David, I lived in Asheville for a while and it's a beautiful place. That drive from roanoke is rather long, but will probably be taking it sometime.

Allan C, thanks for the refresh, I'll go listen to that radio archive. Just today I heard about a place called Oddfellas in Floyd, and Mike Seeger is playing there on April 13, 2001.

Did some hiking this week. The Appalacian Trail is about 12 miles from where I am.

Smok, thanks for your post. I'll look into the Mountain Cafe.

MA