If you are sitting at a desk in Dallas looking up photos of the Blue Ridge Parkway, there’s a good chance that the majority of the photos that you are seeing are from the North Carolina stretch. I don’t know if they just do a better job of Internet marketing or what the deal is there but there is one site along Virginia’s Blue Ridge Parkway that is touted as the most photographed. That is Mabry Mill. It’s about an hour from Henry County, maybe a little less, just north of where the Parkway passes Meadows of Dan. Part of the National Parks System, Mabry Mill is a perfect blend of natural beauty, history, and local fare. The Mabry Mill Restaurant is lauded for its sweet potato, blueberry, and apple pancakes made from buckwheat and corn meal ground at the mill. Continue reading Most Photographed Mabry Mill
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Gardening in MHC
I would call myself an avid gardener but then someone is going to ask me the name of a plant and I’m going to blink like a deer in headlights. Let’s just say that I really, really like to play in the dirt. I make an effort to remember the names of the plants but I don’t think that they really care. Continue reading Gardening in MHC
Life In & Around Martinsville-Henry County 