FEE includes BBQ at Lake Lure,& Cruise on Lake Lure Friday Evening 6:00 p.m. MUST BE READY to BOARD BOAT at 5:30 P.M
Active Worlds Welcome Packet, Active Worlds T shirt, Raffle tickets ( must be present to win)
Dinner Friday Evening will be at the Larkin's On the Lake.Nestled in a small quiet cove on Lake Lure, you will find an exquisite dining experience. ... find an exquisite dining experience. Larkin's on The Lake provide you and yours with taste ... for more information please use the link
Converging On North Carolina
August 14th to August 17th
Asheville, North Carolina
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Some of us have been fortunate enough to have formed strong real life friendships & loving relationships.
Some of us may have even found our nemesis.
Schedule Of Events
Wednesday August 13th
Check into Rooms, get settled in and find your way around the hotel.
Get acquainted with your fellow Gate Keepers and Citizens
Find out who's who. Un Pack, get settled into our suites. Check out the pool area.. Make plans for dinner.
Thursday Morning August 14th 2003
Breakfast in the Hotel dinning room a full complimentary
Continental Breakfast for your enjoyment.Breakfast Bar
The Comfort Suites offers an extended continental breakfast bar each morning.
Monday - Friday 6:30am - 9:30am
Saturday - Sunday
Thursday Afternoon August 14th
If any of you would like to go to the Biltmore Estate this afternoon for a tour this can be arranged. We will do this after breakfast on Thursday. This tour will be NO-HOST you know what that means your on your own for the tickets. Please plan on wearing comfortable shoes or tennis shoes. As there will be some walking to do. We will have lunch there at the Estate. Plan on bringing your cameras as well for some great out door pictures. No pictures are allowed to be taken in the home itself.
Plan Your Visit
Biltmore Estate and the surrounding area
offer days of wonderful diversions. But
where to begin? Use the links above as
tools to help plan and enjoy your estate
excursion.
Hours
Biltmore Estate is open seven days a week,
363 days a year, closed Thanksgiving and
Christmas Days only.
The Admissions Gate and Reception
& Ticket Center are open 8:30 A.M.-5:00
P.M. seven days a week; these areas
open at 9:00 A.M. January-March.
Admission
Your daytime admission to Biltmore Estate includes a self-guided tour of
Biltmore House, gardens, and winery.
Buy Tickets
Your Biltmore Estate admission
includes:
• A self-guided visit through four floors of
Biltmore House filled with art and antiques,
including living and entertainment areas,
the kitchens, indoor recreation areas, and
servants’ quarters
• A self-guided visit to Biltmore’sa acres of
gardens and walking trails
• A self-guided visit to Biltmore’s Winery,
which includes the production areas and
complimentary wine tasting (for guests 21
and older)
• Free parking
• Numerous dining and shopping
opportunities
Individual General Admission Rates
January 2-November 6, 2003
Adult: $36.00
Youth (ages 10-15):$27.00
Children (9 and under with paying adult): free
Thursday Evening
Dinner this evening will be in town who ever is in town this evening and would like to go to dinner with us.. Please join us for dinner. This dinner is NO-HOST you all know what that means.. Your picking up your own bill.
Meeting Space Will be opened up this evening, after we have come back from dinner until 12:00 midnight. There may be a few surprises planned this evening.. So watch out!..
Friday Morning
Breakfast in the Hotel dinning room a full complimentary
Continental Breakfast for your enjoyment.Breakfast Bar.
After Breakfast Please meet up in the lobby way at 11:00 a.m.(SHARP)
We will be car pooling out to Lake Lure,and spend the afternoon and early evening here. Plan ahead.
YOU will need to bring with you a Towel or two, your swim attire,perhaps a change of clothing if you want to change for dinner.Your sun hats, sun screen, spare change your cameras if you care to catch some of the action on flim.. To learn more about Lake Lure
Friday Afternoon
We will be having a Asheville BBQ at the Lake Lure Marina & Park. The BBQ will be hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, sodas, chips, and beer.
