Follow the Hunger Games in North Carolina

Even thought the next installment of the Hunger Games is not being filmed in Western North Carolina the excitement hasn't faded. On your next trip you can trace the steps of the Hunger Games with this itinerary provided by the NC Tourism Deptartment. From Charlotte to Asheville, a stay at High Rock Rentals puts you right in the middle of all the Hunger Games filming spots.

Asheville & Black Mountain Restaurants Serve Local Grown Farm-to-Table Meals

Although each of the vacation rental cabins at High Rock Rentals is equipped with a full kitchen, you may want to enjoy some of the outstanding restaurants in western North Carolina. The city of Asheville is a wonderful find for the Foodie. And you'll be delighted with the restaurants that participate in the farm-to-table movement, Asheville allows diners who want their food as fresh from the farm to savor in a wide variety of dining choices for every taste and budget.

Among other reasons, Asheville is makes national headlines for its farm-to-table choices: Epicuriousnoted our Tupelo Honey Café as one of the top 10 farm-to-table restaurants in the U.S. and Bon Appetit named Asheville a runner-up to Portland, ME in this year's "America's Foodiest Small Town" distinction.

Here's some of our favorite farm-to-table restaurants:

Early Girl Eatery (a personal fave)

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Tupelo Honey Cafe (a personal fave)

Rosetta's Kitchen

Bouchon

Over Easy Cafe

Sunny Point Cafe

The Admiral

The Bistro at Biltmore Estate

Homegrown

Ultimate Ice Cream Company

Zambra

The Moose Cafe (a personal fave)

My Father's Pizza & Pasta (a personal fave)

Corner Kitchen (a personal fave)

Sunset Terrace at The Grove Park Inn (a personal fave)

For a full list of farm-to-table Asheville restaurants, click here.

Fall Colors in North Carolina

All around High Rock Rentals the colors are spreading with reds, golds, oranges and a rainbow of greens. October is one of my favorite months to be in the Asheville area. A Sunday drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, fall festivals, pulling out the sweaters, corn mazes, fall baseball - not to mention - Great weather for a bonfire and beer!

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