Category Archives: Rocky Mount VA
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Living in a Small Town Makes Me Proud
Posted on December 2, 2012 by Shellie Leete in franklin county christmas parade, Rocky Mount VAA beautiful day for a parade! Over 100 floats in this year’s Franklin County Christmas Parade that meanders through our little town of Rocky Mount. I love this parade, I loved the bagpipers, the cub scouts, the American Legion and best of all MY DAUGHTER! Trumpet player in the Marching Eagle Band for Franklin County [...]
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Frankenstorm Approacheth!
Posted on October 27, 2012 by Shellie Leete in aspiring innkeepers, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Franklin County, innkeeping, Rocky Mount VA, tony leete, Virginia bed and breakfastAs you may recall, not only did we have the comp roof torn off in the derecho storm here at The Claiborne House, but we were privileged to be sleeping in our beds when a bolt of lightning hit our giant hickory tree exploding the bark on all sides and transporting itself via the gas [...]
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Small Town Living Suits Me Just Fine!
Posted on October 25, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Franklin County High School Eagles, Franklin County Marching Band, Rocky Mount VAThis afternoon was our Franklin County High School Homecoming Parade, and our youngest daughter played Trumpet in the Eagle Marching Band. They played “Mustang Sally” and all I could see was her marching along…my eyes went right to her, pony tail and glasses, my wonderful daughter! They passed right down the end of our street. [...]
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Two reasons I love living in a small town…
Posted on September 28, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, country, Franklin County VA, Rocky Mount VA, small town, southern livingOn the weekend we went over to our land for a hike, and while pulled off on the side of the road something happened… You can see the Franklin County Courthouse to the right (white building) Slow down to look around in these mountains This is not an unusual occurrence around here, but it may be unusual [...]
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Thank you from The Claiborne House!
Posted on September 7, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Bed and Breakfast Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Franklin County VA, Rocky Mount VA, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailISN’T IT TIME FOR A BLUE RIDGE DAY Y’ALL?
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Fall is just around the corner!
Posted on September 1, 2012 by Shellie Leete in blue ridge foothills, Blue Ridge Mountains, claborne house bed and breakfast, fall getaway, Franklin County Virginia, Rocky Mount VATHE 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 [...]
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The Countdown is on!
Posted on August 1, 2012 by Shellie Leete in bootlegging va, claborne house bed and breakfast, franklin county moonshine, lawless the movie, Rocky Mount VA, The Wettest County in the WorldAUGUST 29th the movie based on a true story about The Bondurant Brothers and our Franklin County Virginia “LAWLESS” will be released in theaters! This is a violent movie about a violent time in our history in these Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Rocky Mount is the county seat for Franklin County, and the Courthouse [...]
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Lawless starring Shia LeBeouf
Posted on July 18, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, claborne house bed and breakfast, franklin county moonshine, Franklin County VA, lawless the movie, Matt Bondurant, Rocky Mount VATHE COUNTDOWN IS ON! The movie “Lawless” about our Franklin County Moonshiners based on the book “Wettest County in the World” by Matt Bondurant will be premiering at the end of August! Based on the true story of Matt’s grandfather who was a moonshiner in Franklin County (right here) VA An action packed scene from [...]
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NOW THAT’S A LOT OF COLESLAW Y’ALL!
Posted on July 16, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, Claiborne House Bed Breakfast, Franklin County VA, Mountain living, Rocky Mount VACabbage Patch Kings Staff Photo by Steven Marsh at The Franklin News Post The Franklin News Post reports: Monday, July 16, 2012 Mike Dillon (left) of Wirtz and Charles Yopp (right) of Rocky Mount will be eating lots of cole slaw over the next several weeks after harvesting these two 20-plus pound cabbages from Yopp’s [...]
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We Have Power!
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Franklin County VA, Rocky Mount VAAfter a loss of electricity and having to turn guests away we now have been restored! We had to empty the fridge and freezer into coolers with ice and suffer the heat of the night here (that was the worst part). We are thankful for the guests who had reservations who were understanding, like Mr [...]
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