Roanoke Ranked 16 In Money Magazine’s 25 Best Places To Retire
Another magazine has ranked a Virginia mountain city in a top 25 list…This time it’s Roanoke and the list is the Best Places To Retire. Money magazine likes the area for retirement. Outside likes the…
Wayfaring Wanderer: The 3 Easiest Waterfall Hikes in Shenandoah National Park
A place I have yet to visit…So go and see it through someone else’s eyes… View of Old Rag Mountain From Skyline Drive There is nothing that I like more than to see the awe-inspiring…
Floyd Countians Missing “Nothing to do”?
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report from Virtual Blue Ridge
From the web this week… This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for the week of June 18. An abundance of rain in the region here in late spring has given us full creeks…
Virginia Tax holiday— Be prepared for future flood disasters
From the news… With the start of hurricane season fast approaching, families and businesses across the Commonwealth of Virginia are being asked to take steps now to protect their properties from flooding.While it is rare…
What We Hold In Our Hands, a slow road reader
I received my copy of Fred First’s new book “What We Hold In Our Hands, a slow road reader” this week. I’ve been walking along the slow road Fred writes about, one essay at a time. Contemplating…
Good Food for Good People
Song of the Mountains Festival-Smyth County Celebration Gear Up for June Event
A world-class line-up of bluegrass and Americana bands and musicians are scheduled to appear on stage at the Third Annual Song of the Mountains Festival-Smyth County Celebration at the beautiful Davis Valley Winery’s amphitheatre in…
Bear sightings on the rise in Va — dailypress.com
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says a growing bear population makes the spring and summer months ripe for bear sightings.Officials say they are already getting numerous calls about sightings across…
The Discovery
On our 2004 vacation to northwestern North Carolina we made a day trip north into southwestern Virgina. We drove part of the time on the Blue Ridge Parkway and part of the time on the two lane…
At A Theater Near You…”Lunatic Farmer”
At this rate Joel Salatin might just be a household name yet… SWOOPE, Va. — The white metal sign over the desk at Polyface Farm reads, “Joel Salatin: Lunatic Farmer.”Salatin is proud of that label….
All Parkway Concession Facilities Open this Weekend!
Via Facebook Group Blue Ridge Parkway What a perfect weekend for the Blue Ridge Parkway! All concession facilities – Peaks of Otter Lodge, Crabtree Falls, Mabry Mill, Bluffs, and the Pisgah Inn — are open on…
Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Guide | America’s Favorite Scenic Drive
The Blue Ridge Parkway today, is in many ways, what it has been for all its years – a ribbon of highway along the high Appalachian ridges of the Southeast, and a gateway to the…
Sissy Farmer? I don’t think so…
Stumbling through my news reader I came across a reference and a video of Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I have been aware of the work Joel is doing for a while. His success with…
A Slow Road Reader
My friend Fred First is working on a new book. If you haven’t visited his blog, Fragments From Floyd, you should. Here is the announcement he has posted about the new book…Go check it out. Fred’s…
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