Summer Calendar of Events -Near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN

Plan your visit with THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN around these favorite mountain activities.  Most are ongoing, but there are a few that are perennial favorites. 

Of course, not even these wonderful events can best lying on a hammock on the porch of your Cabin at Celo, photographing wildlife in one of the lean-to's on the manicured hiking trails, relaxing by the trout ponds, enjoying a cookout at one of the 4 pocket parks, sharing stories around the campfires or fire pits with family or friends, relaxing and unwinding by the largest waterfall within this sanctuary setting, camping out with your children or grandchildren in the reserved area for homeowners...

Our special summer visit package for 3 days/2 nights at an historic B&B for $99, and a dining certificate to the nationally acclaimed ten-table Knife and Fork will allow you time to choose your home site, home, or cabin while getting to know our hometowns and the salt-of-the-earth people who live here.  

Remember your favorite summer camp?...a beloved small hometown?...a simpler, slower lifestyle and time?...Remember when summer was magical?...It still is...Come back home...The mountains are beckoning.

ONGOING

Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun – June, July , August – historic Altapass Orchard- live music, clogging, special events 

Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun – June July, August – historic Yancey Movie Theater – latest movie (singular!) for $5 and free refills on soft drinks. 

Friday daytime, Saturday night live music - Mary Jane’s Organic Café in Burnsville – 

Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun - Summer - Meet and Study with a Ranger - Mt. Mitchell State Park

Ongoing Weekends – LiveMusic – Town Center 

Ongoing - hiking, driving, walking the Blue Ridge Parkway

Ongoing – Guided Fly-Fishing Outings (Float, Wade and Walk Trips - River’s Edge Outfitters 

Ongoing – Loafers’Glory tubing and rafting 

Ongoing - Swimming, Tubing, Fishing, Camping - Toe River Campground

Ongoing - Swimming, Tubing, Fishing, Camping - Carolina Hemlocks

Ongoing - Burnsville Pool

Ongoing - Mt. Mitchell State Park

Ongoing - Hiking – Solo or group hiking – our local, weekly hike group 

Ongoing – Blue Ridge Bicycle Club  - also multiple motorcycle and car clubs – if this is of interest, you probably already know more about it than I do.

Ongoing - HorsebackRiding Trail Rides, Rafting, Tubing, Fishing, Fly-fishing  – video

Ongoing – 4 ½ star Golf Digest Must Play Public Course 

Ongoing – Art/Craft Studios and Galleries – Call or visit TRAC  (Toe River Arts Council) 

Ongoing – Zipline canopy tours  

June Special Events

June 2 – TROUTACULAR – Spruce Pine 

June 5 Venus Transit Party  - stargazing with telescopes at Energy Exchange 

June 7 Penland School of Crafts Auction 

June 8, 9, 10 TRAC Open Studio Tour – June 8, 9, 10 *****

June 9 Meet the Neighbors Event at THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN– 866-378-4769 

June 9 Farmer’s Market – Town Center

June 2- 16 Outlander – World Premier – Parkway Playhouse -Thurs, Fri Sat, Sun 1^st weekend 

June 14, 15, 16, 17 Hazel Creek Fly Fishing Trip – Rivers Edge Outfitters

June 14-16  66th Annual NC Rhododendron Festival  - Bakersville ***

June 15 Southern Rock Legend – The Kentucky Headhunters – Town Center  

June 16 Yancey County Historical Society – “Crème” Tea 

June 16 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

June 16-17 Mountain Farm Lavender Festival  ****

June 16 – Emerald Village Black Light Tour of the Bon AmiMine 

June 21 – Penland School of Crafts Auction 

June 22 -  MonroevilleConcert at Town Center – bluegrass and acoustic country award winners  

June 23-24 ASAP Family Farm Tours (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Program) 

June 23 - Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

June 29 – Balsam Range Concert – Song of the Year IBMA Award Winner – Town Center 

