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In need of a perfect plan, packed with fun things to do in Asheville, NC, for your next family-friendly trip? We have you covered! Situated between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville makes a beautiful day trip destination. But if you’re looking for something a little longer, there’s enough to do in Asheville to fill up a long weekend. This Guide to Asheville, NC will help you plan your trip!
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Asheville has a lot to offer families. These places make great day trip destinations in Asheville, NC. String a few together and you’ve got a mini-vacation!
If you’re looking for more day trip ideas in the Asheville area, visit our Guide to Western North Carolina where you’ll find many more ideas!
WNC Nature Center is a great place to spend the day with the family and learn about animals native to Western North Carolina! The nature center is home to foxes, black bears, cougars, a hellbender salamander, and more!
WNC Nature Center
75 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville, NC
WNC Nature Center is so fun. We also LOVE eating at Farm Burger.
ErinIf you’d like to visit the Biltmore Estate, check out 10 Things You Must Do at Biltmore and if you’re visiting Biltmore with young children don’t miss Our Ultimate Guide to Visiting Biltmore Estates with Children. They have a fantastic historical walking tour.
Biltmore Estates
One Lodge Street, Asheville, NC
Mountain Play Lodge is an amazing indoor play space for kids and makes a perfect stop for your day trip to WNC.
3389 Sweeten Creek Road Arden, NC
828.676.2120
We’ll make a trip to visit Mountain Play Lodge and eat at Farm Burger
CraigRide KidZip, the first Zipline in the country built for kids ages 4 to 10. But don’t think this place is just for younger kids, there’s an adult zipline course, a climbing wall, and their Treetops Adventure Park, and more!
1 Resort Drive
Asheville, NC 28803
828.225.2921
This unique museum houses all things Pinball, and you can get to play the machines!
1 Battle Square #1b, Asheville
828.776.5671
Asheville Pinball Museum! You pay to get in and play unlimited pinball (and some arcade) games. They have 80 machines
StephanieOld school, retro games and you can play all day for one price.
Check out our Kidding Around Review of Asheville Retrocade.
800 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC
828.575.9488
Asheville’s only public splash pad is a very popular place to be in the heat of summer! It is the perfect place to cool off while visiting downtown.
Pack Square, Downtown Asheville
There’s a splash pad at pack square that was nice after walking around downtown.
AllysonThe North Carolina Arboretum is a beautiful place to spend a few hours. Enjoy the gorgeous flowers, plants, and fountains. Stroll through the Bonsai Garden, or watch the outdoor model train run through a garden village. The NC Arboretum is located just before the entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway, so you can explore there once you leave.
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville
828.665.2492
NC Arboretum is a nice stop for sights/hikes.
GlennHave a lazy day floating down the French Broad River with your family and enjoy cooling off with Zen Tubing in Asheville.
Find out how their chocolate is made, and even have a taste test, at the French Broad Chocolate Factory. Be sure to book your tour ahead of time.
French Broad Chocolate Factory and Cafe
821 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC
It wouldn’t be a visit to Asheville if you didn’t embrace the art culture there. There are art galleries galore to explore, with tons of local and award-winning artist’s works on display.
Are you planning a visit to Asheville during the Holiday Season? There are some great things to do during this magical season in Asheville.
Here’s our Guide to Christmas in Asheville!
Don’t miss the Gingerbread Houses at Asheville’s Grove Park Inn
Visit the Biltmore Mansion at Christmas time for Christmas at the Biltmore.
View half a million LED lights in this Asheville Christmas Light Exhibit at the NC Arboretum.
Ride this amazing Jingle Bell Trolley along the Craggy Mountain Line
Winter activities in Asheville include skiing and snow tubing. Here are a couple of places where you can enjoy these winter sports and activities in Asheville.
We love corn mazes! Asheville is home to the Eliada Corn Maze where you can get lost in a corn maze, but also enjoy hay rides, cow train rides, a small hay bale maze, spider web play area, giant slides, corn cob guns, giant checkers game and more!
Head to Asheville for a Fun Day at Eliada Corn Maze
Grab a great meal and a beverage at Sierra Nevada Brewery. It is kid friendly!
