Enroute to the winery is the Mabry’s Mill, with a small park dedicated to the architecture and crafts of Appalachia. Today there were members of the park service demonstrating some of the crafts these early settlers would have done: spinning and weaving, blacksmithing, quilting. There were even some musicians playing banjo and fiddle music and inviting people to do some contra dancing, which a couple of people did. Here are some pictures of the mill and a couple of videos for those of you with high speed. 
In fact, this mill is such a picturesque location, Connecticut has claimed it as well!
Here is a picture of the whole family: Leah, Mike, Lauren, Mandy, me, Addison, David 
The girls lent a hand to the bellows for the blacksmith. 
Then they tried quilting. 
One of the park rangers showing how to spin wool. 
Some other pictures of the area. 
Further down the road was the winery, Chateau Morrisette. (If you are ever in the area, we would recommend you pick up a bottle of their white Mountain Laurel.) 
The winery is dog friendly and the girls met two black labs. 
My eyes however were on this handsome hound. His name is Jack. 
When Leah was done fussing over the labs, I said to her that Jack’s feelings were hurt as no one was making a fuss over him. So Leah replied she’d go talk to him, and they had what looked like quite a conversation. Although I’m sure Leah carried most of the conversation! 
Next to the winery is a restaurant where you can sit and look out over the Blue Ridge mountains ---- beautiful. And in the back was a garden where David snapped these pictures. 
In the garden was a teepee, which the girls (all 4) were pestering Mike to build in their backyard. 
This was an enigmatic sight on a nearby hillside. Looks kind of like a heart to me. 
