I just got back from Cherokee NC which is about an hour and a half away from Asheville. I stayed at the KOA campground in an RV. The KOA campground in Cherokee is very nice indeed. You could actually say it is a resort. There is an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, a game room, a small restaurant where you can get a hamburger, a store, shuttle buses to area attractions and planned activities.  You can camp in a tent or an rv or rent a cabin. The staff is very pleasant and informative. The campground is located on Big Cove Road. this is a family oriented campground. You can go trout fishing a few feet away from your campsite. We watch several people catch their limit of trout in just a few hours. This is an ideal place to take the family  vacation or a weekend getaway. The best part of taking a vacation a short distance from home is you don’t get too tired out driving, you can go home quickly if you have to, you don’t use much gas (I used a quarter of a tank of gas in my Subaru round trip)  so you spend less money in the long run.

I went to Papa’s and Beer Restaurant this past Monday. It is a Mexican Restaurant located on Tunnel Rd Asheville NC just minutes from downtown. The food was good and very reasonable. Lunch for 2 including drinks and dessert was only $24.00. I got there fairly early because it is a very busy restaurant. The service was good. The Flan was the best I ever ate.

The Asheville Citizen Times reported today that President Obama is going to spend his vacation here in Asheville NC Grove Park Inn Resort next weekend. Other presidents have spent time at the Grove Park Inn as well as many famous celebrities. It has a spa, golf course and views of the mountains. See Asheville Grove Park Inn for more information about the resort.