Tour 8: 
Farms, History,
and Red Headed Boys Named Opie

This tour will highlight some of the interesting historical, cultural and modern aspects of the rural Piedmont area of North Carolina. We will start by visiting Horne Creek Farm which is a working recreation of a 1900’s Piedmont farm that features heritage breeds of farm animals and old-fashioned apple varieties. Next we will visit Mount Airy, known as the “Friendly City”, which reminds people of the town of Mayberry featured in “The Andy Griffith Show” and eat at the Snappy Lunch.  Gerard's Bakery is a commercial bakery which uses hard red winter wheat and we can see the entire process from dough to finished product. We will then tour Coe Farms, a diversified farming operation growing tobacco, grains, cattle, tomatoes and cabbage.  The tour will conclude by visiting Pilot Mountain State Park for a spectacular view.

Horne Creek Farm

 

Mount Airy

 

Coe Farms

 

Pilot Mountain State Park

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