This fall in the shadow of the incomparable Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, along the shores of beautiful Smith Mountain Lake, eight lovely, elegant homes with unique architectural designs, creative interior decorating, spectacular scenic views, unusual collections and antiques, and finely manicured landscaping, will open their doors for you and other visitors to enjoy!

Your visit may be by either private car or your own boat. By land or by water your day will be memorable.

Smith Mountain Lake's Annual wine festival is the perfect way to spend a day in autumn at the lake. This two day event is a perfect for wine aficionados as well as fans of craft festivals and concerts.

Held at Southwest Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta on Route 122 across from the Lakewatch Plantation, 27 wineries will participate with 85 juried craft and food vendors.

The two-day festival will be held rain or shine. Tickets are available for tasters and non-tasters and can be purchased in advance. Taster tickets are $18 and designated driver admission is $12. These special discount prices remain in effect until September 24, 2010. Prices at the gate $22 for taster and $15 for designated driver. Free parking.

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Join thousand of boaters and other spectators for this years 4th of July fireworks display at Parkway Marina in Huddleston Virginia on July 3rd 2010. The fireworks will begin after a family fun day that will include live music from "The Worx", a car and boat show and military hardware display starting at 2:00. At 3:00 come out and enjoy amusement rides, a variety of food and arts and crafts. You can enjoy the fireworks from your boat or the shoreline.

 

If you come by boat please follow the no-wake zones from 7:30 until after the fireworks, this area will be marked by boats with orange balloons, that will be lighted after dark.

 

The best viewing spots are

* From Bernard’s Landing/Rabbit Island across to the north-eastern shore of the Roanoke between R12 and R10
* From Christmas Tree Island due east across the Blackwater
* Across Craddock Creek at marker C3.

 

Smith Mountain Lake was the host the ESPN's Blue Ridge Brawl this year. 95 top fishing profesionals compete for a total purse of $640,000 with the winner reciveing $100,000. The Blue Ridge Brawl is the third of eight series tournaments and the first of its Southern swing. Events in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee are scheduled to take place from late April to early June with the regular-season finale set for June 17-20 in Oklahoma.

Skeet Reese, an angler competing in the tournament, darted across Smith Mountain Lake looking for his last few catches. Local anglers like Matt Adkins and Jason Harris from Danville were also tailing Reese in their boats to pick up new fishing techniques. Reese' final day's catch of 19 pounds, 14 ounces drove his winning weight to 78 pounds, 1 ounce. For his effort, he pocketed $100,000 and enhanced his lead in the Angler of the Year standings. Each of the top six finishers brought 60 pounds or more to the scales for four days.

The real estate at Smith Mountain Lake is moving on all sides of the lake.  I know you do not want to be pressured to buy real estate but you may have to wait for another 10 years for another great buying season if you do not act soon!  The Bedford County side saw, 6 waterfront home closings since January 2010, till today March 7^th, 2010. Some of these are those great deals that people snatched up in January and December of 2009.

Franklin County has 10 in pending since January 1^st of 2010, and over 11 closings since January 1^st 2010 till today, March10, 2010. So if you have not decided yet, now is the time, if you really want to buy a  Smith Mountain Lake waterfront property.

The prices for the homes sold range from 149,000 for waterfront residential to over 1,100,000. So of these only 3 closed under $500,000. A lot of those deals are nearly gone now. So if you want to buy a lakefront home on Smith Mountain Lake time to make a decision.

Of course if a vacation rental home is what you want and have that 1031 ready, then you have some great buys, but again you need to come on to the lake and get your check book out. Some of us who live and play at the lake are curious on why people are waiting so long, since we realize this is the last time you will see prices like this with mortgage rates like this.  As a Broker I have had some of those closings and will have some of the ones I noted above coming up and understand my clients have gotten a great buy at the right time and place. So when you are ready, give me a call, we still have about 200 lakefront homes for sale right now. If you need a quick vacation look at our Smith Mountain Lake rentals or visit Smith Mountain Lake State Park.