Mountain Grrls
Mountain Grrl Experience Shines With Light and Love for Appalachian Women Artists, Writers, Makers and Creatives PIKEVILLE, Ky. – It was back a couple months ago I heard an NPR Earth and Sky episode talking about the various versions of twilight, and, as a sporadic stowaway on a sailboat or two, I instantly became entranced […]
The New Old River is New Again!
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, and if you have good for you for keeping that sweet quarantine going because the world is a crazy place. But if you haven’t you probably know that the New River Gorge National River just became the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, our nation’s 63rd National […]
Strawberry Fields
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. – After some timely late May and early June rains, the tropical summer sun is on broil and that means somewhere out there in these beautiful hills of West Virginia, it’s prime ripe time for berry pickin’ season. The family-owned Cook Farm, 7852 Ripley Road, just a few miles north of Point […]
Only in WV – Skiing Down A Highway
SLATYFORK, W.Va. – Saturday afternoon holiday weekend crowds were growing by the second and suddenly the Ballhooter lift line at Snowshoe was more packed than the Internet was with Bernie Sanders memes after Inauguration Day. With an abundance of “Cheat Mountain Magic,” (see endless sky of snow) three folks in our Huntington crew decided to […]
How to ski with kids without losing your sanity
With four downhill ski resorts and some of the best terrain in the Mid-Atlantic, the Mountain State of West Virginia is a prime place to learn to ski. While we thank God every time we ski that are kids can now dress themselves, here’s a few tips we learned (often the hard way) on taking […]
Buffalo Creek Rail Rides
Go Take A Ride Or Pedal The Rails CLAY, W.Va. – As the third most forested state West Virginia is blessed to have so many ways to explore the splendor of its wilds from whitewater rafting, ziplining and trams, to hot air ballooning, paddleboarding and skiing. Add to that Rail Biking – cycling on specially-made […]
Spring Break into the wild
Ready or not, virus or not. Spring Break is on the way. Here’s some fun ways to get outside and play around the region – and some good places to hang out and hide out and to avoid the indoors and crowds. Go For The Gold – The Golden Rainbow! What’s better than taking a […]
Nashville – Music City Murals
Although its trademarked moniker is “Music City, U.S.A.,” Nashville truly has become the Athens of the South when it comes to public visual art, and has the Parthenon to prove it. Aside from boasting the world’s only replica of the Greek temple complete with a 42-foot-tall gold-leafed Athena Parthenon statue and art museum, Nashville has […]
Cozy Up in a Cabin Near You
With plenty of winter left, there is a full on breakout of Cabin fever. Lucky for us there’s plenty of good deals to be had in the space before the busy spring and summer season. Go unplug, recharge and refresh. Here’s a look at a few good cabin deals around the region. Escape to some […]
Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
Here in these gray days of winter, the sight of one more day of late winter rain is enough to put you over the edge. That’s why in recent years, I’ve referred to those incessant rains as waterfall-factories and have purchased not one but two waterfall books to find some of those really hidden gems […]