Bluegrass music and Flatfoot dancing go together like bread and butter. Go to any event where there is live bluegrass music, and someone will set up a dancing platform or throw a piece of plywood on the ground and start flatfooting. Flatfooting, also known as clogging, foot-stomping or buck-dancing, consists of dancing alone [...]
Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway — Hiking Trails in Virginia Continued By Nicole Munoz Continued MP 91.0 A moderate 1.9 mile portion of the Appalachian Trail, leading from the VA 695 to Sharp Top Mountain overlook. MP 92.5 The Sharp Top Mountain to Harvey’s Knob section of the Appalachian Trail is a 2.9 mile [...]
Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway — Hiking Trails in Virginia By Nicole Munoz The 469 mile long Blue Ridge Parkway is often said to be the most scenic drive in America. Beginning near Cherokee, NC, the parkway winds through the gorgeous Smokey Mountains and passes through the Pisgah National Forest, as well as the [...]
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains just a little southwest of Roanoke is the town of Ferrum, VA. Ferrum is the home of Ferrum College, a 4-year liberal arts residence college sponsored by the United Methodist Church. Ferrum is also home to the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum. The Blue Ridge Institute & Museum was created [...]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHLnmLKtsZY Every Labor Day, the population of the town of Hillsville, VA grows from 2700 to nearly 500,000 people. The entire town pitches in to accommodate the crowd. Residential yards are turned into parking lots ($5/day). Route 58 through the center of town is lined with food vendors for over a mile on both sides [...]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU31AS69sJI&feature=related In England, the plants are known as ramson; in France they are ail sauvage. Native Americans in the Great Lakes area called the plants Chicagou, for which the city of Chicago is named. Elsewhere in the world they are known as wild leeks, wild garlic and spring onions. In the Blue Ridge Mountains and [...]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUN72BRugio&feature=related In ancient times, it was said that “all roads led to Rome”. Today, the same might be said of Damascus, VA. Damascus is the Blue Ridge Mountain town where seven recreational trails converge: the Appalachian Trail, the Virginia Creeper Trail, the Trans-America National Bicycle Trail, the Iron Mountain Trail, the Daniel Boone Heritage Trail, [...]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXteoFCU6r4 Porta-Potty, Johnny-on-the-Spot, Outhouse, Portable toilet. Whatever you call them, they all have one thing in common: once you set them up, they stay put. They don’t go anywhere. Unless, of course, you are in Independence, VA the second Sunday in October; then you will see outhouses running down main street. The running outhouses are [...]
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