Jean Wells Travel: Southern Samplings
The Foothills Experience
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"Mayberry Hotspots," Home of Andy Griffith - Chateau
Morrisette - Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
- Historic Bethabara Park - Reynolda House - Old Salem, MESDA, and The Old Salem
Toy Museum -Körner's Folly
Package Includes:
3 night's Superior Class Accommodations - Deluxe Continental
Breakfast, Baggage Handling
Tour of "Mayberry Hotspots" - in Mount Airy, Home of Andy Griffith
Tour of Chateau Morrisette and wine tasting
Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
Historic Bethabara Park
Körner's Folly
Reynolda House & Shopping in historic Reynolda Village with
10 discounted vouchers per person
Old Salem, MESDA, and The Old Salem Toy Museum
FULLY escorted by Jean Wells Travel tour escort
*Excellent dinner and lunch recommendations
*Reservations must be made in advance and are subject to availability
*1 complimentary package per 15 paying participants
*2 complimentary packages per 30 paying participants
"Mayberry Hotspots" Mount Airy - Home
of Andy Griffith
Mount Airy is the once-sleepy small textile town that has become a favored destination
for vacationers seeking something different. Mount Airy has a vibrant, small-town
atmosphere with lively entertainment, friendly people, scenic beauty, and a
rich heritage that locals love to share. Walk the streets where Andy Griffith
grew up: visit Andy's Home place, Snappy Lunch (famous for their pork chop sandwiches),
Floyd's City Barber Shop, and enjoy the Andy Griffith Memorabilia Museum. Your
tour also includes the Gertrude Smith House, in Grand Victorian style!
*If your tour is planned on a Thursday night anytime throughout the year: 7-8:30
PM Old-time and Bluegrass Jam Session can be enjoyed at the Andy Griffith Playhouse!!
Anyone can bring an instrument and dancing shoes and enjoy a foot-stomping good
time! And, if your tour is in Mount Airy on a Saturday morning, you can enjoy
the same Bluegrass Jam Session, plus watch the Merry Go Round, which is the
country's third longest running Bluegrass and Old-time radio show, at the Downtown
Cinema Theatre. (Free Admission) A FUN DAY FOR ALL!!!
Chateau Morrisette
Chateau Morrisette -- nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains above the Rock Castle
Gorge Wilderness Area -- you will have a tour of the winery as well as a wine
tasting experience! If time permits, a delicious lunch will be prepared for
you -- lunch at the Chateau is an event of elegance and taste, as garden fresh
vegetables and herbs blend together with the tranquil surroundings to make this
a refreshing and fabulous day.
Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
At Horne Creek Living Historical Farm in Pinnacle, North Carolina, a multi-year
project is underway to reconstruct the physical environment and seasonal work
cycle of a North Carolina family farm from a century ago. Visitors may encounter
archaeologists investigating the site of an early farm building or watch as
staff experiment with traditional log construction techniques. You can try your
hand at cutting grass with a scythe or listen to an eighty-year-old woman explain
how to make lye soap. Horne Creek Living Historical Farm provides a unique opportunity
to learn about our rural past.
Historic Bethabara Park
Visit Historic Bethabara (be-THA-ba-ra) for an imaginative journey to the Carolina
Backcountry of nearly 250 years ago. A small group of Moravians daringly settled
this religious village and trade center in an 18th century wilderness full of
bears, wolves, Indians and outlaws. Today's Bethabara evokes this era. A National
Historic Landmark, this 1753 site of the German-speaking, Protestant settlement
nestles in a picturesque, wooded 175-acre wildlife preserve (with 126 kinds
of area birds.) The museum features a unique, restored and furnished 1788 church,
archaeological ruins, Visitor Center with introductory video, exhibits and tours
with costumed guides, as well as a reconstructed village, a French and Indian
War fort and colonial and medical gardens. Explore the nature trails to the
mill site, stroll the boardwalk over the beaver pond (an spot otters, mink,
foxes, deer and woodchucks) or picnic overlooking the village.
Körner's Folly - Kernersville, NC
The Strangest House in the World! The Folly defies simple description. It is
said that no two doorways are exactly alike. It has 20 fireplaces of differing
designs. Its cubbyholes and trap doors fascinate; its pivoting "windows"
and other openings anchor a unique air distribution system. Its murals and artworks
add a sense of fancy. Children-sized rooms give way to an airy elegant, high-ceilinged
Receptions Room. A former stable becomes a library and a sewing room. Superlatives
fail - from tile to woodwork, brick to decorative murals and frescos by German
master Caesar Milch, the Folly is truly like no other home in the world. And
it is one whose charms and enchantments deserve to be shared with generations
yet to come.
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Reynolda House, Museum of American Art
Browse in the 1917 estate of industrialist R.J. Reynolds which contains original
furnishings, including the only unaltered Acolian residence organ still in its
original site, handsome family clothing dating from 1905, and charming children's
toys. The sixty-four-room home had some furniture added in the 1930's when a
second generation moved in and built elaborate recreational facilities in the
basement. The extensive art collection, dating from 1755 to the present, now
housed in this National Historic Property, is considered to be the best selection
of American art south of Washington DC. Visit the beautiful formal gardens and
the estate's original outbuildings, now converted to specialty shops, and lunch
in historic Reynolda Village. The Village is now the home of many shops, restaurants,
and offices. The beautifully maintained grounds are open 365 days of the year.
Take time to explore the historic significance and charm. Come visit. . .and
enjoy!
Come let us show you how it all began...
At Old Salem, one of the most authentic and inviting living history towns in
the United States - costumed interpreters carry on the work of European and
African American Moravians in the backcountry church town and trading center
of Salem. Every day, in all seasons of the year, the town comes to life with
the household activities and trades common two hundred years ago. Residents
enjoyed one of the first public water systems, one of the first fire departments,
and one of the first schools for girls in America. Enjoy the beautiful gardens
- Visit the Winkler Bakery and take home a very special treat, baked in the
wood-fired beehive oven.
MESDA
- in Old Salem
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) is the only museum dedicated
to exhibiting and researching the regional decorative arts of the early South.
With more than twenty period rooms and six galleries, MESDA showcases the furniture,
paintings, textiles, ceramics, silver, and other metalwares made and used in
Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee through
1820.
The Old Salem Toy Museum
The Toy Museum is a 1700-year survey of toys dating from 225 A.D. to 1925 A.D.,
presented in an informative and exciting format -- and places in context those
toys that were owned and used by the Moravians that settled Salem, North Carolina
(1766-1850s). The Toy Museum appeals to "kids" of every age. It is
also regarded by collectors as one the most prestigious antique toy collections
in the world.A centerpiece of the new museum are the toys owned by Moravian
children of Piedmont North Carolina. These are a rare regional survival, and
include a unique collection of wooden German toys and locally made dolls cherished
by generations of Salem residents.
For more information call
Jean Wells at:
336 725-1624 (Fax: 336 724-5852)
OR email:
jean@jeanwellstravel.com