We looked across the field and my sister noted that the fog-topped mountain looked like a volcano. Apple trees from Seaman orchards were l...
Nelson County: A trip to Saunders Brothers for Virginia apples and peaches and garden veggies
One of the best things about summer in Virginia is the fresh produce available from local growers. My Richmond sister and I met up in Charl...
Today at Wintergreen: 8th Annual Blue Ridge Mountian Music Festival
8th Annual Blue Ridge Mountain Music Festival August 17 12-7 pm Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen Resort The weather's perfect for today'...
Wintergreen: 8th Annual Blue Ridge Mountian Music Festival this weekend
8th Annual Blue Ridge Mountain Music Festival August 17 12-7 pm Dunlop Pavilion, Wintergreen Resort Celebrating our mountain heritage, Winte...
New superintendent named for Blue Ridge Parkway
Mark Woods, 53, has been named the new superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to Thursday's Roanoke Times . A long-time vet...
Family
Birthday celebration on the deck. He brought flowers for his grandmother. Mom with the beautiful flowers from cousins Lynn and John Osborne ...
Fodor's: '4 U.S. road trips to take before you die' includes one close to home
Only four destination roads are listed in the group of "4 U.S. road trips to take before you die" from Fodor's, the travel pe...
Summer escape to Big Meadows
Shenandoah National Park ... this black bear crossed the Skyline Drive in front of us on Friday, stopped to look, and then disappeared into ...
Virginia's mountains in July
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home...." --John M...
Grove Park Inn
Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell Grove Park Inn Asheville, NC July 23, 2013
Tye River rocks at Crabtree Falls
Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell July 11, 2013
Unpaved Blue Ridge Parkway
Paving is underway on the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Afton. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell July 11, 2013
Storytellers Mack & Joan Swift at Skyland Resort
Mack Swift was the football coach when I was in high school. Each summer, he and his wife can be found at Skyland Resort in Shenandoah Natio...
Afton summer views
Chicory was in full bloom Wednesday on top of Afton Mountain. The sky was overcast with rain on the way as I snapped this photo looking nort...
A walk in the clouds ... maintaining the Appalachian Trail (Rockfish to Reeds Gap)
I enjoy hearing from the folks who are intimately involved with upkeep and involvement along the mountains as is the case with "Merlot&...