Easter weekend is upon us and it is always a happy occasion at Smith Mountain Lake, Va. You can take choose from family activities at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, Easter egg hunts, Sunrise services, and Kite flying, or better yet come on out and do them all!
Mar 22 - Easter Celebration at Smith Mountain Lake State Park [...]

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Some of the folks looking for real estate at Smith Mountain Lake want a home that is ready to move right into. Others have had a vision all their lives of the home they would plan and build for themselves when the time was right.
It could be that this little piece of perfection on the [...]

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Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia has some very popular activities and beautiful lakeside spots for planning your summer around. Unfortunately some of us are feeling as if we don’t want to see the sun much this summer because over the winter we stored up some extra insulation.
Number one, this culture needs a reversal of values. Somewhere along the line [...]

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Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia is one of the safest and most peaceful of communities in the Eastern U.S. But the theft of ones identity does not require a crime ridden area, as it often goes unnoticed and can be perpetrated from a distance.
Every so many months I hear some new and unpleasant story of the trauma some individual is [...]

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Spring is just a few days away and many of us at Smith Mountain Lake are starting to think about what we want to plant in the yard and the garden already. Last year I had a little bit of a hard time finding just what I wanted at Wal-Mart and so this year I [...]

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Register NOW for Smith Mountain Lake Business EXPO on Friday, April 25th. It might seem a bit early to be mentioning something more than a month off, but folks at the lake are already getting excited about this upcoming event and there are limited booths remaining!
The EXPO is free of charge to the [...]

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So if you don’t live near the post office, where does one go to mail a package at Smith Mountain Lake? Are you sending an Easter basket to someone special this year or perhaps a birthday gift to a loved one living at a distance? 
There are actually several places at the lake where you can take your items to [...]

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We have had some perfect days for flying a kite at Smith Mountain Lake here lately. When is the last time you took your kids out and watched their faces light up with the thrill of getting a kite soaring high? If it has been far too long, then remedy that situation on March 22nd and 23rd [...]

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 In the summertime Smith Mountain Lake is a great place for collecting Vitamin D, as there are many ways to have fun in the sun on our beautiful lake. Most of us have heard that exposing at least the face and arms to the sun for 15minutes 3 or 4 times a week will allow our bodies to [...]

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There is rarely a dull moment at Smith Mountain Lake. The only down side of all the fun things happening this month within driving distance of my home in Franklin Co. is that I can’t possibly fit them all into my schedule. Personally I think if I had to pick only one of the events below, [...]

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