Hey Belle..I have been to the Biltmore Home. I love the history of the surrounding area. That mountainous area was the 'cool summer' spot, for the rich and famous, mostly from the hot city of Nashville, but a lot of Chicago names are mentioned too.I saw pictures of hotels, etc that were there once, and a list of folks, who came there by stagecoach and carriages. we went gem mining close to there, in the small stream (I forgot the name ) and they handed out a brochure about the large gems found there...(I suppose it was true) We stayed at a new resort built next to Bald Mountain where an 18th century lodge had been.The corner stones were still in the ground. I took my young son on vacation there in 1984, hoping I could get him interested in junior golf. Friends took him to play golf a lot after his Dad died and he was really good. I bought the equipment...but he never really did it.I told him one day...he might have been a Tiger Wood and I might be rich! He just grunted! My brother Gene, is sick.X-rays showed a spot of pnumonia in left lung...but so far he is not in the hospital. Fever has not worsened. And Linda I made a mistake when I said '86 year old' He was born in 1925. So he is not that old. My sister is. Stella

Will be praying for Gene's quick recovery. Kay In a message dated 01/14/10 20:27:59 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hey Belle..I have been to the Biltmore Home. I love the history of the surrounding area. That mountainous area was the 'cool summer' spot, for the rich and famous, mostly from the hot city of Nashville, but a lot of Chicago names are mentioned too.I saw pictures of hotels, etc that were there once, and a list of folks, who came there by stagecoach and carriages. we went gem mining close to there, in the small stream (I forgot the name ) and they handed out a brochure about the large gems found there...(I suppose it was true) We stayed at a new resort built next to Bald Mountain where an 18th century lodge had been.The corner stones were still in the ground. I took my young son on vacation there in 1984, hoping I could get him interested in junior golf. Friends took him to play golf a lot after his Dad died and he was really good. I bought the equipment...but he never really did it.I told him one day...he might have been a Tiger Wood and I might be rich! He just grunted! My brother Gene, is sick.X-rays showed a spot of pnumonia in left lung...but so far he is not in the hospital. Fever has not worsened. And Linda I made a mistake when I said '86 year old' He was born in 1925. So he is not that old. My sister is. Stella ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message