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(Treeloft 30) $259,000.00 MLS#546811

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Own a Jefferson style home on the ski slopes. Located at the top of Tyro with views of the ski slope and the Blue Ridge Mountain. A cool and practical octagonal design with walls filled with windows. Bright and open floor plan. You will feel cozy and happy at this home after a day filled with fun on the slopes. Nicely updated kitchen. Two bedrooms and two full baths on the main floor. A bedroom/ den with a full bath on the lower level. Location, location, location. Homes like this one, on the top of Tyro and only a few steps away from the ski lift and Eagles Swoop, rarely come on the market. Take the opportunity to lock this property in for your family for the next ski season.

Want for nothing in this impeccably maintained home with outstanding extras. Contemporary style with seasonal views from 2 large decks. Open floor plan on main level with Master bedroom boasting vaulted ceilings, beautiful hardwood floors, built in dresser, huge walk in closet, steam shower, Jacuzzi tub and Toto toilet. 3 other bedrooms on the terrace level and a sitting room with sofa bed that can be used as additional sleeping space. Some features include Hardwood red oak floors, granite counter tops, XL washer and dryer, paved driveway, radon detector, Verizon booster and cable/internet/alarm system.

124 Fortunes Ridge Dr.

779 Blue Ridge Dr.

(Fortunes Ridge 6) $299,000.00 MLS#528984

(Chestnut Springs 27) $399,500.00 MLS#542749

VERY NICE VIEWS AT A BARGAIN PRICE. Wonderful views down the Blue Ridge Parkway and sunset views. Screen porch and decks, including an upstairs deck for enhanced views. There is a thoughtful guest bedroom with deck and separate sitting room with kitchenette; ideal for families with grown children or for two family ownership. This design could also work well for a family who want to rent part of the home while using the rest.

A very private home with open space bordering the site. Nicely furnished, freshly painted & stained inside and out and a great location on Devils Knob close to everything, perfect layout for two or more families.

1633 Overlook

411 Three Ridges

$325,000.00 MLS#548805

$149,500.00 MLS#557595

This condo is a top floor 3 bedroom with one of the best views anywhere at Wintergreen. Ski shuttle stops at front door. Easy walk to restaurant, golf, tennis and hiking trails.

Gutted and rebuilt from the walls out. Spectacular! See the pictures posted. Walking distance to ski slopes in ski gear & all music and activities centered at Mountain Inn.

338 Dobie

465 Three Ridges

$224,900.00 MLS#557705

$105,000.00 MLS#553807

Beautiful second floor condo with wonderful views of the Dobie ski slope and the Blue Ridge Mountains above. Located in the very heart of Wintergreen Resort and with easy access to the ski slope and lift as well as to restaurants, shops and much more. Nicely updated condo and meticulously maintained. The stainless steel kitchen appliances as well as the stackable washer and dryer are less than 2 years old and only a few times used. Water heater was replaced recently too. This condo has updated windows on the ski slope side (not all Dobie condos have these), a great feature for energy efficiency. Conveys fully furnished. Ready to move in and start enjoying or put on a rental program.

2 bedroom 2 bath ski chalet across from ski slopes with lots of light, cathedral ceilings and a bright open feel. New doors and windows have been added and recently replaced heat pump (2005) and water heater (2012).

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3222 North Ridge Furnished and centrally located 3 BR, 3 BA condo has first floor walk-out convenience. Located in the Devils Knob Village next door to tennis, golf and the Devils Grill. A short walk to spa, swimming, hiking, and a quick shuttle to skiing. A popular rental grossing over $25,000 in 2016. Enjoy the benefits of rental property, use it as a second home or do both! $149,000

171 Mountain Inn Charming 1 BR, 1 BA, lodge condo. Situated in the heart of the Wintergreen Village with easy access to shopping, dining, skiing, and much more. Great rental for someone wanting an investment. Gross income for 2016, $15,241. Additional unit for sale, 180, makes a great pair across the hall from each other. $99,900

180 Mountain Inn Situated in the heart of the Wintergreen Village with easy access to shopping, dining, skiing. This attractive 1 BR, 1 BA lodge condo is a great rental for someone wanting an investment. Gross income for 2016, $15,241. Additional unit for sale, 171, makes a great pair across the hall from each other. $99,900

Sto n e y C r e e k 529 Cedar Meadow Drive Charming, 3 BR, 2.5 BA home offering one-level living. Only minutes to all the amenities of Stoney Creek and those in Nellysford. Home features a great room with vaulted ceilings, updated kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances and spacious master suite. Nearly level yard with gazebo and fenced raised beds for gardeners. $269,000

500 Hunters Point A grand panorama! Offering Blue Ridge Mountain views and backing to the the golf course adjacent to Lake Monacan, this .46-acre lot is a stunner! This Stoney Creek neighborhood has developed with homes of distinction… why not add yours? $69,000

534 Shields Gap Road This 7.4-acre property has it all! Gorgeous mountain views, bold streams and easy access with the bonus of already having septic and well in place. Large metal shed is a big plus. Located just minutes from the breweries, cideries and all that Nellysford has to offer. Quick jaunt up the mountain to Wintergreen as well! $129,000

401 Dogwood Lane A premier location for this 2300-square-foot home with 3 BR and 3 BA. The great room soars to a 15-foot ceiling with windows all around. The fulllength deck provides ample space to relax or entertain. Quality features include a balcony off the 2nd floor master, deck access off the 1st floor master and skylights. Mature landscaping and paved drive enhance the private “end of lane” location. A short stroll to Devils Backbone Brewery and minutes from Wintergreen and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Can convey mostly furnished. $299,000

102 Towler Way Bring your horses! At the end of a quiet country lane sits this picturesque farmette consisting of 28+ acres. Home offers 3 BR, 2 BA, great room with fireplace, family room and a bonus room. There is a garage and a two-stall horse barn. Approximately 2 acres in fenced pasture. The remaining acreage is wooded and provides ample space for creating trails for riding and walking. $399,900

BIG PRICE REDUCTION! 9704 Patrick Henry Highway This 1840 Virginia farmhouse is a must see! Huge living room, cozy den and wet bar, country kitchen, formal dining room, sunroom, 3 BR (with private baths), bonus/loft room for extra guests and another full bath. The original old bedroom has a sitting room, making it a private little apartment with its own staircase and entrance. Hardwood floors throughout the living areas. Porches and decks as well as a gazebo. Gorgeous landscaping, mountain views and multiple building sites on this 45.9-acre farm. Outbuildings include a shed, a barn and a 1 BR, 1 BA cabin. Great rental opportunity! Fenced for horses or cattle and there are springs, streams and creeks on the property. Close to Nelson County breweries, wineries, orchards, cideries and Wintergreen. Minutes to Nellysford shopping and the Farmers Market! $550,000

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Excellent cul-de-sac lot with seasonal mountain views. Walk to the Mountain Village shops and restaurants. Gently sloping lot offers great building options - perfect for a home with a walk-out basement. Build now or hold for investment. $39,000. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (527328)

149 Timber Camp ~ Building Lot Walk across to the Chestnut Springs Park and enjoy swimming (Memorial Day to Labor Day), grill stations, and enclosed pavilion – a great amenity available to all owners! This corner lot offers an easy-to-build gentle slope with winter mountain views. $54,900. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (531593)

141 Far Knob Climb

Terrific homesite of more than 2.5 acres boasting panoramic mountain views across the Rockfish Valley. Easily accessible road frontage for construction of a driveway to into the parcel. Slope of lot provides potential for excellent year-round mountain vistas. Wonderfully private setting yet still an easy two minute drive to Stoney Creek amenities (golf, tennis, swimming, dinning, fishing). Bring your own builder or ask us for builder recommendations. Build now, or hold for investment and build later. Offered at $68,000. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (539331)

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Excellent cul-de-sac lot with seasonal mountain views. Sloped lot offers great building options - perfect for a home with a walk-out basement. Enjoy the splendors of Wintergreen from your own vacation retreat. Public water and sewer available. Less than a five minutes to golf, tennis, skiing, dining, and spa services. Bring your own builder or ask us for builder recommendations. Build now, or hold for investment and build later. Offered at $37,500. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (543675)

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RELAX in this elegant and tastefully decorated & updated 4BR/3.5BA Golf Front end unit. New carpet, wood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, plumbing fixtures & ceiling fans. Recessed lights throughout all 3 levels. Prof decorated with designer paint colors. Propane gas fireplace. Windows on 3 sides w/views of 17th hole from large, wrap-around deck. Only one shared firewall w/no noise above! Private 2-car pkg pad in front & only 3 steps to covered entrance w/separate ski closet. Extensive storage behind Bedrooms #3 and 4. Pull-down stairs to entirely carpeted attic storage area. Walk to Spa. Trillium HOA ($383/mo) covers ext. paint & landscaping, house checks, etc. Feels like detached home w/o the maintenance! Offered at $279,000. Call Steve Marianella, 434-566-1293, smsales1@aol.com (535180)