Who would have thought one could find a beach surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains? It's called the Beach at Lake Lure.The Beach at Lake Lure has lifeguards and professionally trained staff members to keep watch and assist you with all your needs. Whether you are seeking a day in the sun, family entertainment, an evening out or a special gathering, The Beach @ Lake Lure is the place for you. The crystal perfection of Lake Lure is waiting. So, dive in!From spring to fall, enjoy the warm water and mild climate of this unique isothermal region--a place where you can float on an inner tube, picnic in the shade, or just catch some rays on a sandy beach.
Explore the history and beauty in the easy comfort of a guided boat tour. Splash in its refreshing. Catch some rays, Float in a inner tube, picnic in the shade snooze in a longed chair. Just don't miss the fun of the water slides int he fun park, bumper boats, water wars. Lake Lure Marina and Park has paddle boats, canoes, pontoon boats all available, electric boats kayaks, all rented by the hour. Cold drinks, and sundries as well, Lake Lure Gifts and souvenirs.
Admission
Beach Only
Adults = $6
Seniors (62+) = $5
Children (3-12) = $4
“The Works”
(the Beach and Water Works)
Adults = $12
Seniors (62+) = $11
Children (3-12) = $10
Admission to the Beach is NO Host
Friday Evening August 15th, 2003
After a FUN day in the sun on the beach, and in the water. It's time to rest, unwind a bit.. There are hot and cold showers at the beach to get ourselves ready for the evening before dinner. Experience first hand the unique beauty of Lake Lure from the comfort of a luxurious seat aboard one of our spacious covered tour boats. Lake Lure Tours will take you past locations for the blockbuster film, "Dirty Dancing," and past acres and acres of unsurpassed natural beauty, wildlife and legend.
Your Cruise tickets are apart of your Reunion FEE. Your dinner this evening however is not.
Meeting room will be opened up when we get back to the hotel this evening letting the people back at the gate See what they have missed.
For a romantic dinner for two, or for a host of friends and family, Lake Lure Tours will cater to your every need. Bring along a picnic basket of appetizers, glide across the waters to Sunset Cove, and turn your attention to one of the most spectacular sunsets ever created.
After the sun takes its bow, cruise over to a favorite lake side restaurant, where you can spend an enjoyable evening of good food and great company. After dessert, climb on board, snuggle up with a blanket, and enjoy a lazy trip back to port under the summer moonlight.
Reservations are required for the dinner cruise. We'll make all the arrangements with the restaurant. Dinner cruises depart at 6:00 pm, seven days a week, April through November.
After Dinner we will sail back to the docks. Our cruise boat for the evening will wait for us to finish dinner approx two and half hours.We have plenty time to sit and enjoy our dinner.
for information on Larkin's on the Lake Bayfront Bar & Grill Lake Lure, NC.
Larkins on the Lake
Lake Lure's Only Waterfront Restaurant
Fine Dining in a Casual Atmosphere
Largest Selection of Fine Wines and Spirits in the Area
Fresh Daily Seafood Specials
Hand-Cut Prime Aged Beef
Dinner Service from 5:00 p.m.
Reservations Recommended
(828) 625-4075
Located on Hwy. 64/74-A at Hwy. 9
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Lake Lure Tours, Inc.
PO Box 541
Lake Lure, NC 28746
Toll-free: (877) FUN-4-ALL
(877-386-4255)
(828) 625-1373 (office)
(828) 625-2036 (fax
Saturday Morning August 16th 2003
Breakfast Hotel Dinning room. Please Plan on meeting up in the lobby way by 11:30 a.m. This will be our finial day in Asheville.. And we have what I feel is a fun-filled day for all.
