July 2019

Felecia Shelor has been at it for 35 years at Patrick County, Virginia’s Poor Farmer’s Market.

Open Every Day (For 35 Years Straight)

Poor Farmer’s Market is just off the Blue Ridge Parkway
Inset Image: Record-setting Appalachian Trail runner and author Jennifer Pharr Davis and Alan Shuptrine have collaborated to create the book "I Come From A Place" which contains 80 of his paintings.

Main Image: “Away for the Summer.”

‘I Come from a Place’

Tennessee watercolorist captures the people and places along the Appalachian Trail.
Dogs can stand even when other paddlers are not quite ready for the full SUP experience.

SUP With Your Pup

Virginia Outfitter Offers Paddleboarding for Dogs
This is the second of four waterfalls known as “Blue Hole Falls” in the Cherokee National Forest near Elizabethton, Tennessee. Only this one and the third are readily accessible.

Photo Essay: Fabulous Falls

Ready to cool off for summer even if you can’t get outside right now? Our contributing photographers to the rescue! Dive into these cool mountain falls.
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Streaming On The Parkway, Part 12: A Sunny Farewell

The final installment of our blog series following the members of the Wally Byam Caravan Club International during their 2019 Taste of the Blue Ridge Caravan between late May and mid June.

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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

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