Southwest Virginia -- Little Switzerland

The Radmacher children revolt. "You promised only one hour, Daddy. These liederhosen itch and this dog stinks. I wanna go home."  

Jerry over at From on High is again questioning the prevailing mantra that Southwest Virginia's economic future lies in tourism.

Salt Lick saw enough big-time "economic development" in the Peace Corps to know it's beyond his expertise (did I mention Africa is still poor?). Some of those wonks over at "Bacon's Rebellion - the Blog" could probably figure it out if they tore themselves away from how to travel 10 miles in less that 1 hour in major Virginia urban areas. But with the delights of Dollywood and Pigeon Forge four hours south, and Washington, D.C. and Williamsburg about 5 hours northward, I do wonder if what we'll get here is low-spending, anti-globalization granola heads.

Oh well, as long as they don't try to get Jethro to smoke crawdads again.