We went on a field trip with our friends Mary and Steve. Over a glass of wine recently we started hatching plans for a fun day and since none of us had ever visited the Carl Sandburg Home near Hendersonville we chose that as our starting point. Entering the unpretentious home of this fascinating family was to step back into 1967 and into the lives of Sandburg, his wife, daughters, and granddaughters. It was fascinating and all four of us want to go back there again. Next stop was Hannah Flannagan’s for Irish pub fare for lunch and the McFarlan Bakery for dessert and coffee. Yum! Then on to Burnt Shirt Winery and a tour of the facility guided by the wine maker himself followed by a wine tasting. Every trip to the Asheville area must involve a stop by Earth Fare which yielded us a few pints of Graeter’s Ice Cream and as we neared home we stopped by Barber Orchard to pick up a few apples! An educational, fun, fruitful day!
Burgh House Hampstead
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
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