Category Archives: bed breakfast va

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  The Last Hurrah of Fall

  Posted on November 6, 2010 by Shellie Leete in bed breakfast va, blue ridge bed breakfast, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, fall in Virginia, roanoke va hotel, smith mountain lake hotel, smith mountain lake va is for lovers

  Your innkeeper Shellie took these last images of Fall on November 5th (yes after most of the leaf peepers had gone home.)  Virginia still had some color to show!  I post them now in hopes you will join us next year when the leaves die in grandeur.  You can book your room online from our [...]

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  Your innkeeper is officially 43!

  Posted on November 4, 2010 by Shellie Leete in bed breakfast va, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, fall color virginia

  I know I know I am just a kid…I have always been told that by my older peers.  But I am now older than Tony’s Mum when I first met her in Australia when we got hitched! Howzdat for ya?  Hard to imagine… (Here we are, both of us, the old married couple, now we [...]

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  No Baggage Fees Here!

  Posted on October 6, 2010 by Shellie Leete in bed breakfast va, blue ridge mountains. claiborne house bed breakfast, Blue Ridge Parkway, road trip, va is for lvoers

  THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP Did you see the latest? ”Spirit Air Now Charging For Both Carry-On and Checked Baggage” article here.  What can we do, this is getting ridiculous?! I have a great idea – ROAD TRIP! Here at The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast we won’t charge you “excess luggage” fees, we won’t charge you per [...]

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  Pardon me, is this seat taken?

  Posted on May 17, 2010 by Shellie Leete in bed breakfast va, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, Claiborne House Bed Breakfast, red hot lovers breakfast, Sierra Suite, smith mountain lake va is for lovers, WASH HOUSE COTTAGE

  The other half of Bed and Breakfast is important to us   (click image for larger view – this is breakfast at The Claiborne House) We often get calls asking if we serve breakfast with the stay, and although I can’t understand why they ask as it is a part of our name, I do [...]

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  Putting Bed & Breakfast Rumors to Bed

  Posted on April 6, 2010 by Shellie Leete in bed breakfast rumors, bed breakfast va, blue ridge mountains. claiborne house bed breakfast, va is for lovers

  FACT OR FICTION – WHAT WILL I FIND AT A BED AND BREAKFAST?  FACTS: Do I have to share a bath at a Bed and Breakfast?   94% of B&B’s have private baths.  All of our baths at The Claiborne House are private.  We have one room with a detached bath (which means it is outside [...]

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  Roanoke Valley Ride – Bent Mountain/Blue Ridge Parkway Loop

  Posted on March 9, 2010 by Shellie Leete in bed breakfast va, bent mountain, Blue Ridge Parkway, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, ride blue ridge, shooting creek road, Virginia is for lovers

  Roanoke Valley Ride Bent Mountain/Blue Ridge Parkway Loop With a name like Bent Mountain, how can you possibly go wrong? Start at Rt. 221 at the intersection of Rt. 419 and Brambleton Road. Take 221 South through Poages Mill. You’ll see Bent Mountain looming in the distance. At about 8 miles out, you’ll hit Bent Mountain, a 3.5-mile [...]

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