Visiting Mt Airy, North Carolina, is reliving the best of the 1950's and 60's with Andy, Opie, Barney, Aunt Bee, Floyd, Goober, Gomer, Helen Crump, Thelma Lou, Howard Sprague, Otis, and all the other good citizens of Mayberry. As you walk along the historic Main Street of Mt Airy, you feel as though you might just accidently run into Andy Taylor or Barney Fife standing on the next street corner. Historic Main Street is the 1950's at its very best. Memories of Andy and Barney are found in the windows of every storefront. Spending time in each of the stores gives you a feeling that this is not your usual "tourist trap", this is the real deal. Mayberry is alive and well fifty years later.
Andy Griffith can be mighty proud of his hometown, the people are authentic. When they greet you on Main Street with a southern drawl "good mornin", you find yourself saying "yes...it is a good mornin". Or while dining at the Chile Verde, which happens to be the hot spot in Mt Airy, you can hear a good old greeting of "Well, look who's here...Uncle Buck...how ya'll been".
The air is fresh, the sun shines brightly, and the Main Street is spotlessly clean. Walking down Main Street past Floyd's Barber Shop you realize that the more things change, there are somethings in life that time has not and most likely will not change. Operating since 1929, not much has changed at Floyd's. It appears to still be the gathering place of the good old boys of Mt Airy, and a scent of osage in the air. Next door to Floyd's is the Snappy Lunch, serving Mt Airyan's diner food since 1923. Across the street is the Mayberry Five and Dime. Up the road is Wally's Service Station. Down the road is Mount Pilot. Spending time in Mt Airy you come to understand why Andy never carried a gun, and why Barney was allowed one bullet which he kept in his shirt pocket. This is small-town America at its very best. Within a few minutes, you'll find yourself whistling the Andy Griffith Theme Song. I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.
The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry may have been a fictional account of the humorous, and good life of a southern town, but as I discovered, Mayberry is alive and well in Mount Airy, North Carolina. So like Andy and Opie, take down your fishing pole and head to the fishing hole of Mayberry USA, and on the way, maybe skip a few skippin' stones across the lake.
Until my next travel adventure, Guymon says goodbye from Mayberry USA, Mt Airy, North Carolina.
Andy Griffith can be mighty proud of his hometown, the people are authentic. When they greet you on Main Street with a southern drawl "good mornin", you find yourself saying "yes...it is a good mornin". Or while dining at the Chile Verde, which happens to be the hot spot in Mt Airy, you can hear a good old greeting of "Well, look who's here...Uncle Buck...how ya'll been".
The air is fresh, the sun shines brightly, and the Main Street is spotlessly clean. Walking down Main Street past Floyd's Barber Shop you realize that the more things change, there are somethings in life that time has not and most likely will not change. Operating since 1929, not much has changed at Floyd's. It appears to still be the gathering place of the good old boys of Mt Airy, and a scent of osage in the air. Next door to Floyd's is the Snappy Lunch, serving Mt Airyan's diner food since 1923. Across the street is the Mayberry Five and Dime. Up the road is Wally's Service Station. Down the road is Mount Pilot. Spending time in Mt Airy you come to understand why Andy never carried a gun, and why Barney was allowed one bullet which he kept in his shirt pocket. This is small-town America at its very best. Within a few minutes, you'll find yourself whistling the Andy Griffith Theme Song. I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.
The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry may have been a fictional account of the humorous, and good life of a southern town, but as I discovered, Mayberry is alive and well in Mount Airy, North Carolina. So like Andy and Opie, take down your fishing pole and head to the fishing hole of Mayberry USA, and on the way, maybe skip a few skippin' stones across the lake.
Until my next travel adventure, Guymon says goodbye from Mayberry USA, Mt Airy, North Carolina.
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