My husband and I visited Mount Airy for the first time this past Sunday and Monday. It is everything we expected and more.
The highlight of our trip came on Sunday morning when we saw Betty Lynn at church. We did not speak to her because we did not want to disturb her. Just seeing her was enough for us. What a thrill! After church, we walked up and down Main Street, ate lunch at the Blue Bird Diner and drank Cheerwine for the first time. (Yum!) Almost all of the businesses were closed on Sunday, as we expected, but we did get to do a little shopping at Mayberry on Main. We took pictures of Main Street, including Floyd's City Barber Shop and the Snappy Lunch. We went by Andy's homeplace and the Andy Griffith Playhouse and saw the TV Land statue and the Andy Griffith Collection. We took pictures of Wally's Service Station and the replica of Mayberry's Main Street. Later we went to Pilot Mountain State Park and we drove up the mountain to the lookout area, but could not see anything due to the fog. We did not get to see the top of Pilot Mountain from the ground, either, due to fog. Then we drove into Virginia to the Blue Ridge Parkway, but did not drive very far on it because of the fog. We did take some pictures of the beautiful mountain scenery, though. On Monday morning, we ate breakfast at the Snappy Lunch, visited Floyd's City Barber Shop and talked to Russell Hiatt. We returned to the Snappy Lunch mid-morning for a pork chop sandwich. We also visited the Mayberry Courthouse and the shop inside Wally's Service Station and did a little more shopping on Main Street. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip. The people we met were wonderful, the food was delicious, and the scenery was gorgeous. To anyone who has not experienced Mount Airy, I recommend that you take a trip there if at all possible. You'll be glad you did. I have posted video of our trip to Mount Airy on YouTube. You can find it at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw4A0w0Oy1g (The audio does not work because I included some Andy Griffith Show related music on my personal copy of the video and it can't be on YouTube due to copyright restrictions.) I have also posted pictures of our trip to Mount Airy on my Facebook page. You can view the pictures at this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021328 <http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021328&id=1151120914&l=eb80d6ce80> &id=1151120914&l=eb80d6ce80 And I also posted pictures of the mountain scenery in the NC / VA area near Mount Airy. You can view the pictures at this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021326 <http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021326&id=1151120914&l=fda15b60ef> &id=1151120914&l=fda15b60ef Mary Grace Gossage _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
