August 2012

There are few people who live in an area so ideally suited for both their passion and profession as Bob Wray.

To find out more about travel in Virginia, explore these links from our 2009 Travel Guide issue:

In 1934, decades before other municipalities began to think about greenways, the citizens of Lynchburg were envisioning such places.

Saltville, Va.’s director of tourism, Charlie Bill Totten, stands outside the Mahanaim Church, near Clinchburg, Va., proclaiming a vision: “I can see people traveling,” he says. “Not by vehicles, but by bicycles, walking.”

Two of Blue Ridge Country’s enthusiastic interns headed to historic Lexington, Va., to explore its eclectic downtown, populated by artists, gardeners, Civil War figures, a bookstore cat and a singing waiter.