Friday at the Blue Ridge Rally

Friday

Started with a caravan to The Shatley Spring Inn in Crumpler, NC for breakfast.  Discovered in 1890 by Martin Shatley, the Springs were known for their curative powers and people come to drink or bathe in the waters.  Flowing out of the Little Phoenix Mountain, the water contains numerous elements and is considered one of the purest springs in the world.  But we were there for the food...

Served family style - platters of everything you could think of for breakfast and very good.  Did a little site seeing after breakfast.  Friday night was Trivia night and a campfire which I skipped in favor of some extra sleep :-)

Catching up

Monday

(Yes I know it's really Tuesday) I'm catching up on blog posts since my data month started over today and I have a signal here!

Monday was a rainy day but allowed me to catch up on hours at work.  I'm in North Carolina for my second T@B Blue Ridge Rally, which officially starts on Wednesday.  Not in my T@B this year but there are going to be three other airstreams here so I still feel at home.  Sharon of Postcards From the Road blog puts on this rally every year and it's such fun... I can't believe how much work she puts into making sure everyone has a great time.

A Florida friend I met through the T@B group (Judy) and I braved the rain in the afternoon and wandered around West Jefferson to look around.

Main Street

Theater

From the car window - beautiful drive

Travel Day

Saturday

Travel day.  Beautiful day for a drive and I'm on the road before the storm system gets to Nashville.  Following Garmin to West Jefferson, North Carolina.  Sometimes Garmin is my best friend...sometimes, not so much!  Looong drive - not many miles but took forever through the mountain roads... up into Virginia and back to NC.  Pretty sure this wasn't the fastest way but at least it was scenic :-)