Start your day in Asheville, N.Car., off right with a homemade meal at Early Girl. This famous eatery was once featured on a Rachel Ray show featuring affordable restaurants all over the world. Early Girl offers quite a variety from Tofu Scramble for $10 to biscuits and gravy for $4.50. All meals are locally sourced and made from scratch, making the price and portion size a bargain.
Try the Porky Breakfast bowl for $10 complete with home fries, BBQ pork, scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon gravy. Or try the lighter option with beans, spinach and herb cream cheese in the Veggie Breakfast bowl for just $9.
After filling up, head just eight miles out of the downtown area to Blue Ridge for a hike, epic mountainscape, fresh air and beautiful views. Early-bird hikers will see where the name “blue” comes from as the horizon greets the sunrise over the Appalachian Mountain range in the distance.
Head back to town for some lunch and shopping at the many boutiques, farmers market vendors and antique shops. Fill up a basket at one of the many tailgate markets and have a picnic al fresco.
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