Road Scholar in Asheville, NC

We took two days to get to Asheville.  Arrived at 4:30.  The Assembly Inn at Montreat was built in the 1920s and restored several times after fires.

The building sits across from a small lake.

 This is the view from a porch.

This is the view from my window.

The Conference Center was developed as a Chautauqua type summer camp.  In order to fund it, Presbyterians were given the opportunity to donate in return for a small bit of land for their private use.  It was recently incorporated to be a small city rather than a private institution.  Lovely summer homes.

They are in the process of renovating the bedrooms.

So far, they are air conditioned, with Wi-Fi in all rooms.  They have lovely new windows.

For the first day, breakfast is at 7:30, 

followed by lectures on Biltmore and the Vanderbilts.

After lunch, we go to Biltmore.

After dinner, there is a storyteller.