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Asheville, NC. We took an Uber from the airport to Pack Square Park. I originally thought we would take the Urban Trail walk, but the kids didn’t feel like walking so much, so we just absorbed some history from the many signs around the square.

We went to Mast General Store which was established in 1883, and the kids enjoyed picking out some old fashioned candies sold per pound.

We wanted to get an early lunch around 11 am at White Duck Taco Shop, but it wasn’t opened yet, so we waited until the Chocolate Lounge was opened and got our desserts first. I was looking through their menu beforehand and drooling. We got the Quintessential Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Mousse, Liquid Truffle, and Cookies and Cream Milkshake. Everything was as good and as chocolatey as I imagined it would be. 🤤
To make some room for lunch, we walked a few minutes to the Asheville Science Museum which was tiny compared to most science museums we’re used to, but the kids enjoyed doing the scavenger hunts. There’s a small rock prize for each completed scavenger hunt, and after completing 5 hunts, they get to choose a larger rock prize. It was great seeing them engaged, learning, and helping each other out. We brought home a whole lotta rocks! 😅


Lastly, we ate lunch at White Duck Taco Shop. They have great reviews and there was a decent line so maybe my expectations were too high, but I thought the tacos were just okay. We got jerk chicken, Bangkok shrimp, and Korean beef bulgogi with kimchi and avocado. The tacos were tasty in terms of having a lot of flavor, but I didn’t taste any of the typical Korean ingredients that would normally be in bulgogi nor was there any kimchi (just a pickled cabbage of some sort). Not that I’m an expert in jerk chicken or Bangkok shrimp, but they didn’t taste like any other jerk chicken or Thai style shrimp that I’ve ever had. The kid’s chicken quesadilla and cheese quesadilla were good though, no complaints there. One of my kids commented that the chicken in the quesadilla was like Chick-fil-A chicken.

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