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2014

Seeing Southern: The Fruits of the Mercier Orchards

Plant trees, and they will come. That's probably not the exact advice that Bill Mercier originally imparted to his son Tim or to his granddaughter's husband Joe Foster years ago, but since 1943, the Mercier family has been doing just that.

Dec 11, 2014
By: Judy Garrison

Sun on the Rocks

Kurt's November 2014 hikes.

Dec 11, 2014
By: Kurt Rheinheimer

Hatfields & McCoys, Revisited: Part 7 – Winners and Losers, Feudists and Financiers

From time to time someone will ask me, perhaps only half seriously, who won the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Given the way we think of feuds, as mighty struggles between two equal, or nearly equal, clans, it’s a legitimate question. So let’s have at it.

Dec 10, 2014
By: Ryan Hardesty

The Blue Ridge Experience Travel Guide

For 2015, our annual travel guide not only puts you on the road to mountain beauty and fun, but puts you into the experience. C’mon, let’s get busy learning something new, like maybe mushing huskies, making biscuits or slinging inner tubes.