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140 BACK TO MAYBERRY

It’s the real Mayberry—this friendly small
town of some 10,600 in the foothills of North
Carolina's gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains—
about an hour from my cousins' homes in
Margie Goldsmith
Wilkes County.
144 SAM ERVIN MUSEUM

I was in a most unlikely place for such an
important piece of history to reside – at
knee level within a glass display case, along
with many other fascinating pieces of mem-
orabilia from the Watergate era.

148 MARTA BECKET’S FOLLY

One doesn't usually head to Death Valley, or more
exactly, Death Valley Junction, to attend opera or
ballet performances. Yet, just outside Death Valley
National Park, on the corner of SR 127 and CA
190, the two-block "town" named Amargosa (Bit-
ter), complete with opera house and haunted mo-
tel, offers all of the above, and more.

Margie Goldsmith
Margie Goldsmith, a 2021 Lowell Thomas Journalist of the Year, is a NYC-based writer and
photographer who has explored 141 countries on seven continentsmand written about them
all. She has won 96 awards and has written over 1,500 articles for various publications. She
plays blues harmonica and is the author of Masters of the Harmonica: 30 Harmonica Masters
Share Their Craft.

Brian Clark

Brian Clark is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer and photographer who likes to ski,
kayak, scuba dive, bicycle and sail as often he can. A former staff writer for The San Diego
Union-Tribune, he now contributes to a number of publications.

Kitty Morse

Kitty Morse is a Casablanca-born food and travel writer, speaker, and author of 11 cookbooks, five
of them on the cuisine of her native Morocco. Her memoir, Mint Tea and Minarets: a banquet of
Moroccan memories, and its French translation, Le Riad au Bord de l’Oued, are both recipients of a
Gourmand World Award. https://www.kittymorse.com.

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