Category: Small Town
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BREWERY TRAIL – BLUE MOUNTAIN BREWERY
One of our favorite pastimes? Visiting craft breweries close to and far from home. Since we once homebrewed, we’re fascinated by what these local folks can do. Many of them began as living room brewers before expanding. When we visited Waynesboro, Virginia, this past summer, we stumbled upon one of the more unique establishments and…
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LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – MORRIS ISLAND, CHARLESTON
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social On a recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, we kept hearing about the charming town of Folly Beach a short drive south of Charleston proper. Photo: Pineapple Fountain, Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC A colorful little beach community with the second longest boardwalk on the eastern coast, the Folly Beach Pier juts…
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SMALL TOWNS ROCK – GRAFTON AND PHILIPPI, WEST VIRGINIA
Photo: On the dam trail in Tygart Lake State Park By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social We stumbled upon a unique area in West Virginia. Each year we visit family in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The three hundred miles between them takes us through West Virginia and the New River Gorge, which we’ve visited several…
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ON THE ROAD – COASTAL MAINE AND ROAD SCHOLAR
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social “Let’s go somewhere we’ve never been,” I suggested nearly a year ago to my husband. “I’ve never been to Maine,” he replied. I had been to Maine once for fifteen minutes when I’d visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire, decades ago. We drove over the border to buy live Maine lobsters than…
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SMALL TOWNS ROCK – CEDAR KEY, FLORIDA
When I moved to a small north Florida town in 1980, I loved the location in the middle of the state. We could drive to the Atlantic Ocean in less than two hours, or we could be sitting at a bar overlooking the Gulf of Mexico in less than ninety minutes. Harry Cruise, a Florida…
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SMALL TOWNS ROCK – MONTICELLO, FLORIDA
The centerpiece of Monticello, Florida, thirty miles east of Tallahassee, can be seen from all directions when approaching the downtown of the small town and county seat of Jefferson County. The two main highways into town converge at the Jefferson County Courthouse, which pays homage to our country’s third president. The Classical Revival structure with…
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SOPCHOPPY – SMALL TOWN BIG IN NATURE
The Worm Gruntin’ Festival first drew my eye to the small town of Sopchoppy, Florida, located between Tallahassee and the Gulf of Mexico. I had no idea what it was, but it sounded weirdly fun. Worm Gruntin’ is an ancient technique to get earthworms up from the ground. A wooden stake—a “stob”—is pounded into the…
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SMALL TOWNS ROCK – PALATKA, FLORIDA
Any discussion about the Florida town of Palatka begins and ends with the St. Johns River, which helped create the community centuries ago. Back in its golden days, many called it the “Gem City of the St. Johns.” The St. Johns River flows for 310 miles northward, making it Florida’s longest river. It begins in…
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SMALL TOWNS ROCK
Small towns form the backbone of our country where farming and culture met and flourished for the first centuries of our existence. Railroads and interstates nearly destroyed them, but with the resilience of strong foundations, they have begun the slow process of bringing us together once again. Revitalization efforts across the country are bringing back…
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