Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate

tykesmom · 12-10-2008, 06:21 PM

Mom and Tyke and I just got back from our annual "pilgrimage" to the Biltmore Estate. We go several times a year, but it's just not Christmas until we make a special winter trip up there! Unfortunately, although it was very cold, Tyke didn't get to see her first snowfall, but she had fun anyway! We stayed in a very pet friendly hotel, with an equally pet-friendly Waffle House just down the hill!! (They fixed Tyke her very own scrambled egg every day!) Here are a few pictures from our trip!

The view from our hotel - Mt. Pisgah is in the far background

Tyke "chilling" with a bully stick after we arrived!

Mirror, Mirror on the wall.......

I AM the fairest of them all!!!!

Tyke enjoyed riding on the luggage cart!

We went to the Biltmore on Monday, and it was a LOT less crowded during the week! While BaBa toured the House, Tyke and I went for a three-mile hike on the Estate!

A view from one of the trails through the gardens:

This huge American Holly tree was monstrous- and perfectly shaped for a Christmas tree!!!

Tyke checks out some of the flora on the trail:

Hey, bridges usually go over WATER.....

I'M GOIN' IN!!!!!

The boathouse on the Estate - a beautiful site: (don't know if you can tell, but the lake had ice on top!)

A view of the bridge over Bass Lake (this was in a scene in the movie "The Last of the Mohicans")

Taking a break beside the Lake....

But Mom, WHY can't I eat the geese?????????

A view of the stream from the top of the Bass Lake dam

The dam at Bass Lake - don't know if you can tell, but at the bottom of the waterfall, it's all ICE!!!

The fields along the French Broad River...in the summer it is full of hay!

A view of the chateau from the trail... it really is awesome!!!

Tyke and me at the Historic Horse Barn, that once housed the workhorses on the estate (Tyke tried to attack the topiary horse behind us!)

Hey, what's that scarecrow pointing at????

Tyke's getting a little heavy to hold for very long!!

Back at the hotel, Tyke takes in the view with a couple of her friends.

But Mom, I don't wanna go home!!!

But, home we are! Thanks for looking, and we wish you all could have been there!!!

12-10-2008, 06:25 PM

Those are great photos!!! Looks like everyone had a great time!

**MaxandMe** · 12-10-2008, 06:46 PM

WOW thanks soooooo much for sharing those photos and info on Biltmore Estate w/us!!!

got a giggle out of TYKE wanting to "check out" the topiary horse

and you mean BaBA was the fairest of them all?

PS I have ordered Biltmore Estate Alliums in past

curlygirl · 12-10-2008, 07:54 PM

Awesome pictures!

So glad all of you (Tyke too) had such a good time.

Thanks for sharing and I feel like I was there!

blueteal · 12-10-2008, 08:06 PM

Sounds and looks like a great trip!!!!!!!!!!!

Mud · 12-10-2008, 10:37 PM

My goodness it looks very cold. I expect the walk was quite brisk to warm the two of you up. I'm now going to look up the Biltmore Estate on the web so I can see what it is all about.

And, Kim, I'm surprised you can hold that big lump at all. She looks like a woolly bear, but really cute.

gene · 12-10-2008, 11:45 PM

I went to the Biltmore Estate when I was younger! What a beautiful place.

Looks like a great time!! I take it Baba is all healed now and no casts??

Lucee&Rusty · 12-11-2008, 04:40 AM

What a beautiful place! That Holly tree is amazing!!
Tyke, I love the photo on you on the bench! You look so cute!

tykesmom · 12-11-2008, 06:04 AM

Anne, it was VERY cold while we were there! On Sunday, the temp stayed right at freezing with some fairly high winds that made it even colder! And you are right, Tyke is quite the little lump these days - she is now close to 40 lbs at 17 months! Not a big dog, but I still can't carry her very far anymore! (and she still likes to be carried to bed just as I did when she was a tiny puppy!

)
Gene, BaBa's casts are gone, and she didn't even need physical therapy!
I have to show you these photos of Tyke and BaBa fighting over the chair beside the window in the hotel room (BaBa would KILL me if she knew I posted these!!

)

BaBa: "Hey, Tyke, that's MY chair!"
Tyke: "I was here FIRST!!!"

BaBa: "I said MOVE IT!!!!!"

