http://www.virginialiving.com/topics/travel__leisure/index.rss en-en ©2011 Cape Fear Publishing Co. Inc. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:51:00 GMT Celebrating 25 years in the saddle.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/va-horse-center http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/va-horse-center Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:51:00 GMT Hyperkinetic Mark Cline has turned a sleepy tourist town into a home for his kitschy genius.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/mad-world-of-professor-cline http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/mad-world-of-professor-cline Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:53:00 GMT Some of the region’s best scuba diving is found in a quarry south of Petersburg. MATTHEW GRAHAM goes under and finds a bus sunk in Lake Rawlings.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/the-undersea-world-of-virginia http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/the-undersea-world-of-virginia Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:36:00 GMT Virginia Beach does not have big waves, but it does have a rich history of surfing—it's where East Coast surfing got its start. An epic retrospective!

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/the-surfing-life http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/the-surfing-life Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:13:00 GMT This is the 75th anniversary of Shenandoah National Park - 200,000 acres of raw, splendid nature, and the only national park in the mid-Atlantic region.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/pretty-remote-and-quaint http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/pretty-remote-and-quaint Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:11:00 GMT At the Bluefields Bay Villas, the rhythm is luxuriously slow.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/nestled-in-jamaica http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/nestled-in-jamaica Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:52:00 GMT A spill into icy water can spoil an afternoon sail.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/whitecaps-on-the-reservoir http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/whitecaps-on-the-reservoir Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:23:00 GMT Fencing is one of the world’s oldest sports, but it has always been a peripheral one in America, perhaps because it is not made for TV. However, its popularity is slowly growing. And one needn’t be young to fence—just agile, tactical and tough.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/en-garde http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/en-garde Tue, 24 May 2011 13:56:00 GMT Adventurer Sean Burch, the first Virginian to climb Mount Everest, thrives on testing himself.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/pain-for-happiness http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/pain-for-happiness Mon, 16 May 2011 15:39:00 GMT Virginians will be able to fish without a license during the first weekend of June.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/blogs/virginia-living-blog/open-waters http://www.virginialiving.com/blogs/virginia-living-blog/open-waters Fri, 13 May 2011 16:00:00 GMT SOLO Wilderness First Aid Courses in Virginia

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/blogs/virginia-living-blog/wilderness-first-aid-courses-in-virginia http://www.virginialiving.com/blogs/virginia-living-blog/wilderness-first-aid-courses-in-virginia Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:55:00 GMT The Cap2Cap fundraiser is May 7.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/blogs/virginia-living-blog/ride-your-bike-to-benefit-the-capital-trail http://www.virginialiving.com/blogs/virginia-living-blog/ride-your-bike-to-benefit-the-capital-trail Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:11:20 GMT Modern jousting is anything but medieval, says Mona Banton of the National Jousting Association.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/surely-you-joust http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/surely-you-joust Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:48:00 GMT Alexandria's historic district has fared better than most through this economic slowdown—and is lots more dynamic than one might think.

]]> http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/the-new-in-old-town http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/the-new-in-old-town Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:02:00 GMT