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5 Dripping Rock Lane Beautiful wooded corner lot in a relatively low traffic area at Wintergreen Resort. Close to hiking and many resort amenities including Devils Knob Golf Course, Devils Knob Grill, and the Wintergarden Spa. The Mountain Village is a short drive. This is a great home site for a private place to enjoy the mountain! Offered at $25,500. Call Gavin Sherwood – 434-962-6399. (553916)

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One of the last lots fronting the Appalachian Trail and the Shamokin Springs Nature Preserve with seasonal Rockfish Valley Views. This large lot #46 on the map, is a true nature lovers’ paradise. Private setting with no one building behind you. Located on a quiet cul-de-sac with mature hardwood trees. $99,000. Have Shenandoah Valley Construction build your custom dream home. Call Jon Tsakis for details 540-836-9211 Jon.Tsakis@comcast.net (518825)

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157 Mountain Inn Condos Gold Rental on the Wintergreen Resort Rental Program. Located in the heart of the Mountain Village! Close to everything! This 1 bedroom 1 bath condo comes completely furnished - Excellent Rental Investment or Leisure! Short walk to all amenities, 2 restaurants, and SKIING! Call for a showing today! $97,500 Call Tim Craig 540-416-8498. (539168)

310 Stone Chimneys Road

Wonderful home site of more than 2 acres boasting panoramic mountain views across the Rockfish Valley. A dramatic knoll is the ideal building site. Parcel overlooks the historic Crawford House. Build now, or hold for investment and build later. $49,900. www.goWintergreen.com Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 (528099)

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thepuplishers We’d like to say first of all that it was our full intention to ward off that skunk. We didn’t want a repeat of last year when we were awoken from our slumber to the boom of dad’s shotgun dispatching the critter that had killed all but one of the month-old meat flock. So when the familiar smell wafted into the house, and mom came out in her plaid jammies to feed us a late dinner, she soon realized we had gotten sprayed. She fed us anyway and for that, we are grateful. We are also grateful to be writing this puplishers’ statement on this priceless rag’s 12th year anniversary. In dog years, that comes out to 69. Pour me a dirty martini and lets party! A dozen years, a dozen eggs. The gals in the coop are cranking out a beautiful array these days. We’ve got dark chocolate brown, light brown, and even a green egg every other day or so. So if each egg represents a year of publication, let’s say this omelette will be full of flavor and a bit lumpy. Early on, this rag was cranking out double yolks, thanks to a booming real estate market. Then, we got a cracked egg, followed up with a few ordinary eggs, then BAM! Within the span of a few years, double yolks again, marking the birth of Adam and Peyton into

this world. And finally, a green egg when their parents made the decision to rebrand from Nelson County Life to Blue Ridge Life and print full color. That’s the year advertisers rejoiced, and rainbows and butterflies burst from the landscape. So folks, since the grown-ups won’t ever be so candid, here’s the plan: Momma keeps cranking out issues. Papa keeps nailing weather forecasts and expands the magazine’s electronic presence. Adam and Peyton engage in just enough mischief to inspire material yet keep themselves out of the ER. The hens keep cranking out eggs. That’s how we like it around here. Here’s to no skunks spoiling the party. Or if so, a loaded shotgun. Martina and Otis Stafford April Fools! APRIL 2017

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basicnecessities By Kay Pfaltz www.basicnecessities.com www.kaypfaltz.com April Fools Kay Pfaltz has been writing the April Fools column faithfully and foolishly for more than a decade, and this year decided to turn it over to someone more qualified, guest columnist, D.J. Dump, while she heads to France. Dear American consumers, I don’t drink wine. Never had a drink. That’s right, not one. And let me tell you, people ask me, and they ask me a lot, how can you rate wine if you don’t drink? I’m gonna tell you that not having any experience in something is not a reason you can’t do it. Not a reason. Okay? Believe me. If they say you can’t do it, they’re losers. Real losers. If there is hope for me, there is grope, I mean hope, for you, too. Wine snobs, what do they know? I’ll let you in on a secret, they’re a bunch of elites who couldn’t get a real job. That’s right, couldn’t get a real job. French wine is no good. I promise you. Just stay away from it. Stay away. Okay? Because why? Because France is all immigrants. Ninety-nine percent. No, really, I’m

telling you. It’s the truth. Don’t drink French wine. From this day forward it’s going to be only American wine first. American wine, that’s right. Drink American wine. It’s great. Really, really great. Great stuff. You’ll love it. I promise. Virginia wine is the best of all. One Virginia winery in particular. The winner of all. Hands down winner. But I can’t write about that one here. I know, ridiculous. Totally ridiculous. Great stuff, Virginia wine. Absolutely the best you’ve ever tasted. Ever. It’s just beautiful. I promise you. Go out and buy some right now. You don’t have to drink it. In fact, don’t drink it. Look at the Italians. Look at their economy. Disaster. They’re drinking all day long. Who cares if they’re happy? Are they rich? And the Spanish. Total disaster. And the French. What a complete and total mess. I can make wine better than anyone else. I have a plan to make the very, very best wine you’ve ever tasted. I have many, many plans. In fact plans you don’t even know about will be devised because I’m going to come up with a plan to make the best

wine, beautiful, beautiful wine, that will be so good. I will tell you at the time. The facts: White wine is best. Red wine is fine, too. Better than blue. Want a real drink? White Russians are good. Zinfandel – What I’ve been saying! Keep the infidels out. And the Zinfandels. They want in? Not going to happen. Pinot Noir – Pee-no, what kind of a name is that? Bathroom humour. Ridiculous. Use the bathroom of your gender at birth. “Noir.” French for black. I told you, stay away from France. They speak French, not English. Huge mistake. Yuge. We saved their butts. Twice. Not going to happen anymore. Pinot Grigio – “Grigio.” Sounds like a creature from the swamp. Clean it up! I don’t care what you’ve heard, I don’t drink orange wine. It’s a lie! Total scumbag lie. Tequila - Worst of all. I’m telling you, the very, very worst. Virginian wine is the greatest in the world. It’s great. Just great. Okay? Buy some today. Tweet, Tweet, tweet @happy April’s Fools from one who would know.

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Chicano Boy “Essence is my favorite word and that’s what I’m searching for. The idea is to take everyone with me. That’s my thing.”

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Thick jet-black hair and intense coal-dark eyes are just a hint of the passion of Manuel Borguez Padron Jr., known for most of his life as Justin Hershey. At Chicano Boy, in a modest strip mall on Central Avenue in Staunton, Hershey makes a home run slide into presenting a Mexican-American taqueria. The restaurant is closed for the day, obvious when the pizza delivery guy shows up, but the staff is assembled for the photo shoot. Wandering around I’m getting the impression of a hardworking, fun-loving bunch. Josh, a prep cook has his boa constrictor, Eve, draped around his neck. He describes working at Chicano Boy as “amazing.” Janice has a wellworn Muppet around her neck in memory of her brother, a Muppeteer. It’s an animated ensemble. Kate and I weren’t sure what to expect when we saw Hershey’s Facebook post asking if anyone had a flame thrower he could borrow for this day. Hershey’s father is Mexican, when his mother remarried she anglicized his name. Of his father Hershey says, “My father came in and out of my life.” Although they traveled to Mexico together for Hershey to explore his heritage “My father wasn’t an avenue, but food is.” However the journey was a little intimidating “because I’m not complete Mexican, because I don’t speak Spanish. That’s part of the Chicano identity in the United States. I think Cheech Marin is one of the most outspoken Chicanos as far as the culture. Marin said ‘I like cheeseburgers as much as I like Mexican food. English is my first language.’ It’s a strange niche in American culture.”

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Originally from Merced, California, Hershey’s family moved to Stuarts Draft in 2003. “I come from a military family (stepfather) so I grew up all over the country. Every four years or so we’d move somewhere else.” Having recently turned 31 Hershey just tipped the scale of having spent more than half of his life in the restaurant business beginning in Staunton. Hershey says, “Modern chefs now – authenticity is dead – it’s an anathema. It’s a marketing ploy. There’s tradition, that’s different. Tradition is craft … I’m Mexican, but there are American sensibilities, like, ‘I want more meat.’” Said as he loads a fresh corn tortilla with Al Pastor.

