Knk welcome back!
Do you want to stay RIGHT IN ASHEVILLE proper to park it and walk, or outside with glorious mountain views?
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/asheville-north-carolina.html
Black Mountain is another "very near" Asheville with gorgeous inns (we stay in Black Mountain, the prices are a wee lower, and the inns are fab. It is a small quaint town with shops and restaurants and not too far from Lake Lure and Chimney Rock)
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/black-mountain-north-carolina.html
as well as Hendersonville
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/hendersonville-north-carolina.html
Waynesville is not far and gorgeous with an Inn who stops by the forum from time to time
Andon-Reid B&B and
Inn at Iris Meadows. And innkeeper on this forum enjoys stating at Oak Hill on Love Lane ask for "Shell" if you call.
http://www.oakhillonlovelane.com/ in Waynesville
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/waynesville-north-carolina.html
If you have never been, please make sure you see Maggie Valley.
I am excited for you, the food ahhhh the food is fantastic there!.