June 30 – Dolly Parton’s 9-5 Musical Parkway Playhouse June 30 

June 30 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

July Special Events

July 1 – 14 Dolly Parton’s  9-5 Musical Parkway Playhouse 

July 4  - PenlandSchool of Crafts 4th of July Celebration 

July 4 – Burnsville Lion’s Club July 4th Celebration on Town Square *****

July 4 - Altapass Orchard July 4th Celebration ****

July 5  - PenlandSchool of Crafts auction

July 7 – Dynamite Day at Emerald Village 

July 7 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

July 11-27 - Kids’ Camp - Penland School of Crafts 

July 14 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

July 15 – Toe River Storytelling – Spruce Pine

July 19 – Penland School of Crafts auction 

July 20 and 21 – Spruce Pine BBQ Championship and Blue GrassFestival 

July 21 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

July 24 – Folkmoot USA – Town Center 

July 27 – Gershwin With a Twist – Town Center – Live Music ****

July 28 – 28th Annual Grassy Creek Mineral andGem Show 

July 28-31 Big River (Adventures of Huck Finn) Parkway Playhouse 

July 28 – StoneEcho Concert – classic and southern rock with video/light show – Town Center 

July 28 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

August Special Events

August  1- 11 BigRiver (Adventures of Huck Finn) Parkway Playhouse 

August 2, 3, 4, 5 Annual North Carolina Mineral and GemFestival 

Aug 3 and 4 Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair *****

Aug 4 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

Aug 10 and 11 – Penland School of Crafts auction 

Aug 11 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

Aug 18 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

Aug 23 Penland School of Crafts auction 

Aug 25 – 31 Romeo and Juliet – Parkway Playhouse

Aug 25 – Farmers’ Market – Town Center Center 

May, 2012 Events Near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN

Mark your calendars for these upcoming events in May 

The 2012 Opening for Historic Altapass Orchard

Senior Winner : Janice Friedman "Altapass Sunrise" 4th Annual Altapass Photo Contest

Celebrating over one hundred years! The Historic Orchard at Altapass is an 104-year-old apple orchard that is also an Appalachian Cultural Center celebrating the people, music, art, and natural beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina. Built by the Clinchfield Railroad in 1908, the Orchard sits right on the Parkway providing some of the most amazing scenery on the Blue Ridge Parkway. 

The Orchard is open May 2 through early September on Monday and Wednesday-Saturdays, 10:00-5:30 and Sundays, 12:00-5:30; from mid-September through October The Orchard is open daily 10:00-5:30. 

May 02 - Bob Lominac & Friends begin the 2012 season with happy, danceable tunes. For more information...Contact: The Orchard at Altapass828765-9531

Parkway Playhouse

April 28-May 12 at North Carolina's longest continuously operating, award-winning summer theater.

An outrageously hilarious race against the clock begins when Savannah Sprunt Fairchild Honeycutt agrees to get her feisty mother all the way from Alabama to California in time for her brother's wedding. Savannah's problem: Mama won't fly.

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta on Town Square

 May 5 from 10 to 2 with ethnic food, music, dance, and crafts for sale.  They will have Mexican food, folkloric dances and more. Enjoy tamales, homemade authentic food, music and fun for everyone. All proceeds will go to charity.

Penland School of Crafts Scholarship Auction

May 3 Auction takes place at 8:00 PM in the Northlight Building Each Penland session ends with an auction of work donated by students, instructors, and friends. These auctions are culminating celebrations of the work done in the classes, and they are an opportunity for neighbors, travelers, and craft enthusiasts to enjoy the energy of a Penland session. All proceeds support the Penland scholarship program.

Other Auction Dates Thursday, May 3 Thursday, June 7 Thursday, June 21 Thursday, July 5 Thursday, July 19 Monday, August 6 Thursday, August 23 Thursday, November 15

Derby Day

May 5  at Burnsville Town Center - Appalachian Therapeutic Riding Center's annual Kentucky Derby Day fundraiser. The fun begins around 5 p.m. with pre-race activities. After the race, dinner will be served around 7 p.m., with music and dancing to the band, Tuxedo Junction. Call 675-5814 or visit atrcriding.com for more information.  

