Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 5

Letters

Worth A Click

Where’s That Bridge?
I will not be the only person to tell you that the Meems Bottom Bridge
pictured on page 35 of the September/October issue is two miles southsouthwest of Mt. Jackson, Va., and 99 miles northeast of Covington, Va.
–Art Albrecht, Harrisonburg, Va.
Editor’s note: Our thanks to the several other readers who drew our
attention to the correct location of the bridge.

What’s That Plant?
I am horrified that you would tout an invasive alien plant like Poncirus
trifoliata (“Bridge of Beauty,” September/October). Luckily it looks like the
garden on the bridge has concrete containers, so maybe they will be able to
control it. –Richard Stromberg, Front Royal, Va.
Lee Armstrong, board member of Friends of the Lake Lure Flowering
Bridge, responds: We appreciate the concern and share it. As suggested, a
carefully controlled environment is key to having this ornamental plant in a
garden. There are a number of gardeners in our volunteer corps who are
very knowledgeable about the biodiversity of our area. Our beds are continuously monitored by these and other volunteers and this plant will be
carefully watched and contained by them. In addition, we consult with the
Town of Lake Lure Environmental Officer about our project.

NEW COFFEE TABLE BOOK BENEFITS THE PARKWAY

4 great Reasons to Visit
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For full details visit
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Cave in to Adventure
Check out our digital edition exclusive
story about camping inside caves and
take a look at what lies below the
Blue Ridge Mountains!
BlueRidgeCountry.com/Caves.

Delicious Mountain Recipes
Visit BlueRidgeCountry.com/Diners for
delicious recipes from four of the restaurants featured in Cara Ellen
Modisett’s page-18 story about her
favorite diners and dives.
The new book contains stunning photos and prose from many BRC writers.

The contents page reveals the names of
many who have written for this magazine,
including columnist/contributing editor
Elizabeth Hunter, editor-at-large Cara Ellen
Modisett and publisher/president Richard
Wells.
The cover and most any page in the 200page coffee table book reveal the photography of Nye Simmons, also a long-time
contributor.

The book is “Blue Ridge Parkway
Celebration: Photographs, Poetry and
Prose,” and Simmons created it as part of
the 25th anniversary of Friends of the Blue
Ridge Parkway, the 9,000-member volunteer organization that preserves and protects the parkway.
Sales of the book (blueridgeparkwayfriends.org/store/ at $47.95) benefit Friends
to the tune of 45 percent of the cover price.

More Photos from
Butterwood Branch
For more of Laurie McClellan’s photos
from our page-36 story about hiking
the Butterwood Branch Trail, visit
BlueRidgeCountry.com/Butterwood.
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