Andy, Barney, Goober, Aunt Bee, Opie – all names easily recognizable to any of us that are a “certain age”.  All are names that spark memories of a TV show depicting a simpler time in everybody’s favorite small town, Mayberry.  Shown on black and white TV screens that required your getting up from your comfy place on the couch to turn the knob and change the channel or turn the sound up or down.  That job was often delegated to the kids!

Last year Paul and I were visiting a friend in the hospital when one of his other visitors mentioned going to Mayberry Days.  My ears perked up and I started asking questions about this thing called Mayberry Days.  What is it exactly, where is it and so on.  It was then that I decided I wanted to make a visit to Mayberry Days too.

So, one year later another thing was crossed off my bucket list.  We went to Mt. Airy, North Carolina and joined in the Mayberry Days Celebration that’s held each year in September! Read more…