Sunset at Lake Moomaw outdoors, and a community that embraces and cherishes those visitors who have come to discover what the locals have known about for decades. Susan Sponaugle, who owns and operates Cliff View Golf Course and Inn with her husband Frank, noted how the area's renewed focus on tourism and recreation is immediately paying dividends. "We have so many guests come to stay with us not just for the golf but to simply enjoy the natural beauty, to hike the Jackson River Scenic Trail or float the river, or even to go fish at Escawtaba with Derrick [Barr]. We hear back all the time that guests didn't know an area so beautiful or peaceful existed right here in Virginia's back yard." * www.visitalleghanyhighlands.com 25http://www.covington.va.us/ http://www.visitalleghanyhighlands.com