Sunday September 5, 2010

  

 

Road Trip – Day 5

Mabry Mill

Blue Ridge Parkway

Sunday, August 22

 

 

To the left of the tree you can see where the couple is playing corn cob checkers (from last night’s post). To the right of the tree is the spinning wheel.

 

 

There were a variety of interesting things inside the house. This basket is made to fit the back of a horse.

 

 

This is an egg-gathering basket. I remember my grandma having one like this. The shape kept the eggs from rolling into each other.

 

 

 

The ranger was telling a young man about the weaving loom.

 

 

 

 

The yarn and spinning wheel was outside on this beautiful day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I enjoyed listening to these children make their pledge to take care of our earth – while their dad listened. They had to answer questions in a youth ranger book before taking this pledge to become junior rangers.

 

 

Just incase you want to make soap.

 

 

Another station I found interesting – this one on making sorghum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tanning hides

 

 

 

 

I think I was destined to learn about moonshine on this trip. This is the second time we visited a place where whiskey making was explained.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now you know how to make it too!

 

 

Visiting the blacksmith, who was making hooks on this day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a beautiful, peaceful place to visit

 

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Tomorrow I will show you pictures from the picking, singing, and flatfooting – the real reason we were here for the afternoon. I took most of these pictures and those on yesterday’s post while the musicians took a break.

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