Saturday Afternoon August 16th, 2003
Meeting Room Will be open in the evening showing the people back home our meeting space, live video feed back in the gate from our meeting space. Since this is our last night in Asheville. Thought we do something Special
When the chill northeast wind blows,
And winter tells a heavy tale,
When pyes and dawes and doobes and crowes
Do sit and curse the frostes and snowes,
Then give me ALE.
16th Century English Verse
We will be boarding up into vans, cars as many as we can and make a short trip to the FrenchBroad Brewery.
To learn more about the French Broad Brewery use this link
French Broad Brewery is located in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina, close to the entrance of the historic Biltmore Estate. We will be taking a tour of the Brewery and stopping for lunch afterwards.
Our tour will tell us how the beer is made and bottled.Winner - People's Choice Beer Award at the 11th Annual Culinary Showcase, January 2003, Asheville, NC.
We will be taking this tour at 12:00 noon sharp.
So please plan on meeting up in the lobby way of the Hotel by 11:30.
For places for lunch in Asheville check out the link below.
My vote is that we skip lunch and go right to this.
We have planned a fun filled full day of activities for all of us to enjoy.
We will once again be boarding our vans and cars to travel just about a hour outside of Asheville with stops along to way for pictures. We will be traveling up the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway. There will be times to stop and view the beauty of the Great Smoking Mountains of Nc. If you have cameras please bring them along you surely will want to take shots of the area. .
Saturday Afternoon:
Welcome to
Cherokee comes from a Creek word "Chelokee" meaning "people of a different speech."
Here in their ancient homeland, the North Carolina Cherokee still compete in bowman ship and blowgun contests, they play the ancient game of Indian Ball and participate in other primitive games and dances that were begun centuries before the white man ventured into the region.
We will visit the Cherokee Indian Reservation
After lunch we will be heading out to the Cherokee Indian Reservation.We will also visit the Oconaluftee Indian Village
this afternoon
For more information on the Cherokee Indian Reservation
please use this link Please wear shoes that are comfortable and suitable for walking.
We will also visit the Oconaluftee Indian Village
For more information on the Oconaluftee Village please use this link
This village is an authentic replica of an 18th century Cherokee community. Cherokee guides explain the history, culture and life-style of their ancestors. Watch Cherokee craftsmen demonstrate their skill in making arrowheads, baskets, blowguns, beaded belts, ceremonial masks, dugout canoes, pottery, and wood cravings. You'll also enjoy the replica of a 7-sided Council House and typical Cherokee homes as they were 250 years ago. Adjacent to the Village is the mile-long Nature Trail that provides visitors the opportunity to walk through the woods and see a variety of trees, plants and flowers indigenous to the western North Carolina area.
Saturday Evening August 16th 2003
Harrahs Cherokee Casino & Hotel Welcome to the excitement.Known for delivering 24hrs of gaming action. Cherokee Casino in Cherokee North Carolina.Has built a reputation for exciting, live entertainment and fine dinning.
Bigger then ever the thrills never stop, they just get bigger and you'll find 60,000 square feet of casino excitement and round the clock gaming action with more then 30,000 video gaming to choose from
The Harrahs Cherokee Casino is the only casino that has lock n roll which has two spins to win they also have unlimited jackpots and select machines.
For more information on this Casino please logon to
Be sure and bring some extra change for the slot machines, also ask for your "Total Reward Card" you just may walk out a winner.. There are many restaurants right there at the casino that we can choose from. There is even a buffet dinner.Their restaurants will tempt your palate with everything from deli sandwiches to award-winning cuisine.
Please remember that access to our casino restaurants are currently limited to guests who are 21 or over. We welcome guests of all ages to our two restaurants within the hotel: Club Cappuccino and Selu Garden Cafe.
Sunday Morning August 17,2003
Breakfast in the Hotel dinning room a full complimentary
Continental Breakfast for your enjoyment.Breakfast Bar. Our last day in Asheville, lots of hugs, and photos, and good wishes for a safe trip home See you back at the gate.