Mayland Community College Golf Tournament

Linville Golf Club - designed by Donald Ross

May 10 Annual Benefit Golf Tournament:
Linville Golf Club
83 Roseboro Rd, Linville, NC 28646
Support MCC Students while playing one of the best courses in NC!
Registration beings at 11:00 a.m.
Tee Time: Shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.
Captain's Choice
Cost: $600 per Team of 4
Includes: lunch, Linville Golf Club golf shirt, snacks, cocktail party and awards ceremony. Prizes: Longest drive, closes to pin, putting contest, hole-in-one, 1st & 2nd place.

Contact: Mayland Community College Foundation
1-800-463-5263 ext. 311 or 312

First Annual Grassy Creek Spring Mineral and Gem Show

May 17 The First Annual Grassy Creek Mineral and Gem Show is an extension of the regular gem show in July - August. There will be 30 vendors from all over the USA with gems, minerals, jewelry, fossils, and lapidary related items.
There will be a Bar-B-Que on Saturday by the Parkway Fire and Rescue. Food will be available daily also. Open each day 10-6

Place: Parkway Fire and Rescue Fire Station
12966 South Hwy 226 South
Spruce Pine, NC 28777

Contact: Donna Collis
828-765-5519
collisdonna@yahoo.com

Toe River Arts Council 6th Annual “Paint Out”

May 19 - Every year when spring fills the air and colors the gardens, artists from “all over" come to Burnsville, NC.  TRAC’s Annual Paint Out is modeled on the en plein air experience, a French expression that means “in the open air,” particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. For one day, all day, artists are outdoors painting and drawing in and around the streets of Burnsville for all to enjoy.

Baby Goat Day at Mountain Farm

May 19 Visit a working farm: bottle feed kids in season, picnic on the property, enjoy refreshments from the Mountain Farm coffee shop, sit in the lavender field and inhale, cut-your-own lavender and U-Pick blueberries, too (when in season)! Have a fun filled day seeing the baby goats and shopping in their gift shop.

Contact: Mountain Farms
828-675-4856
marilyn@mountainfarm.net
www.mountainfarm.net

Graham Children's Health Services Burnsville Fit Families 5K Run Walk

May 19 Graham Children's Health Services Presents the Couch Potato to Burnsville Fit Families 5K Race program. This free training program will begin on Saturday, March 17th and will conclude with the Burnsville Fit Families 5k Race to be held on Saturday, May 19th. Join us for this free fitness opportunity to train together on our runs/walks. The Whole community is invited. The more sessions you attend the greater your chances of winning.
Where: Mountain Heritage High School Track (Burnsville Elementary track when MHHS not available).
When: Tuesday and Thurday @ 5:45pm; Saturday @ 9:00a.m BE SURE TO BRING WATER. To Register or view the training plan go to www.healthyyancey.org or call 682-7899.

Miner's Heritage Day

May 26 Gem Cutting and Gold Panning demonstrations! Free Guided Hikes! Good Music & Good Food! Free Day-time kids mine tours! Treasure Hunt for kids. Night-time Black Light Mine Tour! Other Special Events to be Anounced!

Miner’s Heritage Day Schedule

10:00 AM - FREE guided hike to a hidden mine.

12:00 PM - FREE live music with Pete & Kim McWhirter.

1:00 PM - FREE roundtable discussion of local mines and mining.

2:00 PM - FREE live music with Kenny Jobe, Billy Constable & friends.

3:00 PM - FREE guided hike to the top of the Big McKinney Mine.

9:00 PM - BLACK LIGHT MINE TOUR in the Bon Ami Mine.

$15.00 Adults/ $10 Seniors/ Children FREE

Doors open at 8:00 PM.
Contact: Emerald Village
828-765-6463
www.emeraldvillage

The Orchard's Memorial Day Celebration & Covered Dish Picnic

Senior Runner-up Photo Contest - Diana Forrest "Iris with a View"

May 28 Open to the public, live music all day is free. The stage area fills up quickly, so you might want to bring lawn chairs. Admission for the meal is a dish to share or $10 per meal. The Orchard provides traditional mountain barbecue, water, iced tea and paper goods

Contact: Orchard at Altapass
828765-9531
www.altapassochard.com

Choose your favorite events around which to plan your visit with us at THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN. Call for our special visit packages:  866-378-4769

Fall Foliage, Festivals, Flings - on our Honor! - It's Here!

