So, our road trip dreams came true! We got in the local paper at the end of our musical road trip through the mountains. The Franklin News-Post tucked us neatly in between the obituaries and the animal control report. I mean, the polka-dot car was meant to brighten up a newspaper page like that, no?

And, if you can read the fine print above, we committed no crime to achieve this fame in the “Moonshine Capital of the World.” (Our whiskey’s legal as far as we can tell, ladies and gentleman.) Our 3 copies were mailed to us from the great staff at the Blue Ridge Institute…who originally spotted us with our instruments outside their museum. The top picture is Stacie, Natasha, and I with “Polkie” in front of the Crooked Road Sign. So, if there is ever argument about where “Polkie” first went into official print, it was in Franklin County, Virginia. The band-aids painted on the car even got some coverage! Get it? Coverage.

The second picture is Natasha in the center, fiddling with the band. You may never know how good they sounded…but, wow-wee, they sure were good-lookin’! Many thanks goes to the Blue Ridge Institute staff for submitting our story and reminding us that our trip was, indeed, worth a bit of ink.

Now, fingers still crossed about next year’s brochure!!!