This past Friday ,Saturday and Sunday,my wife and I were in Mt. Airy.We thought we would visit other than just for Mayberry Days.We figured the streets and stores would be akin to a ghost town.Boy,had we figured wrong!The stores were doing a brisk business.We talked with a tour bus group from Alaska.There were folks from Minnesota,Florida,and other states were represented as well.
Much to our delight,there was a fiddlers convention and bluegrass convention going on.I guess people need a Mayberry fix as often as money/time will allow. To those who have never visited Mt. Airy,I encourage you to consider doing so.The townspeople and merchants are kinda like Bert Miller,not pushy at all.Mayberry on Main has moved to a much larger venue to better serve visitors.Speaking of visitors,the Mt. Airy Visitor's Center is receiving a much needed facelift in order to better serve first timers there. All in all,we had a terrific time as usual in our escape to a place as close to Mayberry as possible. After Mayberry Days in September,we will be going back a couple of weeks later for The Autumn Leaves Festival.According to local merchants,Mt. Airy is usually inundated with about 250,000 visitors for this event. Dewey in NC _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
