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Wintertime Fun at the VBR Office
March 3rd, 2009
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Last week we got about 8 inches of snow in Boone and about 10 inches of snow at the house (just outside of Boone). It snowed last Sunday and Monday, then got bitterly cold.
The system came in from the southeast and met up with a cold front coming in from the northwest. If you live in North Carolina and the mid-atlantic region… you know this pattern are the real snow-dumpers.
Usually, it’s the kind of snow that packs real easy. Ya’ know, the kind that you can build snowforts and snowballs out of. Well, on Wednesday it was warming up a bit and the snow was packing REALLY well. It was about 50 degrees and I told my Office Goddesses (Tanna and Diana) that we should build a snowman. Read more »
Some of you may be asking “What is a Go Blue Ridge Card?” It just so happens that this special card not only fits snugly in your wallet, but it can keep your family vacations from burning a hole in your wallet, too! 
The latest addition to the Blue Ridge Book Club is Waterfalls of the Blue Ridge by Nicole Blouin, Steve Bordonaro, and Marilou Wier Bordonaro. Waterfalls are magical places – places of solitude, of serenity, of subtle power. This guidebook provides all the information you need to find these moving spectacles of water and gravity. Some are a stone’s throw from the road; others hide in the backcountry. Directions, hike distance and difficulty, and a brief history of the area accompany each description. So get out of your chair and into the woods. And don’t forget your camera: you’ll want to capture the elusive beauty found inside this must-have guidebook.
The latest addition to our book club is 
