Wow…I spend many a summer doing summer stick in Burnsville, North Carolina, and logged many miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Gorgeous area of the country….and great food!!!. Great article!

Did you mean summer shtick? [}:)]

Ooops. Summer stock!!   

And I had my share of moonshine…Yancey county was a dry county back then…Love country ham and red eye gravy…I’d recommend getting off the Blue Ridge near Spruce Pine and GPSing it to Burnsville, less than a 20 minute drive as I remember it. Burnsville is a real Maybury and the hospitality and the local food is amazing!!!!