Day Trip to the Frescoes

While Mom and Dad were here, we went on a day trip to visit the churches of the frescoes in Ashe county. The frescoes were painted by Ben Long  The first one we came to on our route was just outside West Jefferson - St. Mary's Episcopal church.

Payton was enthralled with the church and didn't want to leave. She seemed to enjoy having full reign of the place. Ian came, saw and was ready to go. I really enjoyed the stained glass windows in this church. They were beautifully made. The fresco was pretty nice too.

After the first church, we stopped in downtown Jefferson for a bite to eat. And then we visited the local cheese shop. Yup, did you know that West Jefferson has a cheese factory. You can even go into the viewing room and watch them make 2000 lbs of cheese a day. It was actually pretty interesting and Ian really liked the sharp cheddar cheese samples. Grandma was impressed with the fresh cheese curds (squeaky, squeaky). Payton was thrilled with the ice cream.

The second of the two churches of the frescoes was in Glendale Springs - Holy Trinity Episcopal church. The mural in this church seemed much bigger, but it didn't have the stained glass. Ian fell asleep before we got to this one, so I got to carry him around. It was still a beautiful little old church.