April 2015

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Elakala Falls Trek

The popular Blackwater Falls State Park has another falls. Here’s a 5.5-mile circuit to include this little-visited spot.
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Disappearing, Reappearing Elk

Elk have adapted well to their new and natural habitat in the East.
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It Takes a Village

Want to make friends with a robin? Dig worms to use as fishing bait and leave the turned soil, still wriggling with escaping earthworms, for the robins to feast upon.
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Best of the Blue Ridge Parkway – Virginia & North Carolina

Here are the results of voting for the best places to dine, sleep, sip and much more.

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