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
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Category: Virginia
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.”
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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The Dream Continues
As time has gone by and we have explored more of the Blue Ridge Mountains, our Mountain Dreams have expanded to include the mountains of southwestern Virginia. Through the virtual
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The Drive from Floyd, June 2004
Two years ago we spent a week in Watauga County, south of Valle Crucis on Nettles Knob. On of the day trips we took up to Mabry’s Mill. On the
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