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Articles From Sept/Oct 2018

Of the U.S. 421 bridge near Boone, North Carolina, Frank Troitino said the rockwork was too uniform, and was not a parkway “old job. . . . not the way they taught us."

Blue Ridge Parkway: An Immigrant’s Story

Here’s a story I never knew, until I started working on this article.
Guard walls were taken apart and reinforced to meet federal highway safety standards.Vegetation is crawling across them now, making them look as though they’ve been there forever.

The Rock Guard Walls

Here’s a story I’d partly forgotten, until I started rereading what I’d written about the Blue Ridge Parkway for this magazine—and one that bears repeating.
This view, looking south from Bluff Mountain, is of the North Carolina section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Alligator Rocks.

Blue Ridge Parkway: A Loving Lament

Elizabeth Hunter, who began contributing to this magazine with its first issue and served as its award-winning columnist until her retirement at the end of 2014, also wrote dozens of articles, with care, awe and love, about the Blue Ridge Parkway.
It’s a full house on Main Street at the beautiful Historic Masonic Theatre.

Our Blue Ridge Towns: Riding the Art Train in Clifton Forge, Virginia

How does an out-of-the-way mountain town—pretty much left for dead a few decades back— make a comeback? It’s a long story that finally comes down to this: creativity and courage.
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The Apples On The Hill

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. —Martin Luther
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Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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