...Or, Giving Lizzie Mabry Her Due
About 3 million people a year visit the beautiful spot at Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 176.2, where nearly 100 years ago a strong, hard-working couple came to live and make themselves a life on the land. These days at Mabry Mill there’s not much evidence of Ed and Lizzie Mabry, who were both born soon after the Civil War.And they didn’t have much of an idea what would become of their property, though before she died in the 1930s, Lizzie Mabry did allow that she was thrilled the park service was going to turn the place into something people might want to stop and look at. Contributing Editor Elizabeth Hunter set out to find out just who Ed and Lizzie really were.
I recently tried RVing for the first time. My little tent is sure going to get lonely during future forays into the Blue Ridge Mountains. As a long-time tent camper and fan of Blue Ridge Parkway road trips, the idea of trying an RV for the first time...
