Hey- Sounds Great! See you guys there! Let me know how I can help! I'll still be running the commute from Wmsburg to Winston-Salem (past Durham) once in a while. I can definitely recommend Asheville. Biltmore is the huge Vanderbilt mansion with great gardens, wine tasting, etc. If you can swing it and like Arts & Crafts movement, Grove Park Inn is a great place to stay there- lots of Stickley stuff, massive stone lodge. There's Old Salem in Winston-Salem, about 1/2 way between Asheville and Durham. Great 18th century Moravian town, actually more complete and original than Williamsburg with lots of activities. If you see Williamsboro on the way, stop and look around. There was once a church here under whose floor, it is said, a box was buried. Inside were drafts which revealed the true authorship of Shakespeare's plays and other majorly important works (like an original of the Constitution). Of course- the beach is always great too- especially the National Seashore beaches.
Anyway- drive, enjoy, explore
see you all there
