{"id":8884,"date":"2019-03-23T04:52:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T11:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=8884"},"modified":"2019-03-23T04:52:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T11:52:48","slug":"the-biltmore-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=8884","title":{"rendered":"The Biltmore grounds…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“This is hallowed, sacred land.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the moment I passed through the large stone gate and onto the Biltmore Estate<\/a>, I knew I was somewhere uniquely special. Autumn was only a stone’s throw away, the leaves just starting to turn colors before dying. Farmer’s fields were showing the last of a bountiful harvest. I joyfully took my time walking around, kicking up fallen leaves as I went. I may have even been whistling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sun was still strong enough to warm my bare skin, and the recent rains had the rolling hills covered in radiant green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nature’s green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Know what I mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I get to see, close up, the Biltmore house for the first time. The architecture. The stone gargoyles. The fountains and the gardens. I can’t wait to enter, but that will happen later. For now, I only walk the hallowed grounds of the Biltmore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I find the peace I have been looking for, the State of Mind that I always long to be in, my happy place in this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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