“Al Pastor” is a personal preference of Hershey’s. He roasts pork shoulder, after cutting it into thin slices and rubbing it with guajillo chile and marinating it in pineapple juice. Then it is stacked on a trompo or vertical rotisserie roaster. The lean meat is cooked to tender perfection. Once roasted it makes a pass on the grill and is minced into bitesize morsels. “Pastor, it’s a lot of suffering,” says Hershey. The penetrating flavor speaks for the hours that go into it and for the chef’s dedication to the traditional craft of making it. As Hershey cracks open a can of Tecate we agree that what’s authentic is what’s on the plate. “I like to think that I design food.” Having attended The Florida Culinary Institute, working at Staunton Grocery, Zinc, and The Shack, gave Hershey the experience to “Design portion size, sauce integration, how it all plays out. How it’s supposed to hit. Using that education I’ve applied it to the business, the environment. I think that those things show in a positive way. That’s what creates the energy.”

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Rare opportunity to build a single family home in the sought after community of Rosewood Village, in Stoney Creek. This home site has a wonderful view of the golf course and mountains beyond and is on a walking path to the shopping in the village of Nellysford. Stroll to the bakery for a coffee and pastry, or to the grocery store, pharmacy, restaurants or bank. it is all right there. Rosewood is a retirement community, over 55, with maintenance provided on landscaping and buildings (additional community fees apply.)

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The meats are succulent, the vegetables crisp, the sauces shout fresh (pickled pumpkin seed relish?!), the corn chips are no more than twenty minutes since fried. Hershey registers the predominant flavors of his Chicano cuisine, after admitting he’s a Francophile at heart. “Chiles, white onion and citrus juices.” For those wary of spicy food the heat level is moderate but the tables are stocked with hot sauces to warm things up to taste. There is an immediacy about the place, a good one. The jefe is at the helm over the lunch hour starting at 11. The restaurant is bustling; customers come in for take-out orders. The service is fast, although the ingredients are labor intensive. The atmosphere is casual and bubbly. The community is eating it up. Hershey says, “The town was my first priority. If you can’t win the town, what have you got?”

On a secluded pond, enjoy the peaceful, tranquil reflection of the sunlight shimmering on the pond, and the changing colors of the waterfront. Golf course is nearby, and long range views of the mountains and course are visible from the front of the lot. This site is unusually large and wide at the entry, offering great flexibility in the siting of a home. Gentle slope makes it suitable for a home with terrace level. Towering hardwoods provide a great shady canopy and a dramatic backdrop for a special new home. Central water and sewer are available. This is a premium lot.

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Chicano Boy plans to create outdoor seating which would double capacity, add a frozen margarita machine, and plan special events like pig roasts. Events would inspire expanding the menu to more one-of-a-kind specialty items. The snake is available for hire.

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The door closes at 2 and the morning shift overlaps with the night shift in what appears to be a well-choreographed fraternity. The morning crew is wrapping up by pressing out corn tortillas for the evening laughing and singing along to Motown songs. Done twice a day this may total 500 tortillas. Bill Willet, owner of Newtown Baking in Staunton, mixes the masa, a traditional Mexican corn flour, for Hershey every day the bakery is open. Hershey also works as chef/pizzaiolo for Newtown Baking, offering a dinner menu of his creation based on pizza baked in a wood-fired oven. To manage this requires a reliable team. Hershey says of his staff, “They’re all youthful, they’re all talented. To me it was important to hire people who had some kind of passion for life, even if it wasn’t about food. So we have farmers, musicians, and some younger folks whose parents are deeply rooted in the community. I’ve got a lot of Eagle Scouts, Nate and Mason, Matt at Newtown; they all have an amazing work ethic. Those are some conservative values that I really appreciate, not being an Eagle Scout, but coming from a military background.” Diversity seems to be what Justin Hershey is all about, but he says, “Coming from a French restaurant to a New-American Italian pizzeria, to a Mexican restaurant, you see the similarities more than the differences.” “The more that we think we’re different, that’s a very divisive thing. I always like to think that we’re really all alike on a global level, our nature. So if you can look at one cuisine and though it’s not directly related to another you can find the same patterns that naturally progressed. You can see it in an abstract and broader sense. You can see the relationship. Deliciousness is the larger truth.” BRL

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Hiking the entire length of the Appalachian Trail seemed like a great reason for Jill Byrd to quit her job of 33 years as an accountant. “I gave them seven years notice.” It’s the right thing to do when you’ve been part of a small business for such a long time. Virginia Panel Corporation makes electronic connectors in Waynesboro and if Jill was going to hike the AT, she would have to quit and reinvent her future. “‘Hey, I’m going to change my retirement plans’ – which were none – ‘I’m so healthy, I can work until I’m 70.’ No! I’ve got to go out at 62!” Jill and I met up near “the popcorn place” at the top of Afton Mountain, this magical spot where the Blue Ridge Parkway, Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail converge. She pulled up in a well-driven Nissan pickup wearing a red bandana, her Corgi/Border Collie mix Zobbie riding shotgun. “She can hike 5 miles but 10 miles kills her.” Someone needed to keep Jill’s husband, Tim, company anyway. Spanning some 2200 miles from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Katahdin, Maine, Jill trekked the AT in 6-and-a-half months. Not bad for someone who spent her childhood playing outside near Woodstock, New York. She was a Girl Scout and later became a Girl Scout leader when her daughter came of age. That’s when they took a backpacking course and completed a 10-mile hike. Then things escalated.

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“In 2005, my husband got the brainy idea of ‘lets go backpacking.’” As in, spending their family vacation backpacking. They borrowed all of their equipment and figured if they started in Elkton, they could hike the 32 miles home to Crimora. It was miserable. “The equipment wasn’t right, didn’t fit right. The shoes weren’t right. It was the heat of August. It was awful. We did eight miles a day for four days and I was so done.” But the backpacking bug bit again when her daughter convinced her to do a 50 mile stretch to Damascus, Virginia. “I was hooked. That did it.” By that point, Jill was immersing herself in the hiker culture, offering up her home to her daughter and her slackpacker friends (Slackpacking is backpacking with a lightened load since you don’t have to pack tent gear). Between 2007 and 2011, Jill hiked a week on the trail every year. She limited her hiking from 2011 to 2016 as she began riding her bike 17 miles a day to work, round trip. As the winter of 2016 waned, Jill’s first day on the trail approached. In her first taste of “trail magic” – lucky things hikers experience on the trail – some friends drove her down from Virginia to her starting point in Georgia, dropping her off at the hiker hostel. Day one was March 18, 2016. “I was thinking that night, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’” She had broken her leg two years prior and that could have been an issue. “I did not sleep well that night.” But day one turned into day 2 and Jill soon grew into her trail name, IWOX, a play on “walk” and her middle name, Roxanne. ITOX (talk) would have been just as appropriate. “I’m very social so I talk to everybody on the trail,” Jill admits. “Everybody who was so worried about me hiking alone, I never hiked one day alone. Not one.”

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She met her first hiking partner, Ken, a guy from Lawrence, Michigan, five miles in. He was much faster than she was but his back gave out after a month and he had to go home. Jill also chatted up a man from Greenfield, Indiana who had hiked the AT before but said he had hiked it too fast. This time, he wanted it to be a party. “I ended up hiking with him for four and-a-half months and we’re great friends.” By summer, she was hiking familiar mountains as she approached Waynesboro. She took a few “zero days” off the trail to regroup and recharge, including dinner at Ming Garden, and a gear stop at Rockfish Gap Outfitters for new shoes. And as a presidential primary season heated up, Jill’s attention was miles away from the election. “Every once in a while we’d hear crazy stuff. We did not talk politics. We just didn’t.” Because when you spend your days with people like Chicken Feet, Spicy, Mountain Goat, Lolligag, and Little Rhino, the campaign trail seems boring. It’s all about the Appalachian Trail and a battleground state was ahead of her. Pennsylvania has a reputation for being “horrible” because of the rocks, but Jill was with five gentlemen who were far from horrible. “We were having fun. We were sharing our miseries together and that was fun. Such as staying at the Doyle.” Ah, the Doyle. Hikers say it’s the diveyest of dives. “It’s got great food but a horrible place to stay and it was.” The rooms were covered with spider webs and the carpet was dirty. “It could have been Kitty’s Saloon in Dodge City, but we laughed and had such a great time.” By mid September, Jill and her gang had managed to cross into the last state on the trail. Probably because she was getting antsy, Jill says if she were to do it again, she wouldn’t “rush through Maine.” On October 3, Jill set out at 7 am to summit Katahdin with Poophands. You know the end is near when you’re with Poophands. “I cried like a baby,” according to Jill’s journal entry. “The dam broke and I cried the last quarter mile up to the sign.” IWOX earned her official AT hiker number: 1040. A fitting number for an accountant who quit her familiar job at a company that makes electrical connectors, to forge new connections on a storied trail with perfect strangers.

