Interesting things going on up, down and around the Parks and Drives
Well, so far we have met the schedule for the 3rd month
Dear Traveler
This is the third issue of our effort to bring to you interesting happenings, events and occurences on and near the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. We will usually seperate them into 12 sections to match up with the map sections on our web site http://www.BlueRidgeSkyline.com Starting with the Northern Section of the Skyline Drive including Winchester and Front Royal and working our way south to the Southern end near Cherokee NCWinchester, Front Royal and the Northern Section of the Skyline Drive.
Winchester Oct 17 18 & 19
Shenandoah Valley Hot Air Balloon and Wine Festival
Morning and evening a colorful array of hot air balloons in all sizes and shapes will surround you as you enjoy music, wine tasting, craft and antique car show, games and fun for the kids and so much more
Click for more information
Harrisonburg and Luray section of the Skyline Drive
Like Books?
Then the Green Valley Book Fair is for you! Oct 11th thru the 26th.
Located just south of Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the heart of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the Green Valley Book Fair is a discount book outlet store featuring over 500,000 new books at incredible bargain prices. Save 60% to 90% off retail on over 30,000 different titles in more than 60 different categories - including fiction, history, health and self-help, children's books, religion, science, sports, cooking, gardening, crafts, art, reference, nature and outdoors, and more
Check out the Web Site
Staunton and Waynesboro where the Skyline Drive and The Blue Ridge Parkway meet
Staunton /Fishersville
Oct 10-11 & 12
This bi-annual event brings together two of the greatest gatherings of antique dealers and buyers in the Mid Atlantic Region. Items being sold range in value from less than a dollar to items exceeding six figures.
Venders and buyers have come from most all of our states. As many as 200 venders may be showing their finds
Go here for the show sponsors page
Road condition information from the National Park Service
Skyline Drive
Blue Ridge Parkway
Lexington, Natural Bridge, Bedford and Buchannan sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway
Bedford
National D-Day Memorial presents Ernie Pyle
Oct 10 - Oct 11 -7:00pm - Enjoy this monologue of the GI's journalist, Ernie Pyle. The presentation is a touching sometimes humorous look at the war through the eyes of Ernie Pyle as he and thousands of American boys lived it. In his dispatches Ernie Pyle gave his readers a first-hand view of what life was like on the front. Admission tickets are $10.00 per person in advance and $15.00 at the door. This event will take place at Liberty High School. Tickets can be purchased in Bedford at Arthur's Jewelry, the Bedford Welcome Center, the National D-Day Memorial, or in Lynchburg at Given's Books. - 540-586-3329
Click here to visit National DDay Memorial web site
Roanoke, Salem & Smith Mt. Lake
Roanoke
Oct 10-12th
Craftsmen's Classic Arts & Crafts Festival
Features original designs and work from more than 250 talented artists and craftspeople from across America. Roanoke Civic Center
For More Information click here
Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Wytheville and Floyd
Floyd VA...
Oct 11th & 12th -
Cheese & Wine Pairing
Sample 15 or more Italian cheeses paired with appropriate Villa Appalaccia Italian-inspired wines. Learn about the intricacies of cheese production and what makes cheeses taste so different from each other
Web site of Winery Here
Radford
Oct 10 & 11
Radford Highlanders Festival
The 13th Radford Highlanders Festival weekend is Friday, October 10, 2008, in downtown Radford and Saturday, October 11, on RU's Moffett Field. Radford University and The City of Radford are partnering to bring families another entertaining - and educational - weekend in the highlands. We are honored to have received such positive feedback on last year's events and are confident you'll enjoy what we have planned for this fall. There'll be some surprises in store and so much more! We're looking forward to seeing you October 10 and 11th.
Click here for Festival page
Wytheville
Oct 11th & 12th
Mountain Color Celebration
The BW Country Store at Big Walker Lookout offers the art and craftsmanship of 25 artisans and crafters that demonstrate their talents each weekend all summer long. Chat with our mountaineer interpreter about life on the mountain, and watch such artisans as blacksmithing or jam making, or enjoy corn on the cob or a potato prepared in the coals of a fire. Our artisans will be available all afternoon for questions as they demonstrate their skills and craftsmanship. Come to the top of The Big Walker National Forest Scenic Byway between Bland and Wytheville, Virginia for an afternoon you will not soon forget!