Tyke: "Well, this other chair IS pretty comfy....and a lot SAFER!!!"

Raleighsmom · 12-11-2008, 08:52 AM

OMG Kim...I can't stop laughing...and yes you're right...Baba would kill you if she knew you posted those pics for THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE!!!!!Bwahahahahahahaha

I know my mother would annihilate me!!!! Thanks for sharing your mini-trip with us and for a fantastic laugh!!!! I'm sure Baba loves Tyke as much as Tyke loves Baba...you can just see the love on their faces!!!

12-11-2008, 09:19 AM

Oh my!!! That look Tyke is giving in the first pic!!! Hahahaha

**MaxandMe** · 12-11-2008, 10:30 AM

OM hahhaaaaaaaaaaaa TYKE may be precious..........but BABA is priceless!

Please give BaBa a hug and kiss for me!!

MySweetDoodle · 12-11-2008, 10:39 AM

Love the pictures of Tyke - she is just adorable. The estate looks like a beautiful place to visit. And *dog friendly* too - that's so great!

Bwhahahaha - those pics of Tyke and Baba *discussing* who gets the chair.... they are an absolute riot! I think if I were Tyke, I might be doing this

!

Beardedlady · 12-11-2008, 10:44 AM

Hahahahahahah!!!! Love those pics of Baba. I can just hear the tone in her voice. Thanks for posting all those pictures. It's fun to see where others go with their doodles and all the great scenery.

madcity_mike · 12-11-2008, 01:54 PM

That Tyke is just TOO cute for words. Thanks for sharing all your photos!!

12-10-2008, 06:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
tykesmom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,120	Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Mom and Tyke and I just got back from our annual "pilgrimage" to the Biltmore Estate. We go several times a year, but it's just not Christmas until we make a special winter trip up there! Unfortunately, although it was very cold, Tyke didn't get to see her first snowfall, but she had fun anyway! We stayed in a very pet friendly hotel, with an equally pet-friendly Waffle House just down the hill!! (They fixed Tyke her very own scrambled egg every day!) Here are a few pictures from our trip! The view from our hotel - Mt. Pisgah is in the far background Tyke "chilling" with a bully stick after we arrived! Mirror, Mirror on the wall....... I AM the fairest of them all!!!! Tyke enjoyed riding on the luggage cart! We went to the Biltmore on Monday, and it was a LOT less crowded during the week! While BaBa toured the House, Tyke and I went for a three-mile hike on the Estate! A view from one of the trails through the gardens: This huge American Holly tree was monstrous- and perfectly shaped for a Christmas tree!!! Tyke checks out some of the flora on the trail: Hey, bridges usually go over WATER..... I'M GOIN' IN!!!!! The boathouse on the Estate - a beautiful site: (don't know if you can tell, but the lake had ice on top!) A view of the bridge over Bass Lake (this was in a scene in the movie "The Last of the Mohicans") Taking a break beside the Lake.... But Mom, WHY can't I eat the geese????????? A view of the stream from the top of the Bass Lake dam The dam at Bass Lake - don't know if you can tell, but at the bottom of the waterfall, it's all ICE!!! The fields along the French Broad River...in the summer it is full of hay! A view of the chateau from the trail... it really is awesome!!! Tyke and me at the Historic Horse Barn, that once housed the workhorses on the estate (Tyke tried to attack the topiary horse behind us!) Hey, what's that scarecrow pointing at???? Tyke's getting a little heavy to hold for very long!! Back at the hotel, Tyke takes in the view with a couple of her friends. But Mom, I don't wanna go home!!! But, home we are! Thanks for looking, and we wish you all could have been there!!! __________________ Kim and Tyke "You say dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you they will be there long before any of us." - Robert Louis Stevenson

12-10-2008, 06:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Those are great photos!!! Looks like everyone had a great time!

12-10-2008, 06:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
MaxandMe Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 15,103	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate WOW thanks soooooo much for sharing those photos and info on Biltmore Estate w/us!!! got a giggle out of TYKE wanting to "check out" the topiary horse and you mean BaBA was the fairest of them all? PS I have ordered Biltmore Estate Alliums in past __________________ *Annmarie, Max,& Peanut* "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France uncondtional love: what a dog always does for us and humans strive to do but can we?