“For me it’s the people. And the hikiing is the mode by which I met my people. And I had approximately 20 people that I hiked with along the way and I consider every one of them a fantastic friend.” BRL

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Come Visit Wintergreen Resort’s Official Real Estate Office Located In the Mountain Inn

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One-owner home adjoins the National Forest with seasonal views into the Shenandoah Valley and mountains beyond. Features two full kitchens and designed to function as either 4 bedrooms + office or 5 bedrooms. Recent improvements: Granite counters; stainless appliances; new roof; freshly stained exterior; rebuilt decks. Top-of-the-line furnishings are included. $472,000. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (534628)

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67 Gray Birch Lane

99 Beech Drive - Offered at $1,350,000

67 Hickory Spring Road

This home features a panoramic golf-front setting and generous landscaped buffer. Treat yourself to a like-new home that exudes the feeling of the mountain chalet you’ve always wanted. At the center of the home is a soaring great room w/ floor-to-ceiling windows and a wood burning fireplace w/ stonework that rises to meet a tongue & groove vaulted wood ceiling. The gourmet kitchen is open to the great room and features stainless appliances, granite counters, maple cabinets. The master suite is also located on the main level. Below is a spacious family room and recreation room w/ woodstove while above are two bedrooms and a home office. A circular driveway, detached garage, exterior stonework, and lovely landscaping complete this offering. $549,000. Contact Brian Chase www.goWintergreen.com 434-296-9860 (548187)

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67 Squirrel Tree Lane Just in Time!!! This beautifully decorated and upgraded Ski Chalet is just a short walk to the slopes and comes turnkey furnished; ready for your family this ski season! Enjoy picturesque views from your master bedroom, living room, & expansive decking. Designed with convenience in mind; the first floor boasts two bedrooms and two full bathrooms while the loft area upstairs sleeps many or doubles as a playroom for the kids! A Must See! Offered at $290,000. Call Tim Craig – 540-416-8498 or email tmack377@yahoo.com. (555213)

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122 Chestnut Lane Check out this increasingly hard to find year-round mountain view lot. Oversized at just under an acre and located at the end of a cul-de-sac. Bring your own builder or ask us for builder recommendations. Build now, or hold for investment and build later. Offered at $179,900. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (554450)

Superb golf-front home built by Solid Rock. Located on oversized lot at end of cul-de-sac fronting on the 17th green. Vaulted great room with stone-faced gas fireplace is open to the gourmet kitchen with granite & hickory cabinets. Walk across green to patronize Wintergarden Spa, Fitness and Aquatics Center; Wintergreen Nature Foundation; and, to catch ski shuttle. Enjoy covered deck, large master suite, separate family room with outside entrance for skiers, 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths. Offered at $449,000. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (555932)

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Well cared for furnished three bedroom home with seasonal views in the Blackrock area, close to Tyro slopes. Updates include nice hardwood floors, redone wood burning stone fireplace, and updated furnishings. Cathedral ceiling in family room gives home a more spacious feel, with lots of morning light. Very private lot with lots of privacy, level parking, and bordering on not to be developed green space. Two full baths with some updates and a unique nook for office space. Large master bedroom enjoys views and has access to a private loft area that can be storage space or a “kids getaway”. Short drive to mountain village area and its amenities and events. Offered at $299,000. Call or text Steve Marianella 434-566-1293, or email: smsales1@aol.com. (555754)

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960 Diamond Hill Condo This incredible 2 bedroom, 2 bath ski-in/ski-out condo features beautiful views and is located in the heart of Wintergreen Village! Turnkey furnished in Exquisite Victorian antiques this amazing unit is a short distance to all the activity on the mountain! Offered at $223,500! Call Jon Tsakis for details 540-836-9211 jon.tsakis@gmail.com (527911)

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2118 Fairway Woods Condo

Top level condo on the 18th fairway of Devils Knob! This meticulously maintained 2-story, 3 BR, 2 BA condo features laminate wood flooring in the entrance hallway, 1st floor BA, & kitchen; stainless appliances; & plenty of space for you and your guests. Short walk to the Wintergarden Pool and Spa; Devils Grill; & The Nature Foundation. Fully furnished. Condo is on the Resort Rental Program...a great way to get even more out of property ownership here! Come experience the joy of living in the mountain air on the golf course! Offered at $114,900. Call Gavin Sherwood at 434-962-0226. (550904)

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Shenandoah Ridge End Unit on Private Ct. - Facing the Majestic Blue Ridge! Enjoy your morning coffee from your choice of 3 spacious decks. 4 levels - Total privacy - 2 Master Suites! Golf decorated theme extras include. Wood Flooring! Tile Flat Screens TV. Dining Room and many more. Warm and waiting for your family. Offered at $282,000. Call Tim Craig 540-416-8498 or email tmack377@yahoo.com. (553370)

Top quality renovations and an open floor plan make this home a superb opportunity for the mountain dweller who loves natural light, contemporary styling, granite, vaulted ceilings, and winter mountain views. A light-filled master suite occupies the top floor. Storage abounds both inside and in the garage. $395,000. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (549262)

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Complete ($90K+) modern remodel with warm, mountain chalet details: Gutted to the studs and reconfigured from the ground up. Redesigned by Italian Architect; calculations provided by local engineer; custom steel and wood work produced by Charlottesville fabricators. Walk to Mountain Inn and ski slopes. $185,000. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (541799)

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Build to Suit! Fabulous golf-front and mountain view lot in the coveted Hunters Point section of Stoney Creek. Panoramic golf views are complimented by towering mountain views. A nearly level lot offers easy building options. $70,000. Contact Brian Chase 434-296-9860 www.goWintergreen.com (550327)

Some of the best year round views at Wintergreen from this home on an oversized lot (formerly known as an estate parcel) of 2.4 acres. Enjoy two wood burning fireplaces with heatilators and take in the great views from every room. Large decks, a screened porch, a THREE car garage with a hobby room above it that could be a 4th bedroom if needed. Lots of storage, hardwood floors, extensive landscaping and native wildflowers across the lot, a paved and level circular driveway and a low traffic secluded area of the resort, but not far from amenities. Nice floor to ceiling stone fireplace in the family room and a high cathedral ceiling. Listed by Steve Marianella for $599,000. Call 434-566-1293, smsales1@aol.com (535481)

103 Squirrel Tree Lane

Nice condition “treeloft” three bedroom ski chalet, within walking distance of Tyro slope. Enjoy the wood burning fireplace, large loft, two full baths, outside deck and level parking. Ready to enjoy for ski season, or to appreciate the fall foliage. Well maintained, not rented. Offered at $219,500. Call Steve Marianella 434-566-1293 smsales1@aol.com (536431)

292 Shamokin Springs Trail

Relax & unwind to soothing sounds and seasonal views of Shamokin Gorge in this 2-yr old, beautifully decorated, well-built, 5BR/3BA Mt. style home on .5 acres. Attached garage, paved driveway, stone wall, and top-of-the-line finishes: Tigerwood HW floors, custom tile & listello insets on bath walls & floors. Granite counters, vessel sinks, steam room, jetted tub, jetted shower, and 6-person Hot Tub. 1400sf of decking. Solid wood doors and Anderson Series 400 custom windows throughout. Two stone gas log fireplaces, 9 contemporary ceiling fans, and wiring for whole house stereo & security system. Too many features to list! Offered at: $585,000. – Call Steve Marianella, 434-566-1293, smsales1@aol.com (552695)

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Well maintained golf front 4 bedroom 4 bath home with two master suites and a working elevator. Many upgrades include hardwood (hickory) floors, granite counters, dual fuel HVAC with air conditioning, built in cabinets, stainless appliances, butlers pantry and lots of storage. Many handicap accessible features, porches at both front and rear of home, weather resistant hardi plank siding, trex decking and two car garage w/shop area. View of Devils Knob golf course at rear, and seasonal valley views at front porch. Energy efficient SIPS construction (power bills avg $70/month w full time resident). Offered at $399,000. Call Steve Marianella, 434-566-1293, smsales1@aol.com (557722)

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One of the most amazing homes at Wintergreen Resort. Featuring infinite, unobstructed, panoramic views of the Rockfish Valley and beyond. Newly renovated by Shenandoah Valley Construction Company with custom built cabinetry by Virginia Craftsmen, new 50 year architectural shingle roof, gutters, skylights, all new Evergrain decks with oil rubbed bronze ballusters, Luckstone granite counter tops in kitchen and baths. All bathrooms and laundry area redone with new cabinetry, tile and vessel sink. New wide plank oak hardwood flooring, high end carpeting and custom Turkish mosaic tile work. Four beautiful Stone and masonary fireplace. Freshly painted inside and out. 3 zoned heating/air conditioning, with conditioned crawl space. Don’t miss the opportunity to own this amazing view property. $799,000. Call Jon Tsakis for details 540-836-9211 Jon.Tsakis@gmail.com (519132)

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Lovely 3 bedroom mountain home in pristine condition. Great family room with floor to ceiling stone fireplace, custom windows and open layout to entertain family and friends. Kitchen has new appliances, baths all updated, large master bedroom and nice loft area /reading room. Quiet area, paved driveway, nice private lot with gorgeous native ferns throughout yard. Fenced area for dog in rear. Large deck, covered entryway, new sliding door and other upgrades. $319,000. Listed by Steve Marianella, 434-566-1293,smsales1@aol.com (555686)