100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC
828.681.5300
Sierra Nevada has a great family area outdoors to play games and just hang out and their desserts are amazing
JordainChoose a table outside and watch the kids play on the playground and explore the neighboring creek while you enjoy a great burger and a beverage.
8 Beverly Road, Asheville
828.575.2880
Creekside Tap house is the best with kids (back deck, play area, creek to wade in)
BriannaPerfect pastries and delicious coffee are what you’ll find at Asheville’s Old Europe.
13 Broadway Street, Asheville
828.255.5999
Old Europe is another great place. Desserts and coffee (plenty of gluten free and vegan options for allergies)
GlennGet tasty grass-fed beef burgers at Farm Burger, along with amazing fries and milkshakes.
10 Patton Avenue, Asheville
828.348.8540
1831 Hendersonville Road, Asheville
828.575.2393
Local meat smoked in-house! What more can you ask for? Buxton has BBQ with all the sides you can imagine.
32 Banks Avenue, Asheville
828.232.7216
Buxton BBQ is delicious and huge!
ChelseyWhat are your favorite things in Asheville?
Looking for more places to spend the day with your family? Here’s our list of Day Trip Towns that are just a short drive from the Upstate.
Did you know that you can see elk in Cherokee? Nestled in the North Carolina Smoky Mountains, you’ll find the Oconaluftee Visitor Center where you’ll find lots of fun things to do. We didn’t know about this! After hearing in passing about the elk herd, we decided to load up the kids and set off on an adventure to see what we could find. And find them we did at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center, along with some other great educational gems.
Elk were originally native to the Smoky Mountains, but over 200 years ago the population died off to extinction in the area. However, back in 2001 a project was begun to reintroduce the elk to the Smoky Mountains. Since then, the herd has multiplied. Cherokee, NC offers excellent viewing of these impressive animals in their wild habitat.
You can find more day trip ideas on our Day trips in Western NC page.
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One great place to view the elk is the Oconaluftee Visitor Center Website. This spot offers a wealth of opportunities for homeschool students. The field next to the visitor center is known for elk viewing. In addition, the center boasts a small indoor museum about the history of life in the Smoky Mountains and an impressive outdoor museum consisting of original farm buildings built in the early 1900s.
There is no admission fee but you must pay the $5 daily fee to park or purchase a parking pass for the park.
First, observing the elk. We arrived at the center around 10 am, and we were disappointed to hear from the rangers that the best time to view the elk in the field is either first thing in the morning, about 7 am, or in the evening, approximately 6 – 7 pm, as elk prefer the cooler temperatures. During the Winter the elk viewing is unpredictable.
However, determined to enjoy our day anyway, we walked on the easy trail along the Oconaluftee River. The river was crystal clear and we enjoyed skipping stones and our leisurely walk. After walking a short while, we turned around to head back to the car to pick up our picnic basket. But our walk was interrupted by a few large park natives, elk. We were treated to a small group of 14 elk. One of them was a large bull with an impressive set of antlers. They were just a few feet off the trail! It was thrilling.
The bugle sound the bulls make to attract the females is unforgettable. This occurs mostly in September and October.
We climbed down the river bank to avoid getting too close to the bull. However, other walkers did not make the same decision. Another walker decided to approach the bull to take a picture and we watched him rear up and toss his antlers. Fortunately, the bull turned and ran, leading a small herd away. (Note that especially in mating season, bull elk can be very aggressive. Approaching them closely is NOT recommended. It is actually illegal to approach them willfully within 50 yards. Stay on the trail and be mindful of getting too close. The Smoky Mountains National Park has some elk viewing safety information.)
While the elk were extremely exciting to see, we also really enjoyed the small museum in the visitor’s center and the Mountain Farm Museum adjacent to the center. Both of these places allowed us to get a glimpse of what living in the mountains in the early 1900s was like.
At the entrance to the Mountain Farm Museum (outdoors) look to the right of the opening in the fence and you will find a covered box with self-guided tour booklets. This will give you a lot of information about the individual buildings themselves, as well as their role on mountain farms at this time.