12-10-2008, 07:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
curlygirl Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 350	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Awesome pictures! So glad all of you (Tyke too) had such a good time. Thanks for sharing and I feel like I was there! __________________ Annie is a F1B chocolate labradoodle born on May 26, 2008.

12-10-2008, 08:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
blueteal Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,334	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Sounds and looks like a great trip!!!!!!!!!!!

12-10-2008, 10:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mud Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Norfolk Island - South Pacific Posts: 550	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate My goodness it looks very cold. I expect the walk was quite brisk to warm the two of you up. I'm now going to look up the Biltmore Estate on the web so I can see what it is all about. And, Kim, I'm surprised you can hold that big lump at all. She looks like a woolly bear, but really cute. __________________ Anne, Tassies Hugo the Boss (born 23 Dec 07 ALF4), Tassies Hot Potato (born 19 June 08 ALF4) and our DH Miles.

12-10-2008, 11:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
gene Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: youngstown ohio Posts: 8,619	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate I went to the Biltmore Estate when I was younger! What a beautiful place. Looks like a great time!! I take it Baba is all healed now and no casts?? __________________ gene , jonah , miko and rumor "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." - Robert Benchley

12-11-2008, 04:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lucee&Rusty Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,028	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate What a beautiful place! That Holly tree is amazing!! Tyke, I love the photo on you on the bench! You look so cute! __________________ Ingrid, Lucee & Rusty A dog may look at you with its eyes, but it sees you with its heart - anon

12-11-2008, 06:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
tykesmom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,120	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Anne, it was VERY cold while we were there! On Sunday, the temp stayed right at freezing with some fairly high winds that made it even colder! And you are right, Tyke is quite the little lump these days - she is now close to 40 lbs at 17 months! Not a big dog, but I still can't carry her very far anymore! (and she still likes to be carried to bed just as I did when she was a tiny puppy! ) Gene, BaBa's casts are gone, and she didn't even need physical therapy! I have to show you these photos of Tyke and BaBa fighting over the chair beside the window in the hotel room (BaBa would KILL me if she knew I posted these!! ) BaBa: "Hey, Tyke, that's MY chair!" Tyke: "I was here FIRST!!!" BaBa: "I said MOVE IT!!!!!" Tyke: "Well, this other chair IS pretty comfy....and a lot SAFER!!!" __________________ Kim and Tyke "You say dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you they will be there long before any of us." - Robert Louis Stevenson

12-11-2008, 08:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
Raleighsmom Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Windsor,Ct Posts: 4,617	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate OMG Kim...I can't stop laughing...and yes you're right...Baba would kill you if she knew you posted those pics for THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE!!!!!Bwahahahahahahaha I know my mother would annihilate me!!!! Thanks for sharing your mini-trip with us and for a fantastic laugh!!!! I'm sure Baba loves Tyke as much as Tyke loves Baba...you can just see the love on their faces!!! __________________ Kathie,Raleigh & Molly! "Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier

12-11-2008, 09:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Oh my!!! That look Tyke is giving in the first pic!!! Hahahaha

12-11-2008, 10:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
MaxandMe Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 15,103	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate OM hahhaaaaaaaaaaaa TYKE may be precious..........but BABA is priceless! Please give BaBa a hug and kiss for me!! __________________ *Annmarie, Max,& Peanut* "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France uncondtional love: what a dog always does for us and humans strive to do but can we?

12-11-2008, 10:39 AM	#13 (permalink)
MySweetDoodle Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 327	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Love the pictures of Tyke - she is just adorable. The estate looks like a beautiful place to visit. And dog friendly too - that's so great! Bwhahahaha - those pics of Tyke and Baba discussing who gets the chair.... they are an absolute riot! I think if I were Tyke, I might be doing this !

12-11-2008, 10:44 AM	#14 (permalink)
Beardedlady Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 459	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate Hahahahahahah!!!! Love those pics of Baba. I can just hear the tone in her voice. Thanks for posting all those pictures. It's fun to see where others go with their doodles and all the great scenery. __________________ Ann (and Lucy) Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear. -- Dave Barry

12-11-2008, 01:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
madcity_mike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 670	Re: Tyke's Christmas Trip to the Biltmore Estate That Tyke is just TOO cute for words. Thanks for sharing all your photos!! __________________ Mike, Sofie, and Parker "What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who open my heart a little wider." -Oprah Winfrey

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