Long Weekend

Crooked Road Ramble

3 days · ~220 miles · from Bristol (start Thursday)

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Start

Bristol (start Thursday)

Days

3

Distance

~220 miles

Length

Long Weekend

Themes

🎶 Music · 🏞️ Outdoors

Mountain music's living calendar: Floyd on Friday, the Carter Fold on Saturday — drive the prettiest gaps in Virginia between shows.

This trip chains: The Crooked Road

Day by day

Day 1: Thu: Bristol & Abingdon

Birthplace of Country Music Museum (give it two hours), burgers where Hank was allegedly last seen, then Abingdon: Barter Theatre tickets and the Martha's porch. Overnight Abingdon.

Day 2: Fri: High Country to Floyd

Coast the Virginia Creeper out of Damascus in the morning, ponies at Grayson Highlands, Galax's Barr's Fiddle Shop — then up the Parkway past Mabry Mill to Floyd. Doors at the Country Store by 6; flatfoot till they sweep you out.

Day 3: Sat: The Fold

Buffalo Mountain morning, then west along 58's curves to Maces Spring: A.P. Carter's store, the Carter Family Fold's Saturday show — acoustic, ageless, the actual source. Overnight Bristol, ears ringing politely.