The Guide That Always Travels With Us On The Blue Ridge Parkway

If there is one book that always travels with us on the dashboard as we drive the Blue Ridge Parkway, this is it. With it’s mile post directory and interesting tips, it’s what we reach for first.

With a new cover and text design, this milepost guide highlights the many significant points of interest located [...]

Want To Know A Secret?

Last week when I was writing my post about the Our State Photo Contest winners I went to their store to see if they sold back issues of the magazine…They don’t. While I was there I stumbled across their clearance items. There were two items that caught my eye one was a Grandfather Mountain Christmas [...]

Ron Rash receives writing honors

I have been a fan of Ron Rash ever since I read his poem “The Exchange” a few years back…I have a few of his books and read everything of his I come across. So far  I haven’t been disappointed. So I was oleased to see this in my email notices…

Ron Rash, the Parris [...]

June in the mountains – Twenty O'Four

It’s been three years now since this picture was taken up on the top of Roan Mountain. We were a bit early for the full bloom but even what we were in time for was impressive. Every time we go back to North Carolina I try to take the time to run up to the [...]