FANCY GAP, VA.  On Thursday, Aug 21st, Betty and I drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway 10 miles from the campground to the Blue Ride Music Center to see what volunteer musicians were performing that day.  It is always a free performance.

That day it was Scott Freeman and Willard Gayheart, a fine duet on several instruments, including mandolin, violin, guitar, and dulcimer.  I was unable to upload a video, as I did last year, but did get a fair still shot to include here. 

Scott Freeman and Willard Gayheart

Panorama of View Behind Music Center

From there we continued on to Galax to walk on the track and do some grocery shopping.

On Saturday, Aug 23rd, the Rohrbaughs drove up from Denver for lunch with us at the Eagles' home.  It was a short but wonderful visit.  So great to see them again.

Gathered Around the Table

This Shot Includes Me

In two days it was Jo Rohrbaugh's birthday, so Betty got her a couple presents and Marti provided a cake.  

Happy Birthday, Jo!

On Sunday, Aug 24th, we attended church in Mt Airy as usual.

Today, Aug 25th, we drove down to Mt Airy again to get Betty's ordered jewelry that had arrived.  The owner of the store had left Betty a message saying to pick it up today or tomorrow.  After driving down there, it turns out the store is closed on Mondays!  We had not had lunch, so we stopped in at Barney's Cafe, which has a good rating, but we had never eaten there before.  We got Barney Burgers, and Betty also got their strange French fry offering called Chili Cheese Fries.  Neither of us could eat very much of it, but the burgers were very good.

Barney's Cafe Menu

Barney Burger

Chili Cheese Fries

The Cafe walls were covered with Mayberry memorabilia.  Once again it makes me wonder how much longer baby boomers will be around to take an interest in things from the old Andy Griffith Show.  Click on any image to enlarge.

Map below shows how many Andy Griffith Show fans reside around the world.  Betty noticed that Salmon, ID had no pin, so she added one.

Pins in Maps Show Homes of Customers of Cafe

As We Left, Two 1960s Squad Cars Passed

We had hoped to do some shopping for a friend in the shops along Main Street, but the power went out on that section of town.  I had even hoped to get a haircut somewhere, now that Floyd's was closed, and Betty wanted a pedicure, but shops were giving up on the power situation and closing for the day.  We headed on back to the campground. 

It had been such a picture-perfect day, clear and cool, that I had to get some shots of the area in great light.

View of Blue Ridge Parkway from Campground

Another View of Parkway

Last Light Over Ridge