More info here
Galax Hillsville and Independence
Galax VA
Oct 10-12 2008
3rd Annual Stieff on the Mountain
Bearly A Memory Invites you to the 3rd Annual Steiff on the Mountain Festival & Twin County United Way 2008 Kickoff Event. Teddy Bear dealers from around the world, Fun for the entire family, food, crafts, activities and more. Oct 11th 9am-4pm, Sunday (Steiff on the Mountain only) Oct 12, 11am-3pm Galax Recreation Center, Galax, VA
Meet Claire Steiff Meisel, Granddaughter of Richard Steiff, Creator of the Teddy Bear.
Also, See the One Of A Kind Steiff Studio Ark previously selling at Southeby's for $110,000. This one-of-kind piece was prominently featured in the "Fantasia/2000 World Premiere Tour" with exhibitions in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. The complete set of sculptures 10ft. by 15ft. by 15ft.
See The Stieff On The Mountain Web Page
Independence VA
Oct 10 & 11
Mountain Foliage Festival Friday evening, Pie Baking Contest & Potty Princess Contest, A hillbilly spoof on a beauty pageant, At the Historic 1908 Courthouse. Saturday, Music & Entertainment, Heritage Skills Demonstrations, Hayrides, Official Grand Privy Race of the State of Virginia, Pumpkin Decorating Contest & Pie Eating Contest, Kids Games. Vendors, Crafters & Food Friday and Saturday For more information, contact Taphne at 276-773-9384 or Carol at 276-773-3507
Meadows of Dan
Oct 18 & 19
Indian Summer Days Festival. And while you are here check out our Pancake days Many crafts vendors, listen to old time music,even pick your own pumpkin. Plus other events in Stuart just a few miles away. More info here
Mt Airy, Sparta, Elkins and Wilkesboro NC
Autumn Leaves Festival Mt Airy
October 10-12
Autumn Leaves Festival is an event sponsored by the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce to celebrate our cultural music and craft heritage. This is the 42nd Annual year of the Autumn Leaves Festival and it will be held on October 10-12, 2008. This event is one of the longest running in-and most successful-events in the state. This event was recognized as The Southeast Tourism Society's Top 20 Events in the South. This event is always the second full weekend in October. We will host well over 120 craft booths and 25 food booths
Visit Mt Airy's Calendar
Boone,Blowing Rock ,Jefferson and Banner Elk
The 31st Annual Woolly Worm Festival
October 18-19, 2008 from 10 AM to 5 PM in Downtown Banner Elk
Wolly Worm web Page
Flat Rock, Henderson and Black Mountain
Flat Rock
Tuesdays With Morrie, Flat Rock Playhouse.
An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lessons - based on the runaway best seller that changed millions of lives. Tickets: $29 with Senior, Student and Group discounts. Info: (828) 693-0731, toll-free (866)732-8008 or See Flat Rock Playhouse site here
Asheville
61st Annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 - Sunday, October 19th, 2008
It's the 61st season of the bi-annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, October 16-19, 2008. The Craft Fair is an event where connoisseurs and novices alike come to craft a collection, connect with tradition, and invest in regional culture. The Craft Fair takes place in beautiful downtown Asheville at the Civic Center, 10am-6pm Thursday through Saturday, and 10am -5pm Sunday. Over two hundred craftspeople fill two floors with fine handcrafted items, while local musicians play live on the arena stage, and craft educators share their knowledge with children in hands-on projects.
Click here to visit the Southern Highlands Guild Web Page
Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge, TN
Gatlinburg
Oct 9-26th
Click here for more information
Some special links to make your visit more worthwhile
The National D-Day Memorial Web Page
Bedford VA
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The Crooked Road
Craft
Virginia's Heritage Music Trail
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Friends of The Blue Ridge Parkway
Friends of The Blue Ridge Parkway web site
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Blue Ridge Music Center
The Center's Web Page
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Good crowd at the "Smoke on the Mountain" in Galax July 26th.
roclaimed the "The Bar B Que Capitol of Virginia" by Decree of the Governor of Virginia
ODDS and ENDS Some interesting things
Those Old Westerns, a neat web page showing many or most of the Famous Old Western Movie Stars
Vsit the Old Western web page here
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A Webb page that recreates the flight paths of the 4 flights on that fateful day.
Watch the 9/11 flights here
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The Most amazing Dog ever! A man and his special dog will capture your heart
See the 8 minute Utube of Skidboot
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From JIB-JAB "Time to Campaign We want your vote"
Really funny and pokes fun at both sides.
Click here to watch the Video