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  • Mar 5
    Finalists for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
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  • Mar 27
    Ramp It Up! Festival
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  • Apr 3
    Trout Derby - Blowing Rock, North Carolina Calendar
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  • Apr 24
    McDowell County - Pioneer Day
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  • May 13
    Asheville Bikefest - Blue Ridge Run
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  • Oct 16
    2010 Valle Country Fair
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"It is a beautiful book with gorgeous color pictures. Text boxes detailing a particular subject such as rhododendrons or Daniel Boone are sprinkled throughout. But why did they have to use black text on a dark purple background for these boxes? They are so difficult to read. Except for that shortcoming, this book is meant to be used, not to be left on the bookshelf. I take my copy wherever I think I am going to be on the Parkway. As for the answers to the questions above? Check pages 120, 129 and 108, respectively."

I couldn't agree more...


Finalists for the 7th Annual AMPC Announced

I am a little late posting this…Congrats to all of the finalists…But starting tomorrow you can view the finalists live at the Turchin Center For The Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University. The exhibition will run from March 5th at 7pm thru June 5th.

The judges reviewed over 1100 images, a record-setting total [...]

Trout Derby - Blowing Rock, North Carolina Calendar

Trout Derby

Apr 3 – 4, 2010

Two day fishing event. Win prizes for biggest fish in separate age categories. No entry fees are required and no pre-registration is necessary. Just take your catch to the official Derby headquarters at the Blowing Rock American Legion Building on Wallingford Street. Children 11 and under and persons with disabilities [...]

2010 Valle Country Fair

The photo above is one of my favorites from the Valle Crucis area…I stumbled across it at the Valle Country Fair website a number of years ago and it graces my desktop every fall. The fair itself is still on my list of things to do in North Carolina…We just haven’t [...]

Maverick Farms: Farm-CSA

I saw an announcement on the webs and tooled over to their website. It looks like they are doubling the number of subscriptions. If I was only living in the area…

Maverick Farms Launches High Country CSA!

Maverick Farms has launched the High Country CSA, a community-supported agriculture (CSA) project linking area consumers to several local vegetable [...]