@coolesthikeva
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We are excited to bring back the ever so popular Blue Ridge Tunnel Accessibility Day again this fall on Wednesday October 15. This event fills very quick so do not wait to register. Registrations open at 9am on Tuesday, 9/30.
This fall, we will have 4 carts running 5 group timeslots each.
Carts 1 and 2 will carry groups of 4-5 passengers.
Carts 3 and 4 will carry groups of 1-3 passengers.
Rides are approximately 35-40 min long departing from the Eastern Trailhead, traveling up the east trail and through the tunnel before turning around outside of the western portal to return to the eastern trailhead.
Timeslots are scheduled each 40 minutes beginning at 9am and running until just before 1pm.

How to register:
Online: www.nelsoncountyrecreation.com (Please log in to create your account if you do not have one already created before 9am on Tuesday 9/30.
Phone: (434)263-7130

@lovingstonfarmersmarket
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Come see us tomorrow from 3-6pm! Our vendors are bringing locally raised pork and beef cuts, green beans, zucchini, winter squash, peppers, tomatoes, fresh baked cookies, biscotti, and more!

Nelson SPCA will be set up with adoptable cuties and information on how you can get involved!

Our cooking demo starts around 3:30pm, we’re highlighting Deer Creek Farm this month with beef sliders!

🍁 Who’s ready for cozy vibes, mountain views, and fall fun?! 🍂🔥 Grab your flannels and head to the mountains — leaf-peeping season is just beginning in Nelson County! 🎃🍎🌲

🎉 Visit nelsoncounty.com (link in bio) to check out upcoming events, book a dreamy cabin, and start planning your perfect fall getaway! Let the adventures begin! 🏞️✨
#leafpeeping #bonfireseason #autumn #mountainlife

“A change is in the air, a great mellowing is at work. It’s in the wind, in the earth, inside each and every one of us. And somewhere, not far off in the distance, woodsmoke is seasoning the evening sky.

Each year autumn arrives all bluster, and like an old friend, invites us to come outside and enjoy a few more days of color and light. In the fall, we watch the sky. We listen for rain. We stop to watch the trees and their painted leaves. We pack away our beach chairs and unpack our woolen socks. We settle into our long pants and our sturdy boots and our trusty old raincoats. We return to books half-read and sweaters half-knitted and favorite old recipes written in our mother’s hand. This time of year, we remember our love of pumpkins and pecans; we pick barrels of apples and bake with buckets of cinnamon.

Each year, autumn reminds us to return to the routines that anchor our lives in time. We feel nostalgia deeply and embrace ritual fiercely. We go home again. We relive glory days. We gather together in September stadiums, around October bonfires, and at long November tables. And in the shadow of the dimming natural world, we tell and retell tales.

In this way, every autumn is another turned page, another chapter completed, a bit more perspective on the full story of our lives: the rising and the falling, the discovery and the loss, the sacrifice and surprise. And isn’t this the story of all life, the ends that follow beginnings and then make room for new beginnings? Without this rhythm, this eternal cycle, how could we ever be whole?

So, let us harvest all the light and life and goodness that we can. Here and now, during the sweet golden hour of the year.” - Austin Sailsbury

It’s coming 🤗 Don’t miss autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains nelsoncounty.com 🍂🔥🍂🔥🍂