January 2013

Have we mentioned we have matching hiking shoes, with a not-matching-anything dog?

Where 4.0 is really 2.8

Price Mountain and Sulphur Ridge Trails loop. 4 miles
From left: Aden, Kurt and Matthew at Buzzard Rocks looking west, December 23, 2012.

Late December Hikes: Three Nearby Faves

December 15: Parkway Milepost 101.5: FR 191 to AT to Fullhart Knob Shelter and back. December 23: Read Mountain Trail up and back with Aden and Matthew. December 31: Woodthrush Trail to Ridgeline Trail to top of Mill Mountain and down the Star Trail.
The Breaks Interstate Park cabins overlook Laurel Lake, where visitors can paddle a canoe.

Breaks Interstate ‘Like a Vacation House’

For one couple, the lure of the cabins at Breaks Interstate Park on the Virginia/Kentucky border is a four-season pull, with scenery, hiking and solitude adding to the pleasures of the well-equipped cabins.
Marla Milling and son Ben, 15, leaf through the 2013 edition of “The Old Farmer’s Almanac.”

Connecting Generations by Moon Signs and Love

Can moon phases, signs, planetary retrogrades and other bits of lore from “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” really have an influence on our health and well-being?

Departments

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

CALENDAR OF EVENTS