We really appreciated that the buildings in the farm museum were original and not replicas, so we were able to examine the construction and see elements like pegs used as nails, and the dovetail construction of the cabin walls. Here we viewed a cabin, chicken coop, meat house, wood shed, pig pen with pigs, apple house and many other buildings utilized by mountain farmers in the 1900s.
Admission to this site is completely free, and the travel time is a little over 2 hours from Greenville, making this a really fantastic day trip.
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As a homeschool trip, this site offers both science and history opportunities. If you’d like to augment the trip, check out some books or search the internet for information about elk or mountain farm life in the 1900s. You might also enjoy the following:
Read Little Farm in the Ozarks, by Roger Lea MacBride. This story is a continuation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series, focusing on her daughter, Rose. It is set in Laura’s mountain farm in the Ozarks, in the same time frame as the buildings viewed at the Mountain Farm Museum.
Read Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings, by Laura Ingles Wilder. This is a collection of essays Laura wrote for a newspaper during the late 1800s and early 1900s about her life as a farmwife on an Ozark Mountain farm. This is NOT a Little House series story and was not written for an audience of children, so parents may wish to read through it first and make sure it is accessible and acceptable for their children.
This article from American Forests offers a lot of information about the project to reintroduce elk to the area. It contains a lot of information but is quite long, so parents may want to go through it with their children and select a few points to focus on.
For an alternative view, read this article about the struggle farmers in the area have with damage caused by the elk (you can view an example of this damage on the farm museum’s apple trees). Consider holding a mock debate in your home between siblings, or kids vs parents, about the benefits to the elk and the park vs the viewpoint of the farmers and the damage the animals cause.
Here is a brief minute-and-a-half-long video showing the elk at Oconaluftee with a little bit of information about the herd from the wildlife biologist for the Smoky Mountains National Park. You can hear the male elk bugle at the beginning of the video.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
1194 Newfound Gap Rd, Cherokee, NC
828.497.1919
Open every day except Christmas Day
How do you think your kids would feel about a road trip to visit elk?
Looking for more things to do in Cherokee, NC? Check out our Spend A Day in Cherokee, NC guide.
Did you know that Greenville Tech operates several student-run clinics that offer low-cost services to the Greenville, SC community? If you’re looking for some low-cost options to sub into your routine to help fight the way inflation is hitting your budget, you’ll want to check out what Greenville Tech is offering.
Student-run clinics at Greenville Tech give students real-life practice in their field of study. They are overseen by licensed professionals, but because students are doing the work, the fees charged to clients are very low compared to professional services.
Student-run clinics at Greenville Technical College:
You will need to make an appointment at these clinics to attend.
(more…)Baby goat alert. There are lots of family-friendly farm events and happenings going on at Double Blessing Farm, Travelers Rest, SC. And if you’re not following the farm, you are missing out! If you, or your kiddos, love spending time with sweet goats and other farm animals, enjoy goat milk soap, cheese, and fudge, or want to learn about homesteading, you’ll want to keep reading.
This farm invites the public to learn and enjoy the farm at public events throughout the year, and hosts field trips and private events. We visited for a birthday party and we have ALL the details on this little goat farm gem.
Take a little peek at our trip to Double Blessing Farm.
Throughout the year, Double Blessing Farm offers a variety of different family-friendly events. They vary from workshops and classes to festivals and vendor events.
You’ll want to follow the Double Blessing Farm event page to see what’s happening at the farm. Also, follow the Red Clay Soap Facebook Page.
The next public event at Double Blessing Farm is June 21, 2024 from 9 am to 12 pm, and that is their Blueberry Festival. It will feature, of course, blueberries for sale from Arrowhead Acres, plus lots of fun farm vendors, coffee, pastries, AND playing with baby goats.
Tickets are $5 and they are on sale now.
The farm is also open for private events like field trips and birthday parties. Field trips for schools, homeschools, even special needs or nursing homes are common at the farm and they will customize for your group. Have some littles ready to learn about farm animals? That can happen at Double Blessing Farm. Have an older group of homeschoolers? They can learn about the chemistry of soap making! Want to learn about running a dairy and homesteading? Red Clay Soap at Double Blessing Farm knows all about that.
