
This was taken on our first trip to Mabry Mill. It was also our first trip, individually and as a family, into Virginia. The day was overcast, threating rain and delivering it with regularity. If you look closely you may make out the raindrops hitting the millpond.

Last fall on our vacation we hit Virginia for the first time in a few years. This was the scene on the Blue Ridge Parkway as we headed south out of Floyd…