Mayberry ???

Oct 5, Brad made breakfast on the grill and I did up all the laundry that was in the house.  We slowly packed things up, getting ready to move tomorrow.....you slowly get the stuff out when you are parked for a week and it takes almost a whole day to put it all away when you are getting ready to leave.  We took Rudy on a couple of nice long walks and just spent the day at home, relaxing and not looking forward to leaving.  It was a lovely October day clear blue sky and sunny.  Dinner was steaks on the grill and a salad, not a bad meal for our last night here.  Finally about 10:00 we headed to bed.

 

Monday morning we finished getting the motorhome put back together, showered, car hooked up and we were on the road by 9:45.  Another motorhome pulled out just ahead of us and when we stopped

Our Campsite at
Mayberry CG

about 45 min. down the road, there they sat, I guess that was the first stop for us all.  We all took a little break, then back to the moho where I cut up some cheese and as we pulled out again we had a nice snack of cheese and crackers.  That held us over until about 1:30 when we decided to try the Smithfield Chicken and BBQ restaurant.....just like any other chain, tried it once, don't really need to go back.  Brad drove for about another hour, then a quick stop at a rest area and I took over from there.  It was only about a 90 mile drive to the CG, but about 10 miles out I pulled into a scenic overlook as we switched drivers again (I do better with the electronic and directions).  Not a problem, we find the CG, get hooked up and Rudy gets another walk.  We settled on burgers for dinner and then just did some more walking around the CG to get a little exercise for Rudy and to tire ourselves out.  Not a bad day and the CG is right off the highway, so 3 nights here and then we are off again.

 

Tuesday morning 10/7 we headed out about 10:00 first for breakfast and then to get some cash...we must be getting closer to home, there is a Sheetz just on the other side of the highway from us.  Afte

Any one that ever watched
Andy Griffith Show
knows this pose

r that we headed into Mount Airy to do some sight seeing.  Mount Airy is Andy Griffith's home town and the town of Mayberry is based on his child hood days growing up there.  It's just like any other small town, most of the old town is just antique/junk stores, but Floyd's Barber shop was there, so we stopped in to check that out and then just walked the streets.  We checked out the 3 museums Andy Griffith, Donna Fargo and Eng &Chang.  Eng and Chang were the first conjoined twins to receive world wide fame and this camp ground is located on their original farm and is owned by there great great grandchildren.  We did eat at Snappy's, which is was mentioned on the Andy Griffith show and their famous pork chop sandwiches(deep fried with chili and coleslaw), not bad.  We did some more walking around and the last thing we stopped at was the Old North Winery, did some wine tasting, made a purchase and then headed home about 4:30 to rescue Rudy from his kennel.  The usual walk for Rudy, chicken on the grill and stretch out to watch NCIS at 8:00.  Not a bad day, nice touring and a good evening at home.

Floyd's Barber Shop

 

 

Wednesday morning Brad is busy on the computer, still searching for a place to work camp/volunteer next summer.  So we just had yogurt for breakfast, then we got cleaned up and headed into town

Granite Quarry

again.  Our first stop was the granite quarry just on the other side of town.  We did realize that Mount Airy is nick named the Granite City and has the largest open faced Granite quarry in the world.  They used to give tours, but no more, now there is just a place to pull in and park where you can watch the drilling and breaking out of the granite.  After that we headed back into town, park and headed up to the main street.  We stopped a the Visitors Center again, then headed off to find a place to eat.  Most places were full so we settled on Angel's Bakery where I had a Spinach and cheese quiche and Brad had a Chicken pot pie, both were delicious.  They only problem with the meal is when we were done we had no room for dessert, darn.  We walked through town some more, stopping in most of the shops that we missed the day before and then ended up at the 'Un-corked' Winery.  Once again, a

Wally's Service Center

little sampling another purchase then off to the grocery store. Back to the house, walk Rudy, laundry, dinner(ham steak).  Another beautiful day sunny and mid 70's.   

 

Hope  you enjoyed,

Diane and Brad