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3216 North Ridge Condos

Come enjoy the view! This attractive and well maintained 1 Bedroom, 2 Full Bath North Ridge Condominium is a rare offering; boasting a spacious deck and great seasonal views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Devils Knob Golf Course as well as many extras for under $100K. Being a frequently rented unit in the Wintergreen Resort Homes and Villas Rental Program makes this property an instant income provider! A Must See! Offered at only $97,400. Call Tim Craig – 540-416-8498 or email tmack377@yahoo.com. (555352)

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By Marlo Allen Marlo Allen is a licensed Realtor residing in Nelson County

While the Nelson County real estate market is stabilizing, one would still consider this a buyer’s market. There are currently 261 residential properties for sale providing buyers with a lot of options. Hence, there is a need for buyers to carefully weed through choices, and sellers to position their property to stand out in the competition. Statistical findings from the 2016 National Association of Realtors Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers may help market participants better understand one another and develop a more customer centric approach to buying and selling. Here are the report highlights. Characteristics of Home Buyers; 82% of homebuyers view their home purchase as a good financial investment; 35% of all home buyers were first-time buyers which is up by 3% from a year ago; Gen Y or Millennials born between 1980

and 1998 account for 34% of all home buyers; 66% of buyers were married couples; 17% of buyers were single females. 11% of buyers purchased a multi-generational home due to cost savings with adult children or aging parents moving in; buyers expect to live in their home for a median of 12 years. Characteristics of Homes Purchased; the typical home purchased was 1,900 sq ft with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms; 83% of buyers purchased a detached single-family home; new homes accounted for 14% of sales leaving 86% buying a previously owned home; 32% of those buyers chose a previously owned home because they thought it to be a better price. The Home Search Process; 95% of home buyers used the Internet; buyers searched an average of 10 weeks and viewed 10 homes; Where buyers found the home they purchased: Internet 51%, real estate

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Older Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1954 represented the second largest selling population at 21%; The most common reasons for selling were: too small 18%, move closer to family/friends 15%, and job relocation 14%. Home Selling and Real Estate Professionals; 89% of sellers were assisted by a real estate agent; 39% of sellers found their agent through a referral by friends or family; 25% used an agent that they previously worked with to buy or sell; 70% of home sellers only interviewed one agent prior to listing. Understanding the market participants can lead to a more successful buying and selling experience! Marlo Allen, frequently referred to as “That Girl,” calls Nelson County home. In fact, she grew up in Nelson County and helped found Hill Top Berry Farm & Winery of Nellysford. Marlo provides real estate services in Nelson and surrounding counties.

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thisoldhouse Location: 2568 Rockfish Valley Highway, Nellysford, Virginia Offered at: $375,000 Comments: Now residential but could be a great location on Route 151, the Nelson County brewery and wine trail with good frontage with many commercial uses by right and with a conditional use permit with Nelson County. Also an additional 7.57 acres is available in a vacant adjacent parcel (see MLS # 539458) for a total of 11.17 acres. Potential apartment building or motel or restaurant site. Contact: Edward Koepenick Wintergreen Real Estate Co. 434-851-1414

Location: 762 Pedlars Edge Drive, Wintergreen, Virginia Offered at: $1,995,000 Comments: First time to the market for this exquisite ski front home. True timber frame home with over 4650 sq. Ft of living space, 1750 of sprawling decks plus a gorgeous timber frame porte-cochere and garage. The home is located directly on tyro slope with a spacious ski/mud room. Gourmet kitchen with 5 cm marble counter tops, chefs appliances, complete smart house system, wide plank black walnut flooring, billiards area, hot spring jacuzzi, standing seam metal roof with copper gutters, and much more. Contact: Rod Phillips Wintergreen Resort Premier Properties 434-987-6399

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WOODS MILL

[ nelson county ]

STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY by MARCIE GATES

There’s something about

BAREFOOT BARRY’s dirt to glass experience

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“It’s dirt to glass and farm to table. Otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it.” – Barry Wood Wood Ridge Farm Brewery

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Register online PharsaliaEvents.com Barry Wood, Owner and Operator of Wood Ridge Brewery, isn’t afraid of getting his hands dirty… or his feet. Known by the staff as “Barefoot Barry”, he can be seen working around the farm and brewery sans shoes. One could even be so bold as to say he has a special connection to the dirt and the land he’s built his business on. “The farm’s been in the family since the late 1800’s. I moved back about seventeen years ago and just started playing, trying to find a two-row barley that would grow on the east coast for malting.” After successfully growing and distributing his product to the surrounding distilleries, the supply of house-malted barley was still so great, it demanded another market. That’s when Barry decided to use it himself. He built a 300-acre man cave that sits in the middle of a huge field with nothing but rolling hills in the distance. The two floors of raw lumber give the taproom the feeling of an adult treehouse, and the moose antlers that line the walls really only adds to the ambiance. “It’s dirt to glass and farm to table. Otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it,” says Barry. He’s donning a black cowboy hat with a flashlight clipped to the brim which he calls his winter hat. “I’d have no interest in owning a brewery or a restaurant or anything else, other than the fact that it comes from this farm.” continued on page 32

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“A lot of people talk about ‘local’ and how it’s a hip word, it’s hip to be local,” tells Chris. “Well here, it’s all on the farm. You can see all the ingredients from your bar stool.” – Chris Firey Head Brewer, Wood Ridge Farm Brewery Complete with a malting house, brewery, greenhouses containing palm trees for the summer, cows, chickens, a dog and even a few peacocks – this place is the definition of wild. There’s even a landing strip out back for those who promise not to drink and fly. “I grow two kinds of wheat, four kinds of barley, oats, and rye” explains Barry. “So with that, there’s so many different combinations and in order to focus and showcase any one of those grains, that’s seven or eight beers right there. It’s a big process.” Chris Firey, Head Brewer, dove right into the deep end of the beerfilled pool, creating an impressive 18 varieties in the six short months he’s been at Wood Ridge, all with ingredients straight from the property. “A lot of people talk about ‘local’ and how it’s a hip word, it’s hip to be local,” tells Chris. “Well here, it’s all on the farm. You can see all the ingredients from your bar stool – Now that’s local!” Beginning his brewery education and career in 1999, Chris is pretty familiar with the feeling of a pint glass in his hand. And bridging the gap from brewery to bar, his fiancé, Paige is serving the beer her beau creates. “I’m the tap room manager, but I dabble in some of the brewing process,” Paige tells me. “I also get a bit of background of what beers are coming up next. And I get to help with input from the customers and what they could be looking for.”

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Once I got my beer from Paige – I went with the Alt Beer – the next logical step was to visit the food truck conveniently located out back. “Fired Up” is a permanent fixture on the property, open Thursday through Sunday and ready to pair your beer with some greasy goodness. I got the cheeseburger and onion rings, and it did not disappoint. “By the spring we’ll have that going all week long,” Barry says. “It’s all our Angus beef for the burgers, the steak and cheese, all that. We don’t raise our chickens to slaughter, they just produce eggs. And we’ll have our soon-to-be bakery making all our rolls here soon.” By the summer there will be barbecue pits and whole hog cookers on the lawn, right next to the corn hole boards and horse shoes. One thing’s for sure, this brewery and its employees have their feet firmly planted in the property, and the locals are more than happy to support such a business. With more than a dozen beverage options to choose from, a food truck, and plenty of entertainment, there is literally something for everyone at Wood Ridge Farm Brewery. And as the sun set on the Wood land, the temperatures dropped, the animals took shelter, and Barry found his shoes. “I’m almost out of beer,” he said to me, “And you probably need one.” BRL

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BEECH GROVE

[ nelson county ]

STORY by YVETTE STAFFORD PHOTOGRAPHY by HAYLEY OSBORNE

SIP & SMOKE There’s a new place to do it and it’s called The Shanty.

