When you have a world renowned, genuine expert with you on a
road trip, it just makes sense to take advantage of his expertise. That's exactly what we did on the way hone from golfing. You see, Chuck is the closest thing to Norm (from Cheers) we have in our family when it comes to anything concerning Andy Griffith and Mayberry. I know he is a real enthusiast, but I was skeptical about the Norm bit until we got there. He said we would walk into 
some stores and they would know his name -- not just recognize him, but actually know his name! Guess what -- he was right. We walked into a store called Mayberry on Main (I think) and the lady there came out from behind the counter and gave him a big hug and called him by name. I'm a believer now!!We walked around the town and
stopped in a number of stores. We also saw some of the mock-ups they have there to simulate the sets from the show. I made the mistake the first time I stopped here of thinking that the town would look like the actual show. I am including a few pictures from our stop so you know how we spent our morning. No -- we were not actually prisoners in the jail.We stopped in and sat a spell at Wally's Service Station and then went up
town and ate lunch at 
Snappys where we got a "Pork chop Samich" (you have to pronounce it correctly or you can't order one). By the way, they were really good samichs. And we did not steal those menus. The girl gave them to us. I almost got a haircut at Floyd's Barbershop, but they had a full house and we were running out of time. Chuck later told me that any number of those guys in there probably weren't there for a haircut, but just there to shoot the breeze. He said that's what people do in Mayberry on Saturday morning.
Well, it was time to hit the road. We still had a long drive ahead of us in the rain. Guess who had the best idea of all of us for the trip home -- you guessed it.
As you can tell, this was a good trip. Although I was sick as a dog with a cold all the following week and couldn't stop coughing, the trip was good, and we're looking forward to doing it again next year
I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. (Mark Twain)
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