Mayberry Days, Hamilton Lakes Fundraiser, and Crossroads Reunion

"I miss Mayberry, sittin' on the porch, drinkin' ice cold Cherry Coke..." -Rascal Flatts

I am way overdue, as usual, on updating the blog. So I'll start by telling you what we did one weekend about a month ago. This particular weekend that I'm referring to was a busy one, but lots of fun! It started by going to the Mayberry Days Festival in Mount Airy. If you grew up watching Andy Griffith, like I did, it's really fun. :)



There was some bluegrass going on when we first got there...



We walked around a little while, then headed over to the famous Snappy Lunch to get pork chop sandwiches! As we waited in line outside, we got to see Floyd's Barber Shop and watch Snappy's employees cook through the window. Once we got inside, we got to enjoy the pork chop sandwiches themselves!









For dessert, we went to the old fashioned candy store next door to Snappy Lunch and got a bag of goodies...





And we ended the visit by walking down and checking out the beautiful little Episcopal Church and Garden in downtown Mount Airy...





When we got back to Greensboro that evening, we had another fun event to get to. Our neighborhood, Hamilton Lakes, was founded back in the 1920s by a man named A.M Scales. A very affluent man, he built his 11,000 square foot mansion on Hamilton Lake. It has been there ever since and is stunning! You can read more about his house and our neighborhood here (http://hamiltonstarmount.org/who-we-are/). Anyway, the neighborhood association (which is a voluntary membership association) held a fundraiser on the grounds of the mansion that evening, featuring dinner and social time. It is close enough to our house for us to walk! So David and I went, of course, and had a great time!













After eating and hanging out, David and I walked down to the lake and sat until it got dark...very romantic :-)





You would think this would be enough activity for one weekend, but there was more! The following day, Sunday, we had a picnic to go to after church. It was a reunion for Crossroads, the singles grounp at our church that I was in when I first got out of college 8 years ago. David and I had a great time and I loved catching up with everyone!





What a busy, but fun, weekend!