You can get all the details on the private events offered at Double Blessing Farm on their website. The events are very affordable starting at $150.
We loved visiting Double Blessing Farm for our friends’ birthday adventure. All the kids really enjoyed spending time with the animals and both Rachel and John were a wealth of knowledge when it came to goats and homesteading that they happily shared with our group.
The farm is gorgeous and it was such a pleasant place to spend the morning. We had lots of time to play with the goats, and we got to taste some goat milk cheese and delicious fudge! Everyone brought home a little goat milk soap. I would not hesitate to book an event or visit this farm!
Double Blessing Farm- Red Clay Soap
2310 Tigerville Road, Travelers Rest
Are you looking for restaurants in Greer, SC? Whether you’re looking for a restaurant to hold a business lunch or a casual place to bring the kids, Greer has lots of options. Check out this guide, organized by meal and category, to find the perfect restaurant! Did we miss your favorite? Let us know in the comments!
Here are some of the best restaurants in Greenville, SC!
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Did you know you can stay in a cabin at Upstate Zipline? Set in a private and beautiful portion of Keowee-Toxaway State Park, Upstate Zipline operates cabins, tent sites, and even an event venue with options for families or groups. We got a chance to stay in a cabin and enjoy the site. WOW did our family have a blast. This is such a great place for families to enjoy some time exceptional quality time together. We’ll take you through our visit and tell you how you can plan your own stay at Upstate Zipline’s cabins.
Thanks to Upstate Zipline for inviting us to stay, zip and gem mine so we could bring this review to our readers!
I have to tell you a secret. I do not camp. Me in a tent, it’s happened like two nights in the last 20 years. It’s just not my thing. But I do love spending time by a nice campfire, listening to the birds, taking a break from the everyday hum drum, and watching my tweens and teenage kids remember that not all of life has to be complicated. It’s ok to kick back, be silly, and let the pressure of final exams and approaching SATs take the back seat for a while.
I’m not entirely sure about the definition of “glamping.” But if it involves peaceful, outdoor enjoyment, along with a comfy bed, hot shower, Keurig Machine, and a microwave in a spotless cabin, then we can definitely call our experience in our Upstate Zipline cabin a “glamping” trip.
In case you aren’t familiar, Upstate Zipline operates an amazing canopy zipline tour through a portion of Keowee-Toxaway State Park. The tour ends in a section of the park called Camp Cedar Creek, just a few minutes from their office location. Originally operated by the state park, Upstate Zipline has taken over managing this camp and they’ve done some awesome things for families!
Families can stay in one of two family cabins at Camp Cedar Creek that sleep 6 to 8 people. They are extremely clean and comfortable cabins, with air conditioning and a kitchenette. The cabin we stayed in had a king-size bed and two bunk beds with linens, a couch seating area, fluffy towels, a dining table that seats 6, and even a television.
And of course outside the cabin was a fireplace with a grill over the top that we could cook on, two picnic tables, and two rocking chairs on the porch. Honestly, we spent most of our time outside! We cooked over the fire both nights of our stay, hamburgers one night and hot dogs the other. And of course, there’s always room for s’mores.
If you’re not the cooking outdoors type, the cabin does have a microwave and a hot plate. There’s also a mini fridge with a freezer, a Keurig machine, plus basic utensils and dishes.
The bathrooms are located at a central bathhouse which is really only a few steps from the cabin. And what I love, love, love about this bathhouse is that each cabin is assigned a private, locking bathroom. It has a hot shower, mirror, toilet, sink, towel holders, bench, all the things you need in a bathroom. It’s clean and your family will be the only ones using it so you can leave your towels in there, toothbrush, shampoo, whatever!
You remember how I don’t camp? Normal bathhouses are part of that. This is NOT a normal bathhouse. So much better.
The two family cabins and the group cabin, more on that in a minute, are all located together on a little dead-end circle in the park. My kids brought their skateboards and loved riding them around this area. The circle would be a perfect place for small kids to enjoy scooters or bikes, so make sure to bring them along!
The third cabin is meant for groups and is furnished with bunk beds, sleeping 12. It also has a kitchenette and table, plus an outdoor fireplace and picnic tables. This cabin would be good for a large family, small youth group, scouts, or any small group.
