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Blue Ridge Parkway begins planned Mabry Mill wheel repairs

Virginia

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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The Discovery

Virginia

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 country roads of the area.  We only made it as far north as Mabry Mill that year and the day was overcast and rainy. I managed to

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A Slow Road Reader

Virginia

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 New Book May 2009 I’m very pleased to tell you that a second book is joining Slow Road Home in May of 2009. What We

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