Once there, we had a blast! We took the kids to the Tweetsie Railroad, a nearby amusement park for young kids, which they loved. We also crossed into Tennessee and rented a boat on a beautiful lake. We took a day and drove to the Biltmore Estate, went shopping at nearby outlet stores, went swimming in the community pool and took paddle boats out on the community lake. The area was beautiful and we got to know the local deer as we fed them deer corn off the deck. It was great not having to eat out for every meal and not having to sleep with the kids in a small, crowded hotel room. Best of all, saving money on accommodations meant more money to spend on other things! When we tell people we went house swapping on the Internet they think we are crazy, we think they are crazy not to!' - Jennifer Mitchell, California The photo above is of the Yorks' spacious mountain retreat at Deep Gap, 10 miles from Boone, North Carolina, HE14764. 'We just returned from our first house swap and we are sold on swapping! My husband and I brought two of my three boys with us to North Carolina. We left the one year old with Nana because of the 6 hour plane ride. The trip was wonderful! We had been e-mailing back and forth with the Yorks for about 8 months. They arranged for us to get the key and they sent us detailed information about the house and the area. They even called to check in once we were there to see if we needed anything.
Now that the Mitchell family has caught the home swapping bug, check out their two homes available for exchange - an ocean view home in Sea Ranch, two hours north of San Francisco (HE15209) and their second home on 1.6 acres at Coarsegold, 45 minutes from Yosemite National Park (HE17166).
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