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The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band returns to Cataloochee Ranch

APtravelnews–Penny Redfern, Marketing Director, Cataloochee Ranch in North Carolina said : “On Tuesday night, April 21, Grammy winner Peter Rowan and his Grammy-nominated bluegrass band will return to Cataloochee Ranch for a special one-night performance.

Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band (credit: Photo by Maria Camillo)

This is the legendary singer-songwriter’s fifth appearance at the Ranch in the past five years, and the intimate fireside event is expected to be a sellout.

The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band’s first album, Legacy, with guest artists that included Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and Del McCoury, was nominated for a Grammy in 2010. The band’s second album, The Old School, was a 2013 nominee for IBMA Album of the Year. In addition to Rowan on guitar and lead vocals, current band members are banjo player Keith Little and bass player Paul Knight, both of whom have been with the band since its formation; mandolin player Chris Henry, who was featured on The Old School; and fiddle player Blaine Sprouse, the newest addition to the ensemble. The band has appeared in festival venues around the world, including Merlefest, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Grey Fox, Rothbury, Australia’s National Folk Festival and many others, and was featured in January 2015 on the PBS radio show A Prairie Home Companion.

Peter Rowan first burst onto the musical scene in the early 1960’s as a member of Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys and the co-writer, with Monroe, of the bluegrass classic “The Walls of Time.” He later became involved in an eclectic variety of rock, folk and bluegrass projects, including a memorable collaboration with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Vassar Clements and John Kahn in the 1970’s bluegrass band Old & In The Way. He embarked on a solo career in the late 1970’s and still tours internationally as a solo singer-songwriter.

A limited number of tickets for the April 21 show are available, and reservations are required. The $60.00 ticket price also includes dinner before the show, with dinner at 6 pm and music beginning at 7:30. Special overnight package which includes dinner, show, lodging and breakfast is $140. For more information, please call Cataloochee Ranch at 828-926-1401. CONTACT: Penny Redfern Marketing Director, Cataloochee Ranch (828) 926-1919 [email protected]

NOTE* Barb and I spent several days in Maggie Valley and enjoyed the area immensely.  We especially enjoyed our stay at Cataloochee Ranch! 

W.Virginia Playing It Smart-Bringing Back Elk to Their State

Bull Elk just after bugling setting up for mounting one of his cows!
Bull Elk just after bugling setting up for mounting one of his cows!

APtravelnews–March 3rd,–News Release from AOL—Charleston, W.V.–CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) —The Division of Natural Resources has received a $50,000 grant to support its effort to restore elk in West Virginia.

The Charleston Daily Mail reports that the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation presented the grant to the DNR on Sunday at the Natural Resources Commission’s quarterly meeting.

The DNR hopes to bring elk from neighboring Kentucky to restore the state’s herd. West Virginia’s last native elk was killed around 1875.

A draft management plan says elk would be released in McDowell, Wyoming, Logan, Mingo, Boone, Lincoln and Wayne counties.

Wildlife Resources Section chief Curtis Taylor says more than 90 percent of the public comments submitted to the agency support restoring elk in the state.

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Information from: Charleston Daily Mail, http://www.charlestondailymail.com

– See more at: http://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/articles/5528-foundation-gives-west-virgina-50k-grant-for-elk-restoration#sthash.Sw4b4M2i.dpuf

Tin Fish Restaurant In Okeechobee Florida Offers Mahi, Shrimp and Salmon Deliciously!

Barb was in the mood to have a fried fish platter.
Barb was in the mood to have a fried fish platter. I had it grilled. Both ways were yummy!!!!!!


APtravelnews-Lake Okeechobee, FL.–February 25th,–Its not the first time we have eaten at a Tin Fish Restaurant, but every time we do we keep on coming back due to the “consistency factor.” Each time we visit for lunch or dinner, we get what we expect; a hot tasty dish of shrimp, salmon, mahi,  (Dolphin fish) our way! We like fried fish, but as we get older the far more healthier way to eat seafood and fish is grilled! At Tin Fish you can have it your way! the owner-its his great way or the highway!

Today we had shrimp and calamari (squid) appetizers and mahi and shrimp platters replete with my favorite cole slaw; Spicy Slaw custom made at the restaurant.

Everything including the waitresses was perfect! Google Tin Fish Restaurant, go there and get a “bite”, there’s more than one in Florida and more are coming, stay tuned!!

Book Signings At Florida’s Morningside Library

My first book lover! She wantged my Africa and Goldie the Goldfish book!
My first book lover!
She wanted my Africa and Goldie the Goldfish book!

APtravelnews-Port St Lucie, FL.–Morningside Library--Barb and I were invited to Meet the Authors event today, Valentines Day! We meet new people, sell some books and network with others that have published or self-publish their books and we learn lots of interesting ways to continue succeeding in the “book game.”

Our “Africa On a Pin & a Prayer” and “The History of Fishing In the Florida Keys”  two of the three books we’ve had published in the past year were popular. My Africa book is actually a true-life adventure tale of my two years in Africa and the Congo, after leaving my Kibbutz life in Israel. There were several other authors at the event and we were able to meet and look at their interesting books, as well as picking up a book or, two ourselves!

Remember: “Every book is brand new until YOU read it!  Order a signed copy [email protected]

Set up at the Morningside Library during the Valentines Book signing event.
Set up at the Morningside Library during the Valentines Book signing event.