October in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains - This is what we have been waiting for!

Fall Foliage and views to take your breath away... live music, festivals, and flings that are a breath of fresh air...

Wine, Dine and Unwind with our restaurants, grills, cafes and local wine tastings , pair that with our handcrafted goat cheeses that you can purchase direct from the local creamery (Oak Moon Creamery) on an honor system, drive along NC State Scenic Highway NC 19 and choose your own locally-grown pumpkins - also on the honor system - support America's #4-ranked community college (Mayland) while you participate in the 2011 Yancey County Dream Home Tour (a trip through these storied mountains for leaf-looking excursion, history, beauty and vision. You will see unparalleled rolling valley and mountain views at Mountain Farm lavender and goat farm, a family chapel at historic Elk Farm, a totally handcrafted log cabin, historic homes, and much more.) Stop at the studios of our acclaimed artists (more, per capita, than anywhere else in America), visit the world-renowned Penland School of Crafts, try your hand at gem mining, pick your own heritage apples, clog (North Carolina dance) to live bluegrass, take a hayride as you listen to Revolutionary War and Civil War stories at the historic Altapass Orchard, and more.

Click here for a complete listing of festivals, flings and foliage viewing excursions

Turn this vacation of a lifetime into a home for a lifetime. Call for an appointment to visit the sanctuary setting of THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN(828-679-4869 - select days are available in October for complimentary accommodations and one night of fine dining), and choose your 1-3-acre home site, cabin, or cottage among streams, creeks, trout ponds, waterfalls, long and short-range mountain views, 4 community parks with cooking and seating areas and fire pits, lean-to's for photography or reading, a custom tree house and more. The Cove at Celo Mountain is a small private, gated community far enough away from the hustle and bustle of big-city life to relax, close enough to one of Fodor's 2011 world destinations (Asheville) to stay just connected enough... Slow down, breathe the mountains, live the dream... along America's Favorite Drive - the Blue Ridge Parkway in the beautiful Toe River Valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The mountains are beckoning...

TOP TEN EVENTS TO EXPERIENCE THIS SUMMER

COOL OFF – CHILL OUT – CURB COSTS–(cost: from nil to nominal)- All within 15 minutes of THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN
#1 and #2 Back-to-back festival/feast on July 16. Storytelling Festival in Spruce Pine from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. followed by the Midsummer Feast on Lower Street from 4:00-9:00 pm hosted by Knife and Fork with booths, live music, local beer and unique culinary creations by 2011 WNC Chef Finalist;

#3 and #4 Tops east of the Mississippi - Mt. Mitchell State Park at 6,684' is the highest and coolest place east of the Mississippi and the Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair on August 5 and 6 is consistently a Top 20 event of the Southeast.


#5 and #6 Most popular mountain sports are golf at the 4 1/2-star Golf Digest "Must Play Public Golf Course" - Mt. Mitchell Golf Course and the myriad water sports on the North Toe and South Toe and other rivers near us - including tubing, kayaking, rafting, and float and fly fishing.

#7 and #8 Destination places for national and international travelers - The award-winning Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina (we are the Corporate Underwriters), the world-renowned Penland School of Crafts, and the cutting-edge/highly-touted Energy Exchange attract visitors from all over the country and world.

#9 and 10 Step into a world apart -The historic and bucolic Altapass Orchard will transport you to another era - live music and clogging (NC dance), heritage apples, NC barbecue and homemade fudge, heritage apples, crafts, and hay rides with storytelling; and then spiritual retreats to get away from it all - Quiet Reflections, Wildacres and High Pastures - beauty and repose...

Come enjoy these paired top events with the mid through end of summer discovery package offered by THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN - 2 nights for 2 at a wonderful, historic Bed-and-Breakfast, dinner for 2 at the Knife and Fork, and Parkway Playhouse theater tickets for 2 through July and August - all for $49.

The mountains are calling...

