Disaster Strikes
Sometime in 2016 disaster struck Virginia Mountain Dreams, whether it was something I did unintentionally or some glitch in a computer or a program, the site went dead. At the time most of these virtual explorations were not at the top of my priority list, so I let it linger in limbo. When I started reworking these sites I went looking and found some of Virginia Mountain Dreams still alive on the Internet Archive – the Wayback Machine. I will be spending some time trying to recreate those pages and posts… One of the benefits of this method is the ability to link out to archived copies of the linked to pages. So if you would like to really wander through time and these mountains explore some of these old posts…
The Posts
My morning email brought me a message from Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge… And it had an article about “Great Small Towns to Explore in Virginia’s …
It’s a bit of history, a bit geography, and a bit natural history. This video about the Eastern White Pine…
https://youtu.be/bQs7novlvtA
By Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service …
I stumbled across this video the other day… While the quality is a little blurry, the information is right on…
https://youtu.be/DHOyYQ0Wm_I
This video was a pleasant surprise when it showed up in my Youtube recommendations. Well done and covering many of our favorite places on and …
My favorite little town in Virginia was just selected as the Top Adventure Towns by Blue Ridge Outdoors.
Top Tiny Town:Floyd, Va.(pop. 428)Tucked away in southwest …
Another magazine has ranked a Virginia mountain city in a top 25 list…This time it’s Roanoke and the list is the Best Places To Retire. …
A place I have yet to visit…So go and see it through someone else’s eyes…
View of Old Rag Mountain From Skyline Drive
There is nothing that …
Doug Thompson asks the question…”What happened to our quiet, peaceful little county?”
From the web this week…
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for the week of June 18. An abundance of rain in the region …
From the news…
With the start of hurricane season fast approaching, families and businesses across the Commonwealth of Virginia are being asked to take steps now …
I received my copy of Fred First’s new book “What We Hold In Our Hands, a slow road reader” this week. I’ve been walking along the slow …
CSA fosters relationships between farmers and retail consumers. Consumers purchase shares at the start of the growing season and are paid back in produce at …
A world-class line-up of bluegrass and Americana bands and musicians are scheduled to appear on stage at the Third Annual Song of the Mountains Festival-Smyth …
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says a growing bear population makes the spring and summer months ripe for bear sightings.Officials …
On our 2004 vacation to northwestern North Carolina we made a day trip north into southwestern Virgina. We drove part of the time on the Blue …
At this rate Joel Salatin might just be a household name yet…
SWOOPE, Va. — The white metal sign over the desk at Polyface Farm reads, …
Via Facebook Group Blue Ridge Parkway
What a perfect weekend for the Blue Ridge Parkway! All concession facilities – Peaks of Otter Lodge, Crabtree Falls, Mabry Mill, …
The Blue Ridge Parkway today, is in many ways, what it has been for all its years – a ribbon of highway along the high …
Stumbling through my news reader I came across a reference and a video of Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I have been aware of the …
My friend Fred First is working on a new book. If you haven’t visited his blog, Fragments From Floyd, you should. Here is the announcement he …
As time has gone by and we have explored more of the Blue Ridge Mountains, our Mountain Dreams have expanded to include the mountains of …
Two years ago we spent a week in Watauga County, south of Valle Crucis on Nettles Knob. On of the day trips we took up …
Fragments from Floyd: “most of what I find to do these days is done with my butt in a chair, letting my fingers do the …
I have been reading the archives at Fragments From Floyd and came across Fred’s “Secret Places” observations.Fragments From Floyd: November 19, 2004 Archives: “This remote …
Another shot from the parkway in 2004. The family had not yet learned what Dad with a new camera was like…It didn’t take long for …
Two years ago we spent a week in Watauga County, south of Valle Crucis on Nettles Knob. On of the day trips we took up …
Thanks to Fred for the link, great articles all. I was especially atracted to what David Weinberger had to say about community among bloggers:David Weinberger, …
Fragments From Floyd was one of the first blogs I discovered when I went googling on the phrase “Blue Ridge Mountains” (actually Marie Freeman’s “Blue …