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It’s a weirdly warm winter night and much of Wintergreen’s aprés ski crowd has driven down the mountain and is now cupping pints under the glow of campfires and stringed lights bouncing over them in the patio. If there ever was a winter heat wave festival, this may be what it looks like. “Eeeee-vette!” Emerging from a dark corner behind The Outdoor Grill is Devils Backbone CEO Steve Crandall, wearing his trademark Carharrt vest and holding a beer. He’s sporting a Kung-Fu mustache these days. We make our way to a 16 x 36 foot building dubbed The Shanty, built to look like it could store tractor implements and gas cans. Or liquor, rare beers, and fine cigars. Annick Canevet is behind the bar and pours me a bourbon neat. On the beer taps are rarities like Cocoa Danzig and Tectonics Barley Wine. Steve is still nursing his beer put picks out a cigar from the humidor. We clink glasses and settle into a cozy square table in the corner where Steve’s friend Jeff has joined us. We start talking about the walls in this place, which look familiar. “The walls are this old recycled flooring that we at one time ... this is the third time it’s been used,” Steve said. They began as massive joists in a tobacco barn before being split in half and turned into flooring for the brew pub. But when the pub had some water damage, the floors had to be torn out. Because the tongues and grooves had to be cut out, the boards’ future was uncertain and they ended up sitting in Steve’s barn. “That door right there, I ripped out of a house I tore down at Wintergreen,” pointing at the wall across from us. Before getting into craft beer, Steve made a career as a home builder. “Those windows came out of an old house that I tore down. I mean, I’ve got barns full of stuff like this.” He takes another sip. “We wanted it to feel slapped together. It’s The Shanty!” 36

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A few more folks trickle in, and the embellishing begins which means it’s time for some truth: Behind every man cave is a woman. In this case, that woman is Steve’s wife, Heidi, who has tempered much of Steve’s masculine, hunter-themed aesthetic with softer, period appropriate touches. Take for example, the seating. Steve wanted it to be lush and rustically opulent, ideally sitting under the shadow of a dead animal he’s hunted. Heidi put her foot down and went antiquing. “We’ve gotten a lot of it from Tuckahoe Antiques and [owners] Rick and Sarah Ovenshire.” She came back with small and intimate farm tables. The seats are minimalist but comfy. “We’ve realized it can be a man cave, it can be a craft building, it can be a cabin, almost anything.” Steve nods in agreement, an innate reaction he’s learned after being married nearly 32 years and raising three kids, all of which are now grown. He points to the ceiling and the Edison bulbs in the repurposed (slapped together!) fixtures.

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MOUNTAIN LOTS 18 Deer Springs Ln.

$79,500.00 (Deer Springs 111) MLS#557811 Any closer to the Devils Knob Clubhouse and one would be literally standing on the putting green! Ski shuttle stops at Clubhouse during all of ski season and it is a very short walk out the back door. The rest of the facilities are only minutes away; golf, tennis, spa, pools, restaurants, bar, pro shop, driving range, lockers, etc.

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$25,000.00 (Pedlars Edge 95) MLS#556538 Great building lot in a fabulous location at Wintergreen Resort. Build your dream vacation home or keep as an investment property while it’s still a buyers market. This lot is adjacent to the house at 589 Pedlars Edge which is also for sale by the same owners. Purchase both the house and lot for an extra large piece of heaven for a fantastic price. Carrie Stevens whizzes behind the bar at The Shanty, a small shedlike building at the Devils Backbone Basecamp in Beech Grove. Her partner-in-crime, fellow bartender Annick Canevet (not pictured), filled her shoes the night of the story as Carrie recuperated from a nasty, nasty bug. The author had the dim idea to assume her inferior smartphone could take decent pictures that day. The good news is BRL photographer Hayley Osborne has the good gear and blessed us with her photography a few days later.

“Those chicken feeders, we used on our farm for years and years!” It’s a blatant alternative fact and we laugh it off. “l’ll be really honest with you, I haven’t had much bourbon or whiskey in the last eight years. It’s been all beer. I love beer. I sleep with beer bottles in my bed.” Figuratively speaking, he’s right. Recently acquired by AnheuserBusch InBev, Devils Backbone’s focus remains as a beer powerhouse. Consider the Shanty the architectural preamble to the company’s plans for a distillery, Anheuser-Busch’s first. “The distillery is a very small adjunct to what we’re offering and what we’re doing. It’s all about the beer but the beer has allowed us to build a very cool distillery.” Brian Shanks, owner of nearby Bold Rock Hard Cider, walks in with a friend who shares the same unmistakable New Zealand accent. Annick has just stoked the fire in the wood stove and the volume in this small space gets louder. The dimly lit, smoky, boozy scene is a snapshot of the craft brewing and distilling movement taking place in Nelson County. Steve says the company’s foray into spirits is a natural progression. “There’s a very neat collaborative transfer of DNA between distilling and brewing. Jason Oliver – our illustrious brewmaster – is going to be heading up the distilling operation. For him it’s exciting. It’s another challenge.” A pair of firefighters from Miami walk in. Steve met them the other day on an airplane and after discovering they were beer nerds, he told them to visit the Shanty as they brew-hopped their way along Nelson’s 151. Another small group of people walks in and my phone vibrates with a text from my husband. Something about one of the kids squirting out the entire bottle of shampoo in the tub. “Time to go and be mom again,” I say as I leave Heidi to fend for herself as one of only a handful of women in this man cave. Out I go, disappearing into the weirdly warm night, leaving behind not the Shanty, but The Shanty! BRL

71 Deerberry Ln.

$42,500.00 (Shamokin Springs 13) MLS#447440 Easy access to the Shamokin Springs Nature Preserve - directly across from this property. Nearly level lot for easy construction of your new vacation home to enjoy all that Wintergreen has to offer. On cul-de-sac with only a few homes.

961 Shamokin Springs Trl.

$245,000.00 (Chestnut Springs 167) MLS#505342 Tremendous south exposed view year round.

141 Tyro Ln.

$99,000.00 (Tyro Overlook 13) MLS#544982 A rare opportunity indeed. The last 2 sites with slope access on the left side of Tyro Ln. Enjoy mountain views, slope access, a cul-de-sac location, and central water & sewer. No more loading all the gear into the car and driving to the slopes, or taking the shuttle bus. Simply build your dream home, walk out the back door, and hit the slopes. The slope is also a terrific benefit in off-season. It’s like having an enormous back yard that you don’t have to maintain! Take a picnic. Walk the dog. Go mountain biking. Throw a frisbee ...whatever you enjoy! This site is number 13. Site number 14 is immediately to the right and is also offered for sale.

805 Devils Knob Loop

$49,500.00 (Devils Knob 33) MLS#557800 A large corner home site with view potential at the highest point at Wintergreen.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE

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STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY by YVETTE STAFFORD

Harriet Kaplan, the Executive Director of MACAA and the director of its HeadStart program, says her organization is trying to raise matching grant money now through the end of April. For more info, call 434-295-3171.

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There’s an Afghani man in the lobby of MACAA headquarters in Charlottesville whose bright eyes and wide smile could signal one of two things: It’s Friday and he’s here to pick up his two little girls from the agency’s HeadStart program. “We are getting an increasing number of refugee families and just international families and so the number of languages spoken in our HeadStart classroom is great right now,” reveals Harriet Kaplan, the Executive Director of MACAA and the director of its HeadStart program. “It used to be that it was Spanish and English ... but we are challenged with people who speak Farsi and Arabic.” The father’s words reveal the accent of a man who has spent more than 2-and-a-half years waiting for clearance to enter the country legally. His English is slow and deliberate but not nonexistent. “It’s particularly challenging for the parents, less so for the children,” Harriet explains. Just outside of the HeadStart building is a colorful playground, deserted during a particularly chilly and windy afternoon. “Play is a universal language so the children come into the classroom and they may not be speaking fluently but they know how to play with one another. So they play together and they pick it up.” Eradicating poverty is an ambitious goal but one at the core of MACAA’s roots which span a good 50 years. The organization was much larger back in the 1960’s, ‘70s and ‘80s, but had to reinvent itself after federal funding shrunk. An incubator for several anti-poverty programs, MACAA spun off JABA and CHIP, area social service programs aimed at senior citizens and families. Though MACAA still relies on federal funds for its support – 80% of

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kids, bring your bikes ! registration: 10 am scavenger hunt: 11 AM bike race: 12:30 pm HeadStart’s funding derives from Washington, for example – pursuing local grants and donations are a growing priority. Kaplan says the organization was recently awarded a $25,000 matching grant from an anonymous donor. “It is to match any donation to MACAA whether it’s for the general fund or for a specific program, but all the matching funds going into the general fund. It comes from a friend of MACAA who wishes to remain anonymous.” The matching grant challenge goes through the end of April. In addition to its work in Charlottesville, the job puts Kaplan on the road frequently visiting locations in more rural area like Nelson County High School, where Project Discovery helps first generation college or post high school education students make that important leap. At Rockfish River Elementary, the HeadStart program isn’t fully attended and Kaplan admits filling that classroom has been a challenge. “There are parents and a lot of times there are grandparents who don’t think that children ages 3 and 4 are old enough to go to school.” Not everyone is on the early school bandwagon and for many, having family raise and care for the littles is considered a fortunate circumstance. (Full disclosure: though the author attended preschool, her children didn’t and are instead homeschooled). But for parents who are open to it, Kaplan wants them to know it’s always an option. “If we could sit down on the front porch with a glass of sweet tea with all the folks out there in Nelson County and explain how really important that early education is to the later success, I think that we would be in a better position.” BRL

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APRIL ADVENTURES BASECAMP BREWPUB & MEADOWS

OUTPOST BREWERY & TAP ROOM

200 mosbys run, Roseland, VA • 434.361.1001

50 northwind lane, lexington, VA • 540.462.6200

APRIL 1 Pop-up VA Brewers Collaboration Adventure Pack Release, 2-3PM

april 2 Devils Backbone Heartland Initiative Walk MS Roanoke, 2pm

Try samples of the new all-Virginia brews at this pop-up beer tent! Brewers will be available to meet and answer questions.