Holiday Happenings - HandMade in America - near The Cove at Celo Mountain

The holiday season is almost upon us. What better way to spend time with family, friends, or quiet time alone with a favorite pet or book than snuggled up by a cozy fire in the great room or the outdoor living area in your own Cabin at Celo or mountain hideaway. Then get out and about in one of America's top destinations - the Asheville, North Carolina area - right off of America's Favorite Drive - the Blue Ridge Parkway. Enjoy hiking, fly-fishing, kayaking, skiing, horseback riding, scenic driving along the Parkway, gallery and studio shopping among some of America’s most acclaimed artisans, and a host of other activities within 5-30 minutes of your cabin front door.

Remember receiving something handcarved or made just for you by your father or grandfather - or some treasured time together fishing, hunting, hiking or skiing? Do you still have that keepsake quilt lovingly made by your grandmother, or the painstakingly handcrafted doll clothes? HandMade in America still supports this art of connection and undergirds the continuing legacy of our heritage crafts and traditions. Come enjoy this with us - the old-fashioned, endearing, and enduring way of celebrating holidays.

• Celebrate Halloween with the 2010 Season Closing Show at Altapass Orchard with fabulous live music and clogging - Oct 31
• Join the Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina Road Rally - November 6,
• Participate in the National Gingerbread House Competition and Exhibition at the historic, world-ranked Grove Park Inn and Spa - Nov 15 - Jan 2
• Take the self-guided Toe River Arts Council Open Studio Tour - December 3-5, 2010 - “The Premier Open Studio Tour in the Country”- free
• Choose and cut your own Christmas Tree, buy fresh wreaths and mistletoe from several of our local farms.
• Select handmade gifts and signed copies of the book behind The Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree store.

There is another place here that returns you to more treasured memories of childhood and camp in a pristine sanctuary in the middle of Pisgah National Forest right off the Blue Ridge Parkway - complete with outdoor fireplaces and cook areas for roasting marshmallows and grilling hot dogs, firepits surrounded with handcrafted outdoor furniture where you can spend hours relishing the company of family and friends, miles of hiking trails , trout ponds where you can teach your own children or grandchildren to fly-fish before taking them out on our ancient rivers, a custom-designed tree house for hours of stimulating make-believe adventures, lean-to's along the creeks for reading, meditating, or enjoying a glass of wine or a thermos of hot tea. This is The Cove at Celo Mountain. The acclaimed art and craft of Western North Carolina surround us here too - from the art-commissioned, hand-forged entrance gate to our own unique quilt block. Our owners are the Corporate Underwriters of The Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina that adorn not only our own properties but the houses, barns, and businesses of the communities that surround us. It is this co-mingled beauty of art and nature that makes Celo living such a transforming experience. Seneca said it best centuries ago, "All art is but an imitation of nature."



Come back to this simple, powerful way of living in the beauty of nature and the comfort of handmade craft.

UPCOMING CULTURAL EVENTS NEAR THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN

The high season of the High Country around North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway is almost upon us. Before long our celebrated fall foliage season will begin, but we say farewell to summer in a big way up around Celo Mountain.

Burnsville, NC, boasts the oldest continuously running summer theater in North Carolina, The Parkway Playhouse - now in its 64th season. The world premier of The Ballad of Tom Dooley, the musical of a local legend, just ended this weekend to rave reviews. Pride and Prejudice is the theatrical valediction for the season August 24th- September 4th.

August 28th is Altapass Orchard's All-Stars Encore Show... Again - showcasing unbelievable local musical talent.

August 28th the Carolina Barn Dance presents The Folsom Prison Gang - a Johnny Cash tribute band from Western North Carolina. The band produces quality live performances that recreate the popular vintage sounds associated with Johnny Cash's music.

September 4th the Carolina Barn Dance presents Kat Williams - a jazz, blues and R&B singer that always leaves her audience screaming for more.

September 10th and 11th the historic town square of Burnsville will host the Carolina Mountain Literary Festival, which will have over 25 authors, poets, playwrights, and historians as well as writing, papermaking and bookmaking workshops ongoing simultaneously at businesses around the town square. This popular event attracts thousands of book lovers from all over Western North Carolina and beyond.

September 25th is the Old Timey Day - This is a celebration and preservation of our heritage. There will be demonstrations of yesterday's crafts, traditional mountain music, clogging, antique tractors and cars, games, food and much more.

