On the last weekend in March the Mt. Rogers Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad sponsor The Whitetop Mountain Maple Festival in Whitetop Virginia. I talked hubby into going. After a quick check of the weather, it was supposed to storm all day, he said he would miss golf and accompany me.
We set off around 9:30 AM to partly cloudy skies and mapquest directions in hand. I have a very hard time reading directions as roads in Western NC seem to stop in one part of town and pick up in another without any rhyme or reason. 40 minutes of windy roads and we hit the Virginia line. I noticed there was no longer any barrier between the road and the side of the mountain. We followed the Helton Creek until we came to an old school where the festival was being held.
Plates of pancakes, sausage and applesauce were being sold in the cafeteria for $6.00. The line snaked down the hallway and was moving very slowly. Crafts and doo-dads were being sold in each classroom.
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| I loved these tutu's. |
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The hallways were crowed with happy folks moving from room to room and the pancake line never got any shorter. The wet and slippery floors made walking an adventure. We never did figure out why the hallways were wet the whole time we were there (it wasn't raining yet) and figured someone must have spilt a lot of maple syrup.
We were looking forward to the Bucket and Tubing tour (no, not down the creek) but the threat of bad weather was putting them on hold and it was too early for the musical entertainment. Hubby bought a few jugs of maple syrup and we called it a day.
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