Day 4: Our last full day.

We started off the day with a guided trolley ride into and around Asheville. Doug snapped this picture as we were waiting to start the tour. She looks unimpressed. However afterward, for the rest of the day, Kerry Lu couldn't stop talking about it...as much as her vocabulary currently allows, at least. I'd say we had at least two dozen conversations that went something like this:

" da BUSS!"

"Yes, baby, we rode the bus" (didn't have the heart to correct her)

"RED busss!"

"Yes, honey, the bus was red"

"(unintelligible) FUN!"

"I'm glad you had fun, sweetie."

Getting ready to dig in to a banana split. We've eaten a lot of ice cream on this trip. We've also had some pretty amazing meals, as well. We had out-of-this-world-delicious barbeque at the Little Switzerland Cafe along the Blue Ridge Parkway, great Mexican food at the Neo Cantina (ate there twice), and scrumptious Chicken Pot Pie at the Corner Kitchen.

Getting acquainted with a local statue.

Pretty in yellow, having fun just walking/running/hopping around Asheville.

In the lobby of the Grand Bohemian Hotel (not the best phot0). This is not where we stayed, but we were told we had to check out the lobby. It's the kind of place where even the restroom off of the lobby reeks of luxury

She does this new thing now, where she stops, squats down, and says "CHEEEESE", then waits for me to snap a picture. You may notice the remnants of nose bleed that she had earlier. NOT fun. We were out walking around town, and out of nowhere it hit. I had to scramble for the handful of napkins that I remember tossing into her diaper bag and I had to physically restrain her to keep her still while I held the napkins to her nose, which she hated. I'm talking screaming and flailing and slinging blood everywhere. This lasted about 10 or 15 minutes, seemed like much longer. A nearby shop owner ( who has two kids of her own) was nice enough to offer some tissues. I'm pretty sure that the dress can be saved with a little peroxide pre-treatment. After the drama was over, we were off to enjoy a late lunch/early dinner.

Another thing we've enjoyed is the indoor pool at our hotel. Kerry LOVES the water and has not let us forget to take her for a evening swim for the last 4 nights in a row. She gets so excited when we get in to our swimsuits, or "simp-soops" as she calls them.