185 pictures (a lot better than my usual 4), so it may seem like I've got a ton of pictures up here, but it's only a small sample =) (Most of the photo credits go to Mary and Greg)

We started off the day with lunch and tour of the winery . . .

While in line for ice cream (finally a warm enough day for Greg to get his chocolate cone!) we ran into these guys . . . it was quite a surprise and so much fun to keep crossing paths with them all afternoon =)

We walked through some of the side gardens before our rooftop tour . . . I really can't get over how perfect the weather was . . . 70 degrees and sunny all day!

Out on the roofs

If you enlarge this photo and look between the columns, you'll notice an entrapped gargoyle.

The boys had a lot of fun with the fish . . . taunting them with rocks as if it were food, trying to get them to bite their fingers, catching tadpoles, etc. We're pretty lucky they didn't fally in at any point =)