The Tap Room’s March fundraising will benefit the DB team in this walk.

April 13 Mug Club Adventure Night, 6-8pm

Advanced Brewery Tour Want to participate? Ask about joining the Mug Club!

Mug Club members can create their own hopped candy made from the hops we use in DB brews. Want to participate? Ask about joining the Mug Club!

April 16 Easter at basecamp Kid’s Easter Egg Hunt, noon, Adult Easter Hunt, 3pm Easter brunch specials will be served in The Summit, and kids can hunt eggs in The Meadows. The first 20 adults can hunt to fill an empty 6-pack ($10 per adult 21+).

Thursday Oyster Nights Enjoy fresh oysters on the half shell, and oyster specials

SMOKED BRISKET SATURDAYS Enjoy freshly smoked beef brisket at Basecamp!

Saturday & Sunday S’mores

april 6 mug club, 6:30pm April 13 Growler Girls: Hand Painted Beer Steins, 6:30pm Emily from Polkadot Pot will host this workshop to paint ceramic beer steins. Steins are $25 each – paint more than one! Cash only; must RSVP to dizzle in the tap room or email by April 1.

april 20 trivia night, 6:30pm $25 gift card to winning team!

april 27 Cards Against Humanity, 7pm Play the game while enjoying your favorite pint

Wednesday Growler Grab Stop in and fill ‘er up! Special 64 oz. growler fills

Thursday & Saturday food trucks

Come roast your own s’mores over our open fire!

food trucks will be on site Thursday from 2-8:30pm and saturday from 2-8:30pm

Summit Brunch Sundays, 7am-2pm

live music, 6:30pm

Enjoy brunch specials, including mimosas and a build-your-own Bloody Mary bar in The Summit!

db music series, live in the meadows, 5-9pm april 7 Glasgow kiss - celtic trio, 5-9pm april 15 orme storm - multi-genre, 3-7pm april 21 south canal street - classic rock, top hits, & Soul, 5-9pm april 28 william walter & co. - songwriter originals & covers, 5-9pm

april 1 460 south - bon fire music april 8 nix the band - alt-rock april 14 the baddogs - blues april 21 those guys - blues april 29 scott slay and the rail - bluegrass/americana

JOIN us for weekend brewery tours!

Remember Growler Grab Wednesdays at both locations Stop in and fill ‘er up! Special 64 oz growler fills

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embracetheadventure By Woody Elliott woodye@blueridgelife.com #EmbraceTheAdventure

Race Construct So did you have fun at that last 5k, 10k, half marathon, 100 mile mountain bike race, or 3-day stage race? We hope so because do you know what we had to do to make it happen? Races are like icebergs. The race is only about 10% of what it took to create and execute the event. Let’s say in the beginning, a brewery decided to have a race. The initial questions: How far? What’s the course? Is there a cause or charity? Will there be food and/or beverage? Fun run or a race? Will there be music? T-shirts? Medals? Prizes? Let’s use a race I used to put on at Devils Backbone, our Trail Run Series a few back. The one thing I really enjoyed about working with Steve Crandall, Chris Trotter and crew was that the sky was the limit. Our themes and thoughts were all over the place: Let’s do a night run, Mardi Gras, St Paddy’s Day. And we actually did them all and more.

We then set out a course in the surrounding Meadows. We had plenty of space and unique land features. We just had to figure out what would be the funniest route. The first year, we flagged and literally ran with it. Then Travis Book moved into the area and the boy ran crazy with trail designs. Course design and setup can take an enormous amount of time, money and sweat. You now have a course. Great! Then you start designing t-shirts, bibs, marketing material, course maps, and so forth. Another important part is to insure the event in case something goes awry. And as a race director, you have to really think over what could go wrong during an event and then hope none of it comes to fruition. There are literally a million moving parts to a race event and the race director has to keep an eye on all of them. Is this a fun run or a race? For a race, you’ll also need timing.

If you do chip, then you have to put the chip on the bib. Otherwise you’ll need a few good eyeballs to mark everyone as they cross the finish line. You’ll also need to know your EMS/ Police numbers and locations. Don’t forget the waiver. You survived the race. You’re not done yet! Then there’s the fun post-race gathering. I have to say Trotter always had something good cooking, figuratively and literally. The DB Crew had the best food and beverage (I guess the medals say a little bit about the beverage side). So you need food, employees and brews for the race. Awards? You can reach out and gather some sponsors to help with that. Which means more phone calls, emails, smoke signals. Then you have the call ups and all the applause and shout outs for their achievements. Then the post-race starts to unwind and everyone heads on home.

Are you done? Not yet! Gather your crew for one last round of course cleanup & race breakdown/follow-up. There’s a course that was setup to challenge everyone to a good race. Now you get to put it back like you found it. Course flagging & tape need to be taken down. Next, you need to post results on your website or social media page. Then follow up with everyone who was involved. All this takes about 3-4 weeks to put together and the event lasts about three hours when it is all said and done. Now, what did I forget? Oh, the race date! See blow: April 22, 2017 – James River State Park’s Adventure Triathlon Kayak: 7 mile downstream Mountain Bike – 8 mile Trail Run – 5k For more info, visit: www.AdventuresOnTheJames.com

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Take Me to Your Leader For many plants, the presence of multiple leaders doesn’t have any real effect on the overall performance of the tree or shrub, even from environmental factors. In many cases, multiple leaders are encouraged to allow for a broader, thicker plant with a vertical profile that one would expect from the plant. From a nursery production point of view, more leaders leads to greater greenhouse turnover and profit. However in the landscape, these same genus with multiple leaders are a liability for the home gardener. The reasons are mostly that multiple leaders on plants in a Zone 5 climate offer greater surface area for snow or ice to collect on the leaders and break them, and multiple leaders also leads to a broken vertical profile that deviates from the natural shape of the species. Here are some that have these issues, along with methods to control the problem. Boxwood breeding and production has skyrocketed in the past two decades. Grandma’s English and American have long since been shelved for countless other varieties that grow slower, smaller and in shapes that are typically not found in this genus. Of these newer varieties, Dee Runk and Fastigiata are two that offer an interesting conical shape that moves boxwood from the border to anchoring the front door. Both of these varieties are often sold with multiple cuttings in order to fill out a container more quickly and therefore shorten the growing time at the nursery. As the plant grows, these multiple leaders will eventually open in the vertical canopy and are susceptible to breakage in snow and ice situations. Control is often best if caught early in the life of the plant. A simple cut on the entire smaller or less full leader on the lower part of the canopy, 2-3 feet from the ground,

removes the competition and will allow sun to penetrate and encourage growth. On larger plants, the same process can be done but usually is less noticeable if the cut is done about 2/3 the way up the plant. It should also be noted that a pair of hedge shears will also be required in order to prune some of the side shoots in order to reestablish the conical shape. Arborvitae are another group of plants that have a similar issue, in particular, the Emerald Green Arborvitae. Growing to around 12-15 feet tall with a 2-3 foot width, this plant also can find itself in some very up close and personal space in relation to the home or visitors. Plagued by a similar problem as the aforementioned boxwood, pruning cuts are also important on them in order to maintain a single trunk and eliminate multiple leaders with poor vertical profiles. As with the boxwood, early detection is even more critical since they grow slowly and therefore the recovery time can be longer. Similar cuts found on the boxwood can be done, however, avoid the hedge shears and just allow the new shoots on the desired leader to fill in the void area. One of the more underused but highly valuable trees that can also have issues with multiple leaders is the Deodar Cedar. Growing to more than 40 feet in height with a 20 foot skirt, the Deodar cedar has a graceful, almost drooping appearance with a welcoming blue-tinged evergreen foliage. Although typically found on the outskirts of the landscape due to its monstrous size, the desired form is totally lost with multiple leaders. Early detection, again, is key. Removal of the competing leaders is encouraged, however, often times they can sucker later in life and require an arborist to control the growth. Even with this pending issue, I consider this tree to be in my top ten list of large evergreen trees.

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ful, swollen, and begins to drain pus and blood, then you probably should see your doctor. Sometimes antibiotics are needed. Often, a minor surgery that can be done in the office can help a lot. The doctor can numb the toe and remove part of or the entire nail. While we do have ways of helping this problem, as with most medical things avoiding it in the first place is really your best bet. Don’t wear shoes that are tight around your toes. Don’t cut your toe nails too short. Try and be sure to cut them straight across the top. Being overweight is a risk factor for ingrown toenails. If you weight is up, try working on cutting calories and increasing exercise to burn calories to get the weight down. If a problem starts with a toenail, address it quickly. And lastly, if you have read this far, and don’t have ingrown nails, be thankful for your healthy feet!

