Hard Cider Coming To Nelson County

John Washburn, who grew up in Ruffin, N.C., and graduated from George Washington High School in 1965, is currently building Bold Rock Cidery and Brewpub near Wintergreen in Nelson County, where he now lives. Right now, 15,000 square feet of cidery buildings and a restaurant are under construction, but eventually the cider pub will offer [...]

Fred First

Doug Thompson has posted a video of my friend Fred First reading a piece from his book Slow Road Homeat the Floyd Country Store on his new YouTube Channel, Buffalo Mountain Films.

Thanks Doug…

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A Christmas Story From Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine

I found a link in my morning email to this short Christmas story from northwestern Virginia.

Every year, on a Saturday morning (usually the last Saturday in November or first in December) we four would load up in a borrowed old, rusty pick up truck before the sun rose, and head West. Hats, gloves, jackets [...]