Traffic. If there’s an Alleghany Highlands dictionary, the word “traffic” isn’t in it. Y’see, there just ain’t any. How many times have you been on a beautiful mid-Appalachian backroad in the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, or elsewhere, staring down the tailpipe of a car or truck in front of you, going 30% slower than you want to go, looking for a safe place to pass? Apart … [Read more...] about Virginia’s Alleghany Highlands: Far off the beaten path, but not too far
Bath County Virginia
Bath County Virginia: Where the deer and the gentry play
Ingalls Field isn’t in any of the tourist guides of Bath County, but go there anyway. What could be more fun and interesting than a mile-long runway painted in a strip of asphalt on the top of a 3,792-foot mountain, the highest public use airport east of the Mississippi? Getting there is half the fun. SR 606 out of Clifton Forge, Virginia, feels more like a goat trail than a … [Read more...] about Bath County Virginia: Where the deer and the gentry play
