ISN’T IT TIME FOR A BLUE RIDGE DAY Y’ALL?
No Comments. Continue Reading...VIRGINIA’ S CROOKED ROAD — HOME TO SPONTANEOUS BLUE GRASS JAMS , THE CARTER FAMILY FOLD AND FURIOUS FIDDLING — IS APPALACHIA’S MUSICAL LEGACY. Read this article in it’s entirety in the Airtrans magazine here. Joe Wilson who helped form this music trail added us to the Guide to the Crooked Road, we are the [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...HOW ABOUT HERE? Franklin County Community Park at Smith Mountain Lake Ask your innkeeper for directions…there is a swimming beach, walking trails and this lovely fishing pier. Life is too short for bad coffee…Shellie your innkeeper @ The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast in Rocky Mount, VA – Blue Ridge Country! You can book your room online at any [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...ISN’T IT TIME FOR A BLUE RIDGE DAY Y’ALL?
No Comments. Continue Reading...(Yes this was my morning coffee at a hotel this past weekend for a conference) AT THE CLAIBORNE HOUSE WE WILL NOT ONLY MAKE YOUR COFFEE AND SERVE IT IN REAL CHINA, BUT COOK YOU A HOT-HOME-COOKED BREAKFAST! See what’s for breakfast here. You can book your room online and save $10! ISN’T IT TIME [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Discover Lynchburg shares this itinerary on the Virginia Tourism website, which I thought you would innjoy. In fact if you don’t want to cover all 469 miles of The Blue Ridge Parkway and just want to hit some scenic points in the middle (The Claiborne House is located an exit away from the halfway point [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Holy Ghost Tent Revival is one of my favorite bands! So much fun and energy! A NEW season of music, Legends of Folk & some incredibly musical ghosts!! John McCutcheon Friday September, 7th 8pm Tickets: $20 John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...THE PORCH IS READY! Come on out to Blue Ridge country Virginia and innjoy Fall at The Claiborne House. Sit on the porch in the crisp evenings and watch the leaves fall… This is Franklin County Virginia, click image, in the distance you can see Rocky Mount Sit a spell ISN’T IT TIME FOR A [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I saw this old cabin here in Franklin County and just had to take a photo…this is actually NEAR where they film the Discovery Channel Channel show “MOONSHINERS” Shhh, I can’t tell you the exact location… Dad likes to hunt wild turkey out in this part of the county Notice the chinking is the red [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...DRAGON BOAT RACE COMES TO THE LAKE It’s time to recruit your friends and register for the first Smith Mountain Lake Dragon Boat Race and Festival. The group paddling event is scheduled for Sept. 15 and will benefit service programs provided by the Presbyterian Community Center in Roanoke. The daylong event begins at 9 a.m. [...]
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