ou tdo oR s fo R fal l hike the high Coun try 9 autu mn trek s urba n geta ways ntai ns Mov ing to the Mou Reloc ation & Retire ment The Blue Issue Discover 67 Great Water Getaways SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008 Wait, a raccoon? Photographed by BILL LEA The pensive-looking masked mammal was photographed by Bill Lea-another long-time friend of the magazine-at Cades Cove, on the Tennessee side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Float the Greenbrier River Whitewater, Off-Water Hikes and More Inside the issue: Caption, with this photo celebrating the 75th anniversary of Abingdon, Virginia's Barter Theatre: Pat Reid and Dennis King, with the Barter's sign on Main Street. The signs became unofficial souvenirs and [founder] Robert Porterfield finally had to stop replacing them. JULY/AUGUST 2009 Paddler on West Virginia's Gauley River Photo by MICHAEL TURNER Cara Ellen Modisett's years as managing editor were marked by a series of distinctively themed issues with distinctive covers, including this one. Inside the issue: Su Clauson-Wicker's update on Virginia's Mountain Lake's mysterious tendency to drain to near empty, included information on a skull discovered on the empty lake bottom in 2008, and the research at Clemson University and Virginia Tech that confirmed the skull belonged to a man who'd drowned in the lake in 1921. 46 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM