August 2021

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Mill Creek Stories: Fireworks

July 4 is a wondrous holiday, and can set the stage for further detonations.
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Mill Creek Stories: There’s Gold in Them There Hills

And pretty colors too in the appreciation of being another year older.
Liz Belcher: “Greenways and trails connect us to the land in a way that makes this space become home. We learn to breathe and look and see the daily changes in the natural world around us.”

From The Editor – Farewell to a Trails Hero

The Roanoke, Virginia metro area has been transformed over the past 25 years, and we salute Liz Belcher for leading the way to 400 miles of trails and greenways over that time.
New wagon tent!

Kurt’s Hikes: June-July ’21

Some Urban, Some Mountain, One Beach

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