ICE AND THE GEYSER
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AN INTRO TO DAVIDSON’S FORT
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY – SECTION CLOSED
News concerning the Blue Ridge Parkway from our friends at the McDowell Tourism Development Authority:
FOLIAGE WATCH: REPORT 6
FINE ART GALLERY GRAND OPENING
The grand opening of the Fine Art Gallery at The Appalachian Artisans Society Gallery is today, August 25, beginning at 2:00 pm. The TAAS Gallery is located at 48 Main Street in Old Fort, about 15 minutes east of us, and it features art for sale by over 60 Appalachian artists. The Gallery is owned and operated by Beverly Heldman, a native Old Fort resident and artisan hand crafter who specializes in jewelry creation.
OFF ROAD ASSAULT ON MT. MITCHELL
The Off Road Assault on Mount Mitchell is a 63-mile, mostly off road bicycle route which has 11,000 feet of accumulated climbing. From Old Fort, cyclists climb over the Blue Ridge Parkway two times and just below Mount Mitchell on Forest Service roads and singletrack (a trail just wide enought for one person or bike). Mt. Mitchell peaks at 6,684 feet and is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River.
MORE RACE PHOTOS
NEEDING RAIN
Has it been a dry summer where you are? We’ve had so little rain over the past six weeks that Innkeeper Dave has been turning off the Andrews Geyser overnight in order to replenish the lake fed by Mill Creek and the creek itself. He then turns it back on before breakfast so the geyser comes back for the daytime tourists.
A PART OF OUR INN’S HISTORY
Here are a couple of shots of the Andrews Geyser taken this week. The height of the geyser was actually a little low this week, perhaps due to the lack of rain. The little figures on the far right in the first picture are picnickers enjoying a nice afternoon at the park that now surrounds the geyser.
SUMMER NOTES (MUSIC NOTES, THAT IS)
Music’s in the air, and it’s not just our big bullfrog serenading guests with the whippoorwhills singing backup: