Greetings, Y‘all, From Mount Airy’s ’Mayberry’

A poster on Main Street in Mount Airy, North Carolina, features Andy Griffith as Sheriff Taylor and Don Knotts as Barney Fife in the popular 1960s TV series “The Andy Griffith Show.” Courtesy of Sharon Whitley Larsen

“Where are y'all from?” a charming woman asked my husband, Carl, and me as we approached her counter at the Mount Airy Visitors Center.

When we responded “California,” she enthusiastically commented, “Welcome! We have so many visitors from all over!”