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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

3rd Annual Fly Fishing Festival at FOSCOE FISHING CO. in Boone NC

This years Annual Foscoe Fly Fishing Festival will be held Saturday, August 14th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at FOSCOE FISHING CO., 8857 Highway 105 South, Boone North Carolina. There will be a great line up of free seminars, casting clinics, activities and raffles. Click here for Fly Fishing F estival Information!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Burnsville Vacation Rentals: peace and comfort in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Mount Mitchell Vacation Rentals offers four special vacation rentals with mountain views and river views. 3-4 Bedrooms, 1-3 baths. Amenities include WIFI, fireplaces, fully-equipped kitchens, gas grills, linens, Cable TV. We are PET FRIENDLY and have riverfront, mountain view or on the golf course rentals. $850 - $1050 TOTAL COST.

54th annual Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair in Burnsville

August 6 - 7 Burnsville North Carolina hosts the 54th annual Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair. More than 200 juried crafters display nearly every kind of handmade craft imaginable. Thousands of people attend this annual event, which again has been named one of the Southeast's Top 20 August Events by the Southeast Tourism Society. The two day event includes a variety of live music performances - get a complete schedule. This is a Blue Ridge Parkway 75 Event.

Riverfront Restored Farmhouse Vacation Rental in Burnsville

A Farmhouse on the Cane is a beautifully restored vacation rental on 18 acres with 1/2 mile riverfront for trout fishing, tubing, swimming. The summer garden provides fresh veggies to prepare in the fully equipped kitchen. Hike and rock hunt on the grounds. 2 bedrooms + loft with king, queen, 2 twins-sleeps 6. WIFI, small Pet Friendly. $225 night, $1495 week

The Blue Ridge Parkway at 469 miles long is the nation's longest scenic rural parkway. Now 70 years old it is administered by the National Park Service and host to approximately 20 million visits annually. It connects the Shenandoah Valley National Park with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Along the route are opportunities for lodging, dining, camping, hiking and simply enjoying breathtaking views from easily accessible overlooks and picnic areas. For additional information visit :The Blueridge Parkway Association

The River Arts District is open year around with the opportunity to meet artists in their studios. Schedules are available online. This unique area along the French Broad River is home to more than 165 artists with working studios located in 18 turn-of-the-century industrial buildings. The artists of the River Arts District welcome you into their studios to talk with them, see their latest artwork, watch demonstrations, and experience for yourself the magic hidden inside the time-worn factories and warehouses along the French Broad River.

Chimney Rock Park is named for a 500 million-year-old giant granite monolith overlooking Hickory Nut Gorge. Visitors are awed by the breathtaking view that spreads 1200 vertical feet beneath them and 75 miles across the Carolinas. The now state owned park encompasses 1,000 acres offers the best of the mountains in one place with spectacular 75-mile views, hiking trails for all ages, a 404-foot waterfall, a variety of special events and much more. Chimney Rock NC

The National Scenic Byways Program is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The program is a grass-roots collaborative effort established to help recognize, preserve and enhance selected roads throughout the United States. Since 1992, the National Scenic Byways Program has provided funding for almost 1500 state and nationally designated byway projects in 48 states. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation recognizes certain roads as All-American Roads or National Scenic Byways based on one or more archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic qualities.

Tsali Recreation Area is an outdoors lover's paradise. Probably the most popular features of Tsali Recreation Area are the 39 miles of trails suited for mountain bikers and horse-back riders, as well as hikers. The 4-loop system offers a variety of landscapes. You can climb 1-foot wide rugged paths or travel flat, well-beaten roads. The four trails--Right, Left, Mouse Branch, and Thompson Loops--meander through mixed pine and hardwoods on a peninsula stretching into Fontana Lake. Near Bryson City NC and Robbinsville NC.