The property is located on a private cove of Lake Keowee. “Beautiful” is not a strong enough word, “stunning” and “magnificent” get a little closer. From the cabins, there is a short trail down to a driveway that ends in another dead-end circle. Here you’ll find the lake and Upstate Zipline’s The Venue.
The Venue, as the name implies, is an event venue that can be rented for events like weddings, family reunions, baby showers, birthdays, and even work retreats. With a full kitchen inside, it has a gorgeous view of the water, an outdoor stone fireplace, a fishing pier, a lake shore for relaxing, and lots of outdoor space. The Venue can accommodate groups of up to 100.
Sit on the shore and enjoy the view of a private Lake Keowee cove. The shoreline all around the cove is tree-lined and beautiful. We saw fish jumping, turtles, and even a goose family with goslings in the lake and wandering the shore.
My children did enjoy wading in the lake, however, we were told later that alligator snapping turtles had been seen in the cove. After that, we did not swim, and that’s definitely something you’ll want to watch out for. But, we did make use of the kayaks provided by Upstate Zipline.
If kayaking is something you’d like to enjoy, just ask about them when you book. They were left for us on the shore of the lake along with life jackets and paddles. It was so easy, and such a fun way to spend the sunny afternoon!
From the shore, you can see two ziplines crossing the lake. These are part of the zipline tour, which again, is awesome. But, my kids also really enjoyed paddling out in the kayaks to watch a group come through on the ziplines. If you’re lucky you might catch a group coming through from the shore or a kayak, too. Make sure to give them a wave.
So, let’s recap. Comfy cabin, air conditioning, time spent outdoors, happy kids (and even teens!). What did we leave out?
Zipping! The cabins are just about a 5-minute drive to Upstate Zipline’s office where your family can start your zipline adventure, zip through the trees AND mine for gems! We have all the details on that in our story on Upstate Zipline.
You can zip and mine for gems without staying in the cabins, too. So, if you’re looking for a totally cool day trip, this would be fabulous.
My kids and I had never ziplined and we had the best time zipping through the trees and over the lake. It was such a great adventure to share together. The folks at Upstate Zipline are just about the kindest and most welcoming family ever. It was an absolute blast.
And then we got to mine for gems at the sluice beside the office. My kids found amethyst, fossils, coral, and all kinds of treasures. They are still having fun identifying all their finds.
For a unique family adventure, we really can’t recommend Upstate Zipline enough. Book your cabin for a couple of nights, zip, mine for gems, enjoy the lake, kayak, and most of all enjoy your family sitting together beside that campfire making s’mores. It doesn’t get much better than that.
Book your stay or your event!
Head to Upstate Zipline’s website for The Venue. You’ll find all the cabin information and event information right there!
Upstate Zipline
138 Museum Circle, Sunset, SC (Main Office)
Are you looking for a place to get away for a weekend as a couple? Life is busy! And you both need a little time to reconnect, no distractions. We totally get it and you are in luck because we have found the most idyllic and romantic treehouse for your escape! The Old Soul Treehouse on Lake Greenwood is nothing short of completely stunning in every way. It’s one of a kind, nothing like it, completely magnificent and we’re going to tell you all about the magic we found in our stay!
Thank you to Old Soul Treehouse owner, Kristen, for providing us with a two-night stay so we could bring this review to our readers.
A true work of art, this treehouse is stunning and very special. Built with beautiful, unique, reclaimed, and restored pieces that are flawlessly incorporated into animaginative design, we’ve never seen anything like this treehouse. And we have stayed in a lot of vacation rentals.
The home’s guest book of information shares the history of these reclaimed components, including the gorgeous French doors in the tree house that opens to the deck and the view of Lake Greenwood. They are restored, fully functional, and came all the way from Turkey. I loved these doors. I think I probably took nearly a thousand pictures of them. Which, I realize sounds so silly. “What did you do on vacation?” “I took pictures of doors!” But they are that pretty. And, they work beautifully. The craftsmanship in this home does not disappoint.
Is a treehouse complete without a bridge and spiral stairs?
Probably not.
