We drove to Fancy Gap, Va which wasn't too far away. We were there in a few hours, I booked us at this KOA because I thought it would be nice and quiet and give us a chance to sit outside and relax with the kitties. It was also right off the Blue Ridge Parkway, When we arrived on Saturday the weather was great and the campground was really full. The CG is super hilly with multiple levels and we got a great site, very private and woodsy.
The boys actually laid together on their binky on the couch on the way over. No hissing or anything.
Bentley enjoyed sitting out in his stroller.
Nickie enjoyed the play pen, but kept his eyes on the MH door, just in case there was a booger.
Finnegan, as usual didn't enjoy anything.
We sat outside for quite a while enjoying nature and the night sounds.
However, that night it poured down rain. It rained all night, the next day and some the next night. Even in the rain we decided to take a little trip to a couple of shops . One was Poppy's, a little yarn and gift shop in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Yes, that's the name of the town and to get to it you drove right up the Blue Ridge Parkway. What we could see of it in the rain and fog were beautiful. We passed a lot of old cabins, a mill and other old structures along the way. Had it not been raining so hard with so much fog we would have stopped and taken pictures.
Here's a link to Mabry Mill. https://mabrymillrestaurant.com/history
Poppy's little shop was so cute and they had a lot of gift items, alpaca yarn and various things made with alpaca yarn. I bought a couple of skeins of yarn and David bought me a yarn bowl. Across the street was Concord Country Store.
This was Poppy's.
And here's a video on Concord Country Store
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKB-eesOX4w
Then we went farther down the Parkway to Floyd, Va to visit a 3 story fabric shop (Schoolhouse Fabrics) in an old schoolhouse. The fabrics were awful, but the building reminded me of a school I went to in Montgomery, AL, only this one was probably nicer and it's still standing.
We took a different route home and as we drove into Fancy Gap we passed the Sidna Allen House. It is a huge Victorian House up on a hill.
https://www.airbnb.com/things-to-do/places/3014211?location=Fancy%20Gap%2C%20VA
The house was in the Floyd family and here is the famous story of Floyd Allen and the Carroll County courthouse shooting.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Allen#Trial_and_shooting
Wish we could have toured that house. It looked very interesting from the outside.
Then on Tuesday we took a ride to Mt. Airy, NC which was only about 14 miles south from our campground. Mt. Airy is the home of Andy Griffith and the town that Mayberry and the Andy Griffith Show was based on. The old down town had lots of Mayberry items and they also give tours of the town in old police cars. We have been here before and knew there was a nice quilt shop downtown to visit. There's Floyd's Barber Shop, Walker's Soda Fountain, Snappy Lunch, the movie theater and tons of souvenir stores.
One thing we noticed was all of the Trump signs in the area. Not a single Biden sign. At least there were no Democrats tearing down everything and burning cities to the ground. It's good to be in Trump country where people believe in America and American values. Tomorrow we are headed to Roseland, Va.
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