Saturday afternoon was spent canoeing with Nancy, my brother Ethan, his roomate Scott and their dog Boston. Oshie and Boston seemed to enjoy watching us struggle with manuevering the canoes but they enjoyed the swimming even more.
Oshie loves the water but he has only ever been to the beach so he has never actually done any real swimming. He did well especially when we had the life jacket on him. When we took it off he struggled a bit but a few more trips to the river and he will be like a fish.
Oshie and cousin Boston fetching sticks. Oshie looks a little panicked. First swim haha.Oshie enjoying the water.They loved being in the water.
I took this photo with my cell phone while out on my morning run. The weather was perfect and I ended up running 9 miles. I finished the run in 74 minutes with an average pace of 8:18 per mile. Not bad for someone who until a month ago hadn’t run in at least a year. I am looking forward to my first half marathon in September.
Now off to get some food with Nancy, my brother Ethan and family friend Scott. Later we will be kayaking/canoeing with the dogs. Gonna be a hot one today!
Beautiful Sunrise this morning. Tried to get a bit artsy with the shot.
While visiting Antler Village and Winery on the Biltmore Estate we had to try the ice cream from the creamery. Of course being the spoiled pup that he is, Oshie had a cup of vanilla all to himself.
Oshie is so spoiled. He loves some vanilla ice cream!
We enjoyed it on the grass while live music played from the gazebo in front of us. It was an awesome and relaxing evening.
I am still going through all the photos I captured on the trip and will be posting more of the edited keepers soon. Thanks for stopping by and have an excellent weekend!
I will let the photos do most of the talking here. These 4 week old Golden Retriever puppies were at Asheville Green Cottage. As mentioned in a previous blog, Vicki and Neeraj have two goldens. Their 5 year old golden, Juni, had a litter of 9 at the beginning of May. We wanted to take one home so bad. Thanks to Vicki for letting us help socialize the little ones.
Nancy was putting them to sleep.5 minutes of play and they were exhausted. Oh and at 4 weeks they already knew to pee on the paper!She looked right at the camera on her own.
Seriously, who doesn’t love puppies? As always thanks for stopping by!
Photos taken with Canon 7dmk2 and Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
As I mentioned in the post I made yesterday, we stayed at the Asheville Green Cottage for 3 nights during our Memorial Day weekend trip to Asheville. We ended up staying here because we waited way too long to book a hotel for the trip and by the time we decided we should probably find one, all the hotels had raised prices to 400 dollars a night. The hotels we were looking at were nice and were dog friendly, but we did not think they were worth 400 a night and at that price we would have obliterated our trip budget.
With hotel prices going through the roof for the holiday weekend I decided to take a look at Airbnb and as fate would have it I found the Green Cottage. It ended up being the absolute perfect place for us to stay during the trip. The cottage is dog friendly and even more exciting was the fact that the owners, Vicki and Neeraj, actually had a two Golden Retreivers of their own. After a quick phone call the room was booked and we were ready for our trip. During that phone call I also found out that one of their Goldens had just had a litter of puppies. Talk about the perfect place to go stay.
Asheville Green Cottage.
The cottage is a beautiful old stone home that was built in the 1920’s. I overheard Vicki telling one of the other guests that Italian stone masons were brought in to help build the Biltmore Estate and how they had an influence in many of the granite block homes found in the area. The picture above is a view from the street of the front of the cottage. The neighborhood was very quiet and beautiful and even though there were houses all around, the cottage was set further back from the road and felt more secluded. The driveway to guest parking wound around the back of the house and down a small hill which helped hide guest vehicles from street view.
Back parking area and guest entrance. Oshie Approved!
The stone work of the home was beautiful and there were also gardens and vegetation all over the property that really gave the cottage that mountain/secluded feel.
Beautiful Landscaping
The Guest Entrance
Flowers
Random Garden Statue
Off to the right of the guest entrance and down a small grass hill was a side yard that Oshie had a blast sniffing around.
View up at from the side yard.
The cottage has four themed rooms with individual full baths. Located on the second floor are the African and Indian themed rooms and down stairs are a Zen Garden and Mediterranean themed rooms. Due to our procrastination in planning this trip, we ended up in the Mediterranean room which was the smallest of the four. It was still an excellent room and plenty big enough for the three of us. It was probably best that we were on the first floor because Oshie gets restless at night sometimes and I wouldn’t want to hear someone walking around above me while I was trying to sleep.
Guest entrance with BringFido.com approved sticker.
The cottage also had a large sitting room/library with board games and books for guests to use. Across from this was the dining area where a delicious vegetarian breakfast was served. Each morning we received a big bowl of freshly chopped fruits, homemade bread/muffins, delicious scrambled eggs, coffee and a warm greeting from out hosts. Vicki had plenty of information about the area and I am sure she would have been able to answer almost any question we had.
My two favorite people.
Oshie was ready to explore.
Our 3 night stay meant that we didn’t spend much time at the cottage during the day. We wanted to make the most of our time in Asheville and explore. Thankfully the cottage was close to everything we wanted to see. It is less than a mile from the Biltmore Estate entrance and Biltmore Village, five minutes from downtown Asheville and only a short car drive off the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The time that we did spend at Asheville Green Cottage was comfortable and fun and I would recommend it to anyone planning a trip to Asheville North Carolina with and without pets. Thanks to Vicki and Neeraj for providing such a lovely little place for us to stay!
Jesse
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