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Lent Begins in Asheville

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We are in Asheville NC.   As fate would have it and because of our perpetual bad luck, it snowed last night.   I discovered that tickets to the Biltmore are $39 a person.   Somehow, while I really, really want to see the Biltmore, spending $78 doesn’t seem that wise.   The waitress at Waffle House told us to come back in mid-April.   She said it might be worth the cost then. As usual we opted for a cheap hotel.   I tried to push for a mid-range one but we are at the Super 8.   I’ve stayed in worse hotels but this is certainly not that great.   Plus it is noisy.   Here we sit.   Our anniversary trip is being spent sitting on opposite ends of king size bed with laptops on our laps.   Now before you say, oh boy, she really does complain a lot, that’s not my intention this morning.   I’m just sharing the reality of our anniversary trip.   This was my consolation prize for an anniversary trip to Phoenix that didn’t materiali...