"It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider ." -- Benjamin Franklin Foggy Ridge Cider ... what a ...
Peaks of Otter Lodge now OPEN
Peaks of Otter Lodge with Sharp Top Mountain in the background. Good news! Peaks of Otter Lodge and Restaurant have reopened amid the cont...
Nancy's Candy Company in Meadows of Dan
We stumbled on Nancy's Candy Company while traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway in September. SWAC Husband picked up a small package of cinn...
Afton Mountain's popcorn man
King's Gourmet Popcorn on Afton Mountain "If you build it they will come." Or, perhaps more appropriately, they will stop and ...
Foggy Blue Ridge Parkway
Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell October 12, 2013
Humpback Rock on foggy October day
Top of Humpback Rock is shrouded in fog as viewed from the farm on Friday, October 11, 2013. Blue Ridge Parkway as seen from entrance to H...
October 11, 2013: Humpback Rock Picnic Area still closed
Humpback Rock Picnic Area was closed and fog-shrouded at mid-day on Friday. The locked gate had a sign: "Because of the federal govern...
October 11, 2013: Humpback Rock Visitor Center still closed
Humpback Rock Visitor Center remains closed during the government shutdown even though travelers stopped, perhaps hoping to find it open. Th...