Uncle York, Mrs Uncle York, and I drove to the Blue Ridge Parkway on Saturday to view the beautiful colors and eat breakfast at the restaurant next door to the Mabry Mill. There was quite a wait because the restaurant closes for the season at the end of October, and hundreds of people enjoy the buckwheat and sweet potato pancakes as well as the Fall colors!
There are many, many produce booths along the parkway and in the small towns nearby selling mountain apples and cabbages, mums, sweet potatoes, and countless other fruits and vegetables. A wide variety of apples is available. We also saw numerous fields of pumpkins ready to be shipped to canneries or sold for jack-o-lanterns.
The colors weren't nearly as vibrant this year as in previous years probably due to a lack of rain this past summer,but it was still a most enjoyable day with the temperature being close to ideal in the lower to mid 70's.
The buckwheat pancakes just made me think of pancakes and gravy which I haven't had in forever!!!!!! Thanks for always introducing us to the "weird" foods, most of them have turned out to be my favorites. Peanut butter and mayo sandwiches, pancakes w/gravy, cocoa wheats w/peanut butter, corned beef hash w/eggs on top, homemade salisbury steak w/gravy. I still cook this stuff today and all are a favorite of my kids too. I always tell them "Oompa used to make this when I was litte." Love You!!
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