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BACKROADS An introduction to our tours "Never take the main roads, they're the future with their stores, offices and service stations. Always travel the backroads. You can see the future tomorrow but backroads are the past and someday they may be gone. On backroads you can see old weathered barns with wagons and horse drawn hay rakes. There are meadows fenced with old chestnut rails and creeks that bubble and cascade over rocks that have never known pollution. There's a part of our heritage on our backroads that no pen or camera will ever capture. There are cows wading in a creek, sharing a 'deep hole' with native trout. You may have to stop occasionally to let a mother grouse herd her little ones across the road or a deer might stop grazing in a roadside meadow long enough to watch you go by. The old timer you'll pass will throw up his hand and if you've got time, he'll stop and talk 'a spell.' You'll not get anywhere in a hurry on a backroad, but only the future's in a hurry. Backroads are part of the past and what they offer most is time, time to enjoy the present and get a glimpse of times gone by." Bob Heafner, Publisher The Mountain Laurel Mayberry, Virginia - Yesterday is alive and well in Mayberry. From Meadows of Dan to Kibler Valley - through Patrick County, Virginia. First published in the June 1984, edition of The Mountain Laurel. Backroad Tour of Ferrum, Virginia - From Shooting Creek to 5 Mile Mountain, A Tour of Franklin County, Virginia, starting and ending on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Old Danville - Wytheville Turnpike - The Mountain Laurel's first issue and the first Backroad Tour. We traveled a short section of the old "Pike" through Meadows of Dan, Virginia. A Tour Through Part of Floyd County, Virginia Near Buffalo Mountain - Wildflowers and old homeplaces accent this peaceful country drive. Pipestem - Bluestone area of West Virginia - Panoramic scenes
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