From Bristol, a state-designated music trail known as the Crooked Road zigzags through the wooded hillsides and meadows of South Virginia, past white picket fences and trout-filled creeks along the North Carolina border.

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Order up tapas and sangria and similar cuisine (paella with mussels and chorizo, or white-wine-poached red trout) on the outdoor patio.

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The East Fork White River is important habitat for two fish, both federally listed as threatened: the loach minnow and Apache trout, an important sport fish.

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