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Reader Favorites: The Blue Ridge Outdoor Bucket List
No, not all of us are going to jump off a bridge, or even leap off a zip-line stand. And hiking 1,000 miles or running 20 miles of whitewater isn’t everyone’s cup of tea either. Read more
Classics & Secrets: 2012 Travel Guide
Writer and travel author Joe Tennis sets out to find a classic must-visit and a tucked-away secret of a destination in each of our nine coverage states. Read more
Travel Back in Time
Here’s a chance to combine great travel destinations with equally compelling events in our region’s history, including the Civil War, natural areas, coal history, the arts and more. Read more
Kayaking the New River
I knew I shouldn’t do it. It was a tight target, just about a kayak wide. A little to the right and I was going over a ledge into a hole if I didn’t get hung up on the rocks first... Read more
Roger Canada
Two Parks in Winter
Often in winter, the Blue Ridge Parkway, linking Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park and Tennessee/North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is closed by snow... Read more