The temperature cools, the wild turkeys forage along the back roads, and the mountains begin their patchwork turn of colors. What a perfect time to snuggle up on a porch hammock, read in a porch rocking chair or swing, start the first fire of the season in your cabin or mountain home within the sanctuary setting of The Cove at Celo Mountain. Three miles of manicured hiking trails, trout ponds, water falls, streams, creeks, a camp area for residents and their children or grandchildren, and 4 outdoor living and cooking areas await residents of this private gated community outside of Asheville, NC. Browse our selection of Black Mountain Homes, Cabins and Mountain Properties. Come enjoy our dramatic mountain views and deep cultural heritage in a part of America that reclaims the simplicity and warmth of small town living and rivals the offerings of big city authenticity and excellence in arts, music and culture.

For more information:

Parkway Playhouse: http://www.parkwayplayhouse.com/

Altapass All-Stars: http://www.altapassorchard.com/calendar.htm#august

Folsom Prison Gang: http://memberservices.membee.com/ncsprcoc/irmevents.aspx?id=374

Kat Williams: http://memberservices.membee.com/ncsprcoc/irmevents.aspx?id=272

Carolina Mountain Literary Festival: http://www.cmlitfest.org/

Old Timey Days: http://www.yanceychamber.com/calendar.php

HISTORIC, BUCOLIC ALTAPASS ORCHARD OPENS MAY 1ST

ORCHARD OPENS FOR THE SEASON! Open Mon, Wed-Sat: 10-6; Sun: 12-6; Closed Tuesdays. During apple harvest mid-Sept through October The Orchard will be open 7 days/week, 10-6.

The Altapass Orchard is located right off the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 328.3, down in a valley, with the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains serving as backdrop. There are many wonderful, unique places to visit on the Parkway, and you can read our blog on it to get a description of many of them (linked below).

But my personal favorite is the 102-year-old Altapass Orchard. Admittedly, there is a circuitous connection - as with everything here – through people at the Orchard to people at The Cove at Celo Mountain, which endears it to us even more. One-half of the Orchard is owned by The Blue Ridge Parkway, and the other half is held in trust by The Altapass Foundation. Bill and Judy Carson and Kit Carson Trubey are the conservators of the Foundation. Bill, a former rocket scientist, is the bridge partner of Cove at Celo Mountain estate owner, Susan Crutchfield (see our blog on the Crutchfields linked below), and Susan and Kit teach bridge lessons in our surrounding towns of Burnsville, Spruce Pine and Little Switzerland.

Altapass Orchard encapsulates just about everything loved and written about this area – great beauty, natural goodness (of award-winning heritage apples), live traditional mountain music – free - 5 days a week, clogging and dancing (clogging lessons!), preservation of culture through oral storytelling, a monarch butterfly program, homemade fudge and ice cream, authentic crafts and specialties, hayrides, picnics on special holidays, a food wagon and more – all in a casual setting. Bill is the storyteller of the Altapass history for the hayrides - a history steeped in the nation’s saga of Indians, settlers, railroads, and war battles.

The Orchard has been featured in National Geographic, won the prestigious Charles J. Parker Award from the NC Tourism Industry Association, and has been written up in numerous publications - including Southern Living, Our State and Blue Ridge Country. The Today show is doing a 3-day shoot this Tuesday for the 75th anniversary of The Blue Ridge Parkway. Altapass Orchard is one of the sites that will be filmed for an eventual weekend Today segment. About 60,000 visitors come through Altapass Orchard each year. There are 3,000 apple trees in production now, and at its peak, 125,000 bushels of apples were packed and shipped out of the Orchard.

Check their calendar of events, http://www.altapassorchard.com/calendar.htm, to find which day to include them on your trip itinerary. Especially if you live in a large city, this will be one of your most enjoyable WNC country adventures. You won’t want to miss this!

For more information on Altapass Orchard: http://www.altapassorchard.com/
For our blog on The Blue Ridge Parkway: http://coveatcelo.blogspot.com/2010/02/beauty-on-blue-ridge-parkway-with.html
For our blog on the Crutchfields – The Cove at Celo Mountain Estate Owners: http://coveatcelo.blogspot.com/2010/02/meet-estate-owners-at-cove-at-celo.html