Another road trip, here we go. This one is to move VanGo down to Sarasota, Florida before the cold weather comes to Annapolis. It started with a Sister on the Fly event in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia. 44 Sisters brought their classic trailers to a campgound just outside Floyd. Floyd is an integral part of the Crooked Road, a musical heritage trail in southwestern Virginia. Smithsonian Magazine wrote a wonderful article about it in the fall of 2011.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/A-Musical-Tour-Along-the-Crooked-Road.html
The Sisters event was wonderful, with great food and great mountain music, both at the campground and at the Floyd Country Store Friday night jam session. Many of these Sisters are very talented, very artistic, and very clever. Husbands are typically not allowed on Sister trips, but Thursday was an exception, where two hubbies were allowed to cook us the best brisket some of us (moi included) have ever had!
Today VanGo departed for Brasstown, NC, and the John C Campbell Folk School where I've enrolled in a five-day class in spinning. The journey included a stop at Keaton's Barbecue in near Statesville, NC (reputed to be the best barbecue in the country by "Roadfood" authors Jane and Michael Stern) and Asheville, NC, where the first stop was the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway (home of the Southern Highland Craft Guild). It was a beautiful day and I'm sated, with wonderful local arts and wonderful local food.
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| A few Sisters checking out the Roadtrek |
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| A little before dinner music |
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| The Floyd Country Store Friday night Jam Session |
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| Gail and one of the locals (a great dancer!) |
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| Keaton's Barbecue outside Statesville (yummy!) |
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| One of the quilts on display at the Folk Art Center in Asheville |
1 comment:
i love this shot of you and that tall drink of water from the Floyd Country Store. hubba hubba huh? ;)
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