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Safety Checks For Your Boat

Safety Checks for Your Boat

Your boat needs regular inspections just like any other vehicle to ensure the basics are working properly. Most of us enjoy boating on Smith Mountain Lake sometime over the summer months, so help assure…

Plagued By The Carpenter Bees?

Plagued By The Carpenter Bees?

Until we moved to Virginia, I had never seen the big Carpenter Bees and thought they were all Bumble Bees. Not so, as my deck and several other wooden structures testify to. Who hasn’t…

More Mother's Day Ideas

More Mother’s Day Ideas

I often hear people say they can’t think of what to buy Mom for Mother’s Day, or how to make her feel like the special person she is. Many of the businesses around Smith…

Scuba Diving At The Lake

Scuba Diving at the Lake

In searching for information about underwater cities recently, I found that you can rent scuba diving gear on Smith Mountain Lake and have your underwater adventure. Some of the local shops to check out…

Underwater City

Underwater City

If one drifts through the online sites about scuba diving and other cool water activities, what you find may surprise you. For instance, I had never heard the story of an underwater town in…

How Electricity Is Produced At Smith Mountain Dam

How Electricity is Produced at Smith Mountain Dam

Most of the folks around Smith Mountain Lake probably know that the dam generates much of the electricity used in their vicinity. But what most of us don’t know is exactly how that is…

Fisherman's Guide

Fisherman’s Guide Part 2

I am not sure there is a season when the die-hard fishermen aren’t out there trying to catch something, but for those who are just getting the spring fever from going out on the…

Angler Excitement At Smith Mountain Lake

Angler Excitement at the Lake

Thanks to Denise Membreno of The Roanoke Times Online for the following article of interest to all the fisherfolk at Smith Mountain Lake and surrounding areas: R&R will be the last thing on the…

4-H Educational Center at Smith Mountain Lake

4-H Educational Center at Smith Mountain Lake

Where can you find weekend programs and activities for children, teenagers, and adults alike? Check out the Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Educational Conference Center. They hire and train only top-notch staff for their summer…

Smith Mountain Lake State Park

Smith Mountain Lake State Park

Even though Smith Mountain Lake State Park is situated on one of Virginia’s larger bodies of water, there is much to do there (and nearby) for those who are not water enthusiasts as well.…

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