I haven't updated since we visited the Highland County Maple Festival on March 19th ,too busy enjoying March Madness (Yay! VCU ! way to go so far :)
We went with my husband's brother and his family, first to Eagle's Sugar Camp , as we usually do, and of course got some Maple doughnuts..the glazed kind, maple fudge, and Maple Syrup..which I had over my French toast this morning,yum!
and then we headed on over to Monterey,VA, which is the hub of the Maple Festival. this pic below is looking Toward downtown Monterey.
I neglected to take any pictures of all the craft booths in downtown Monterey, was too busy wandering through the booths and enjoying looking at all the crafts..and did I mention that we also stopped to eat maple funnel cakes ?
Oddly, although the Maple festival is also famous for buckwheat pancakes, I've never eaten them there in all these years, as my husband is not a pancake lover, and the lines are usually extremely long to wait to get pancakes.
One of the pleasures, for me, of traveling over every year is also that once we get into the mountains, we listen to Alleghany Mountain Radio They have a mixed playlist, from bluegrass to 50's and 60's,etc. and there are lots of 'oldies' to sing along with as you're traveling thru the mountains (my family suffered thru this part of the trip,lol, as I cannot carry a tune at all!)
I found a nice write-up of the festival on the blog of an area blogger/reporter, Lynn Mitchell, HERE
which you might also enjoy reading.
and that's my round-up of our visit to the Maple festival for this year:)
We went with my husband's brother and his family, first to Eagle's Sugar Camp , as we usually do, and of course got some Maple doughnuts..the glazed kind, maple fudge, and Maple Syrup..which I had over my French toast this morning,yum!
and then headed back to the Sugar Tree Country store which is where we always get
maple cream, maple candy, apple butter, and yet another kind of maple donuts.
Highland county is so beautiful,as you can see in these pictures, taken in the parking lot near the Sugar Tree store, located in McDowell,VA.
and then we headed on over to Monterey,VA, which is the hub of the Maple Festival. this pic below is looking Toward downtown Monterey.
and this picture below is looking back towards the mountains we'd just come over to get there.
Oddly, although the Maple festival is also famous for buckwheat pancakes, I've never eaten them there in all these years, as my husband is not a pancake lover, and the lines are usually extremely long to wait to get pancakes.
One of the pleasures, for me, of traveling over every year is also that once we get into the mountains, we listen to Alleghany Mountain Radio They have a mixed playlist, from bluegrass to 50's and 60's,etc. and there are lots of 'oldies' to sing along with as you're traveling thru the mountains (my family suffered thru this part of the trip,lol, as I cannot carry a tune at all!)
I found a nice write-up of the festival on the blog of an area blogger/reporter, Lynn Mitchell, HERE
which you might also enjoy reading.
and that's my round-up of our visit to the Maple festival for this year:)
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