The property’s cast iron spiral staircase came from Bob Jones University, according to the home’s guest book. They date to the early 1900s and were located in the study of Bob Jones himself.
If you take the spiral staircase down to the ground, you’ll arrive at a beautiful deck under the treehouse. Lit with a strand of lights and a pretty chandelier, there’s a swinging bed to relax with a view of the lake plus two cozy wicker chairs. My husband and I enjoyed snacks, wine, and quite a few rounds of our favorite board games here.
Back up the spiral stairs, you can return to the house or turn and cross the bridge to the other deck which is round with little trees growing right through it, in true treehouse fashion. There’s a table for dining and a hot tub that lights up at night.
Heading back across the bridge is my other favorite part of this home. There’s a vintage window that opens out from the interior kitchen to an outdoor breakfast bar with two stools. We enjoyed lunch and breakfast at this little cozy outdoor nook.
The interior of the treehouse is small but so airy and beautiful. We loved the kitchen with the vintage farmhouse feel, especially the soapstone sink! The smaller appliances are so cute, new but made to look vintage. We didn’t cook here and opted for a charcuterie one night and Doordash the next, but the home is fully equipped to cook a meal. You’ll find all the cooking things including pots and pans, cookie sheets, cutting boards, dishes, silverware, and the like. Everything you need!
There’s a pretty king-size bed that looks like it might have come from a Disney princess movie, and a full bathroom with a clawfoot tub. Don’t miss the totally gorgeous stained glass window above the tub, another beautifully incorporated treasure. The details in this treehouse are tremendous.
The treehouse book on the table has restaurant recommendations, information on where to get groceries, things to do, and everything you could possibly think of is there. You really don’t have to plan much at all before you arrive!
You won’t find a television at the treehouse and that is intentional. Kristen, the treehouse owner, wants this place to be where couples come to connect. You’ll find board games and a record player with a wide selection of records. My husband and I loved having the record player. Listening to records is actually one of our favorite things to do at home and it was so neat to discover in a vacation rental. Very rare!
The home also has a cute lantern Bluetooth speaker so you can play any music you like from your device and even bring the speaker outside. There is wifi available. We brought it out to the hot tub on both nights of our stay and were so happy to have it.
The treehouse also has a private dock in Lake Greenwood that you can access with just a short path through the woods from the treehouse. There you’ll find two comfortable Adirondack chairs to enjoy the view. This is a good place to enjoy a beverage or a snack and good conversation.
You may notice a small building beside the dock in our photos and video. That is an old fishing cottage on the property. The owners hope to someday restore it but it is not currently in use by anyone. The dock is private just for you!
You can swim from the dock, fish with poles provided at the house (fishing license is required according to SCDNR and the owner warns that they do cruise around on a boat and check from time to time), or even rent a boat.
My husband and I brought our own inflatable paddle boards and we enjoyed several paddles on the lake. We went out to a railroad trestle crossing the lake and saw hawks nesting on the trestle top, several Herons, ducks, and other birds. Usually, when we head out to paddle we are keeping tabs on kids, so this was such a lovely change!
Speaking of kids, no one under 18 is allowed on the property. This is a kid-free space designed for adults to spend quality time with each other. After 4 kids and 18 years of marriage, we’ve learned that time for each other is a rare and precious thing, and we so appreciate it.
I love my kids, I really do, don’t get me wrong. But, to have a conversation without the possibility of being interrupted by our kids was so nice. It really took pounds off our mental load so we could just relax and communicate. And the kids were spending some quality time with their aunt, so it was really a win for us all.
We really can’t say enough wonderful things about this special property. We know you’ll want to visit for yourself.
Now for the best part! Ready to plan your little escape together? Just visit the Old Soul Treehouse on Airbnb and book it!
The Old Soul Treehouse
Waterloo, SC, on Lake Greenwood
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***Spartanburg Spring Fling has been canceled and will not return. There will be no further Spring Fling Events in Spartanburg.***
The annual Spartanburg Spring Fling runs April 26-28, 2024 in the streets of downtown Spartanburg. If you are new in town or have not been to Spring Fling, plan to visit this special outdoor festival with your family. Most local families agree this is an event they look forward to all year.
