Tag: “Virginia”

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  1. Kilted

    The Highland Games and Celtic Festivals is a wonderful way to revisit your ancestry. Kilts are "the fashion statement" for a full weekend in Richmond, VA

  2. Crystal Reflection

    Sunsets are beautiful and changing at Sunday Park

  3. A Road Trip Through Western Virginia

    I was traveling through western Virginia, not to be confused with West Virginia. Most of the traveling was through the Shenandoah National Park.

  4. Crabtree Falls

    The tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi - in Nelson County, Virginia, not far from the Blue Ridge Parkway.

  5. Sal's Italian Bistro

    Sal's is by far the best Italian food in the Shenandoah Valley.

  6. The Shoppes At Mauzy

    The Shoppes at Mauzy is an awesome little shop stop off route 11 in Mauzy, Virginia. Surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the Shenandoah Valley, The Shoppes offer a wide variety art, antiques, gifts, collectables, etc.

  7. Celtic Festival Court

    The Celtic Festival and Highland Games, Richmond Virginia

  8. Bluefield, West Virginia

    Nature's Air-Conditioned City

    (Provided by Wikipedia)

    The history of Bluefield begins in the 1780s, when two families settled in a rugged and remote part of what is now southern West Virginia, and built a small village with a mill, a church, a one-room schoolhouse, and a fort for defending the small settlement against invasions by the much larger Shawnee Indian tribe on the banks of the Bluestone River. The Davidson and Bailey family had to sell a portion of their land when in 1882, Captain John Fields, of the Norfolk and Western Railroad pioneered the area and began building a new railroad through the hills of Bluefield (named after the chicory flowers in the area that painted the landscape a purplish blue hue during the summer) and nearby Harman, Virginia.

    Underneath the feet of the Davidsons and Baileys lie the largest and richest deposit of bituminous coal in the world - the soft burning coal which was ripe for fueling the industrial machines of the developing world.

  9. Hammer Throw Competition

    The Hammer throw is one of the many competitions of the highland games. Men and women compete over a two day period.

  10. Drums and Bagpipes