in Mount Airy!
We went there today and had a great time! It is all weekend, and vendors and food tents line the streets of downtown Mount Airy. Check it out!
Photo Bomb! Who dat?!
The donuts and the pretzels are BIG!
People as far as you can see!
They were actually tap dancing to the music!
Never been to an event where one of the food vendors sells ham biscuits. Another one
had collard greens. Welcome home, ya'll!!
Before the BIG event of the Autumn Leaves festival, we visited Pilot Mountain State Park. It's a pretty drive to Pilot Mountain (see an earlier post of Statehood to see it). And if you are an Andy Griffith fan, he always refers to it in his shows as "Mount Pilot." It was really windy, and 48 degrees, so we only stayed for about 2 minutes before heading back down. BRRRR!!
When we reached the Pilot Mountain Ranger Station to use the facilities, I found a brochure for Horne Creek Farm, which is one of a few farms run by the state of NC to showcase life as a working and productive farm in the early 1900s. So we decided to check it out. It was also free and only 10 minutes away! They were very well to-do for farmers. They're named Hauser (the guide pronounced it "Hooser"). They had 12 children: 10 boys and 2 girls. He mostly grew grain crops but also did fruit and tobacco. He was like a George Washington Carver of his day, rotating crops and keeping up with the agricultural practices of his day, even using bat guano to help fertilize the fields. His yields were always 2/3 better than anyone else's in the area. Wowza! She also said they got together with the grandchildren of this family to help reconstruct the farmhouse because the grandchildren lived in it and they used their oral history for reconstruction. How cool is that??!!!
Lawn mower
Can't imagine 12 children around this table at one time; must've
had a revolving system
Smokehouse
Mouser (there are actually 2)
The temperature was 70 and sunny, nary a cloud in the sky. Tomorrow is a little cooler. Perfect for a trip to a vineyard and lunch on their back deck. Ya'll come back now!😉
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