Tag: Blue Ridge

A Tail of Two Dinosaur Roadside Attractions (and the SLIGHTLY fibrous nature of time)

If you like dinosaurs, this is a story for you! Mark Cline says we are experiencing the future right now. In an early morning hour near Natural Bridge, Virginia, I stand outside the Dinosaur Kingdom II, meeting the artist who created this attraction and many other fibrous sculptures and installations. Next to us, motors whir […]

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The Quest for Blooming Rhododendron near Roanoke, part 2: Stars, returns, and moments of esctasy

Roanoke, Virginia was initially called Big Lick, when it became a settler community in the 1800s, from the salt marshes by the river that would attract wildlife. The Warrior’s Path, and then the Great Wagon Road, came through this valley, forking here toward the south and west, serving as foundations for future transportation corridors like […]

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