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COMMUNITY BREAKFAST Start: April 1, 2017 8:30 am End: April 1, 2017 10:30 am Venue: Rockfish Valley Community Center Phone: 434-361-0100 Address: 190 Rockfish School Ln, Afton, VA 22920 (NELSON)

ANNUAL ROCKFISH VALLEY FOUNDATION KITE FESTIVAL Start: April 9, 2017 11:00 am End: April 9, 2017 3:00 pm Venue: Behind the Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center Phone: 434-226-0446 Address: 1193 Glenthorne Loop Nellysford, VA 22958 (NELSON)

COMMUNITY MARKET Start: April 1, 2017 9:00 am End: April 1, 2017 12:00 pm Venue: Rockfish Valley Community Center Phone: 434-361-0100 Address: 190 Rockfish School Ln, Afton, VA 22920 (NELSON)

SECOND SUNDAYS WITH PATRICK & AARON OLWELL AND FRIENDS Start: April 9, 2017 2:30 pm End: April 9, 2017 4:30 pm Venue: Albemarle CiderWorks Phone: 434-297-2326 Address: 2545 Rural Ridge Ln North Garden, VA 22959 (ALBEMARLE)

FIRST SATURDAYS WITH JIM WAIVE Start: April 1, 2017 2:30 pm End: April 1, 2017 4:30 pm Venue: Albemarle CiderWorks Phone: 434-297-2326 Address: 2545 Rural Ridge Ln North Garden, VA 22959 (ALBEMARLE)

APRIL 11 TUESDAY HERB DAY WORKSHOP Start: April 11, 2017 10:00 am End: April 11, 2017 1:30 pm Venue: Pharsalia Phone: 434-277-5231 Address: 2333 Pharsalia Road Tyro, VA 22976 (NELSON)

BENEFIT FOR CARL VIAR Start: April 1, 2017 3:00 pm End: April 1, 2017 7:00 pm Venue: Massies Mill Ruritan Club Phone: 434-297-2326 Address: 5439 Patrick Henry Hwy Roseland, VA 22967 (NELSON)

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8TH ANNUAL 5K FUN RUN/WALK FOR THE RELAY FOR LIFE Start: April 15, 2017 8:30 am End: April 15, 2017 10:30 am Venue: Nelson County High School Email: spudmom28@hotmail.com Address: 6919 Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston, VA 22949 (NELSON)

FRENCH CREPES Start: April 2, 2017 12:00 pm End: April 2, 2017 5:00 pm Venue: DelFosse Vineyards Phone: 434-263-6100 Address: 500 DelFosse Winery Lane, Faber, VA 2293 (NELSON) FIRST SUNDAYS WITH BILL ADAMS Start: April 2, 2017 2:30 pm End: April 2, 2017 4:30 pm Venue: Albemarle CiderWorks Phone: 434-297-2326 Address: 2545 Rural Ridge Ln North Garden, VA 22959 (ALBEMARLE)

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APRIL 8 SATURDAY PINEY RIVER MINI TRIATHLON Start: April 8, 2017 9:00 pm End: April 8, 2017 2:00 pm Venue: Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail Phone: 434-263-7130 Address: 1434 Rose Mill Road Arrington, VA 22922 (NELSON) BE BOLD 4 MILER Start: April 8, 2017 9:00 am End: April 8, 2017 12:00 pm Venue: Bold Rock Hard Cider Phone: 252-207-9393 Address: 1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy Nellysford, VA 22958 (NELSON) SPRING FLING Start: April 8, 2017 11:00 am End: April 8, 2017 6:00 pm Venue: The Virginia Distillery Company Phone: 434-285-2900 Address: 299 Eades Lane Lovingston, VA 22949 (NELSON)

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businessdirectory Breweries BLUE MOUNTAIN BARREL HOUSE 434-263-4002 495 Cooperative Way, Arrington, VA NELSON COUNTY Come visit us at the Barrel House brewery and tasting room and discover where tradition meets innovation. Our tasting room is open Sunday-Thursday, 12PM-8PM, Friday 12PM-9PM, & Saturday, 12PM-8PM. You can enjoy a tasting flight of our available beer selections, relax with a full glass of one of our fine ales or lagers, and take a complementary tour after your purchase if you’d like to learn about our special brewing process.

Construction (cont.) R.M. GANTT CONSTRUCTION 434-316-0090 www.RMGantt.com NELSON COUNTY R.M. Gantt Construction is a family owned business which has served the Central Virginia area since 1992. We concentrate on higher end residential construction by providing our team of professionals, consisting of our well trained and specialized Framers, Millwork Specialists, Project Managers, Estimators, and Interior Designers. We offer a turn key project.

Lodging BLUE MOUNTAIN BREWERY 540-456-8020 9519 Critzers Shop Rd Afton, VA NELSON COUNTY Blue Mountain Brewery is open 7 days a week bringing the revolution of real hand-crafted American beer to our corner of the world. Eight to ten Blue Mountain drafts available at all times, local foods for lunch and dinner, local wines & family friendly.

FIVE PEAKS AT WINTERGREEN – DOG FRIENDLY RETREAT 434-906-0496 www.wintergreenrent.com NELSON COUNTY 150 Five Star Reviews tell it all about this thoughtfully designed private hideaway in the Rockfish Valley of Nelson County. Minutes to wineries and breweries and restaurants. 15 minutes to the ski slopes. 35 minutes to Charlottesville. A favorite honeymoon retreat, yet comfortably sleeps 6 for family gatherings. 2 master suites, hot tub, and fully equipped chef’s kitchen. Reasonable rates!

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Family Medical Physician’s office specializing in preventive care, acute care,chronic illness care, pediatric and newborn care, women’s health, sports medicine, and geriatric medicine. All ages are welcome.

Wintergreen Real Estate Company is the founding company of Wintergreen. We are experts in resort sales, rentals and county property. We are the only company with an office on Devils Knob as well the entry of Stoney Creek.

DEMOCRACY VINEYARDS 434-263-8463 585 Mountain Cove Road, Lovingston, VA NELSON COUNTY Boutique winery and tasting room featuring estate grown wines near Lovingston. For more info, contact www.democracyvineyards.com or 434-263-8463. Hours of operation: Noon to 6 pm - Thursday through Monday [April to mid-December]; weekends in February and March.

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G REAL ESTATE Lovely home for rent in Shipman Lovely home in Shipman for rent. Quiet neighborhood. 3 BR, 2 full baths, LR, DR, Family Room, fenced in yard. Posted By: Kate McGinnis 22971 - Shipman/Rockfish 434-263-5895 $800/month hunting-recreational land (Lovingston) Over 8 wooded acres in Wingina VA. Driveway already put in. Large stone clearing for RV parking. No electric on property however transformer at edge of driveway. Close to several hunt clubs, BREWERY’S and winery’s. GREAT FAMILY FUN LAND , with lots of privacy. tax map number 71-A-31C Red Bud Ln. Nelson County. Posted By: donna stepien 24599 - Wingina 540 872 6698 $29,000 RENTED! - Country Home with VIEWS!! 3 Bedroom; 2 bath; kitchen; 2400 sq ft; washer & dryer hook ups; gazebo with large deck; basement; one car garage & storage, Coy fish pond; paved driveways; VIEWS!!! Posted By: DIane Harvey 22920 - Afton $1500/mo Wintergreen Two Bedroom, Two Bath Two BR, two Bath condo, close to Spa and Nature

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Foundation. Fully furnished. Utilities and basic cable provided. Internet not provided, but is available. Posted By: Erlene Hendrix 22958 - Nellysford/ Wintergreen 757-377-1209 $875 monthly, off-season rate Prime Lovingston location! Nelson County! Seeking business proposals for prime Village of Lovingston commercial buildings. Will renovate to suit based on business plan viability, credit and use. DESIRED USES: Small market (great corner location), coffee and sandwich shop, barber shop, hair and nail salon, possible day care. Prefer uses that will generate foot traffic to increase the vitality of the Village! Will consider others. Posted by: John Bradshaw, Jr. 22938 - Faber (703) 7426161 $n/a

LOST & FOUND Lost Dog - Mini Australian Shepherd Lost Blue Merle MiniAustralian Shepherd - black, white, and grey speckled markings with some copper on face and legs. Male, docked tail, 18” tall, 20 lbs. Missing from Afton on 1/27/17, last sighting 2/21/17. He is extremely timid, if you see him please don’t call or chase him Posted By:Ellie Ray 22920 - Afton 434-9414187 $REWARD

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