Mabry Mill

Before going to the mill, we stopped at a candy factory to see how the candy is made and to taste some samples of course.
Mabry Mill is a watermill located on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd County, Virginia. It is a tourist attraction mainly for the picturesque views of the mill itself. A short trail around the mill connects historical exhibits about life in rural Virginia. The trail allows visitors to view the gristmill, sawmill, and blacksmith shop. Mabry Mill was built by Edwin Boston Mabry (E.B. Mabry). E.B. Mabry returned to Floyd County in 1903 and began the construction of the mill. It was first a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, then became a sawmill. By 1905 it was in operation as a gristmill. By 1910 the front part of the mill was completed and included a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer and a jig-saw. Between 1905 and 1914 E.B. Mabry bought adjacent tracts of land, mostly for the purpose of acquiring more water power.

Clarissa waves out the window of the mill.

One of the exhibits around the grounds is this old log cabin, we thought it was funny how short the doorway is compared to Grandpa, I guess people were shorter back in the day.

On our way home from the mill, we stopped on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a picturesque view.