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Breaks Interstate Park, Virginia/Kentucky

by Leonard Adkins October 30, 2009

In many people’s opinions, Breaks Interstate Park, on the Virginia/Kentucky border, has the most beautiful and dramatic setting of all of the commonwealth’s state-run recreational facilities. Blessed with an abundance of hemlocks and rhododendron, it’s perched on the edge of Russell Fork Gorge, the largest canyon east of the Mississippi River. My choice outing, which [...]

New Year’s Eve Shows in the South

by Jedd Ferris October 30, 2009

Start making plans for how you’re going to bring in 2010. Here’s a list of New Year’s Eve shows in the region: Avett Brothers – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium – Asheville, N.C. Larry Keel’s Mountain Music Family Circus – Grey Eagle – Asheville, N.C. Toubab Krewe – Orange Peel – Asheville, N.C. Widespread Panic – Phillips [...]

The Chattahoochee Bend

by Graham Averill October 29, 2009

Georgia gets a new state park

Del Yeah! – DelFest Announces 2010 Line-Up

by Jedd Ferris October 28, 2009

Hopefully the only tumultuous weather in Cumberland, Md., this coming Memorial Day Weekend will be the storm of strings that’s inevitable based on the awesome line-up of the third installment of DelFest. After last year’s site destruction from hurricane-force winds, fest organizers are bouncing back with a huge roster of pickers in the Maryland Mountains [...]

Winds of Change

by Jedd Ferris October 28, 2009

Offshore wind power moves forward in North Carolina

Car Camping

by BRO Staff October 28, 2009

Explore trail maps of the rarely hiked Citico Creek Wilderness and the popular Red River Gorge.