Diana K

Absolutely the best farmers market that I’ve ever visited. The produce was so fresh, reasonably priced, great selection and vendors are so helpful and friendly. The baked goods were calling my name and the flowers were stunning! If i lived locally, this would be a regular stop!

Booked our trip via Viator for a Sunday morning at 10 am. Prior to meeting our group, communications with the operator was excellent. They confirmed our reservation via text the day before and sent a reminder the morning of. And…it was a real person vs machine automated. The tour departed as scheduled with a total of 11 and Dylan as our tour leader. The drive to the drop off was about an hour to Willow Beach which had a cute store/gift shop and clean bathrooms. The kayak portion (to Emerald Cave) was a little over two miles. The actual “cave” was a bit disappointing (we were already forewarned by a friend who had done this tour) but the kayaking portion was beautiful and relaxing. The cave is actually just a small alcove where you back your kayak in to and look out into the river where the sunlight reflects on the algae which creates the beautiful emerald reflection. There’s a stop at Bob’s beach where you have an option for a short walk up Bob’s (a historic river gauger) path. A friend and I opted to stay and soak up the sun at the beach. While there, another tour from this operator was there and their tour guide, Johnny, was SO fun and engaging, taking cool pictures with his group. He staged their kayak and we asked if we could jump in for a picture and he was more than welcoming. A big shout out to Johnny!! We wished Dylan would have been more engaging and attentive to our group. The extra star is for Johnny!!