Category: Virginia
Blue Ridge Parkway Projects near Roanoke, Virginia, underway
Park visitors can anticipate a bridge maintenance project and completion of slope failure repairs this season Date: March 29, 2023Contact:BLRI Public Affairs (Vinton, VA) – National Park Service (NPS) officials today announced both a reminder about an ongoing road project and information about a new project on the Virginia section of the Blue Ridge Parkway this visitor season. In anticipation of a
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2023 Festival & Event Guide
“Food and drink! Music and artworks! Seasonal celebrations galore! Pick your favorite festival theme and start planning.” Blue Ridge Country I was spending some time on Facebook today and saw a post about NC Mineral and Gem Festival. The post had a copy of the cover of the Blue Ridge Country Magazine 2023 Festival & Event Guide. For over a
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Blue Ridge Parkway begins planned Mabry Mill wheel repairs
Project addresses mill wheel in 2023, more repairs needed in coming years News Release Date: May 3, 2023 Contact: BLRI Public Affairs FLOYD, Virginia – The first phase of several projects planned to address needed repairs at the Mabry Mill area, milepost 176.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, are set to begin in the coming weeks. National Park Service staff are finalizing plans for immediate repairs of the mill wheel as the first in a series of phased, planned projects at the site. National
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Some Of My Favorite Mountain Towns
My morning email brought me a message from Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge… And it had an article about “Great Small Towns to Explore in Virginia’s Blue Ridge“. Here is their list of great small towns to explore in Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Rocky Mount Floyd Buchanan Fincastle Vinton Salem Bedford View a Map of Locations > Here is a screen capture
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Eastern White Pine
It’s a bit of history, a bit geography, and a bit natural history. This video about the Eastern White Pine… Pinus strobus, commonly denominated the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine[2] is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada west through the Great Lakes region to southeastern Manitoba and Minnesota, United States, and south along the Appalachian Mountains and upper Piedmont to northernmost Georgia and perhaps very rarely
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The Appalachians: The Scotch-Irish / Scots-Irish
I stumbled across this video the other day… While the quality is a little blurry, the information is right on…
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Blue Ridge Parkway in Fall
This video was a pleasant surprise when it showed up in my Youtube recommendations. Well done and covering many of our favorite places on and off the Parkway. Throw in the fall colors and it get a thumbs up from me and my wife. Four days on the entire Blue Ridge Parkway as we witness the fall colors and travel
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Top Adventure Towns 2020 – Blue Ridge Outdoors
My favorite little town in Virginia was just selected as the Top Adventure Towns by Blue Ridge Outdoors. Top Tiny Town:Floyd, Va.(pop. 428)Tucked away in southwest Virginia, Floyd combines the authentic feel of a quaint country town with a vibrant cultural scene in the Blue Ridge Mountains. “I feel like Floyd is a hidden gem,” said Floyd local Brittany Bonner.
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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 area south of Roanoke, around Blacksburg, for it’s outdoor lifestyle. It looks as if the area is catching national attention. Roanoke, Va. Population: 92,600 %
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