OUTSIDE LIFE Spring 2019 DEPARTMENTS FEATURES 6 11 Summer Camp! From the Editor Here's a guide to great outdoor fun for the kids. A modest proposal. 7 The Nutcase 20 Six Great Floats Run every road. ON THE COVER We're off the bigger rivers here, and onto some smaller gems. 8 QuickStrides News & Notes. The photo, courtesy of Roanoke County Parks & Rec, shows a Camp Roanoke participant ziplining to the end of the high ropes course. For information on Roanoke County camps and many more, see our guide beginning on page 11. 24 Radford-Pulaski Country: Outdoor HQ 42 On the Road The New River is a core go-play asset, but there's lots more. U.S. 220, Eagle Rock to Clifton Forge. Clear Brook Winchester 30 Brad Stone: Trail Builder Supreme Front Royal Slicing pathways for bikers. Luray 34 Breaks Interstate Harrisonburg How did this odd park come to be, and have so much to offer? KEY = Appalachian Trail = Blue Ridge Parkway = state highways = interstate = counties = cities Staunton 39 Kayak Queen Eva Beaule has carved a life out of her love of the Holston River. Waynesboro Clifton Forge Covington Lexington Buena Vista Salem Bedford Lynchburg Blacksburg Bluefield Rocky Gap Pulaski Roanoke Christiansburg Radford Rocky Mount Wytheville Norton Floyd Big Stone Gap Marion PHILPOTT LAKE Abingdon Bristol 4 Spring 2019 \\ LifeOutside Magazine Galax Damascus Independence Martinsville Lambsburg Danville Appomatox Charlottesville