Posts by Angela Evans

This week’s blogging destination is an event – the Sunflower Festival at Beaver Dam Farm! The calendar is halfway through September and that means FALL! What is a better way to start fall than with a Sunflower Festival!? We went to the Sunflower Festival at Beaver Dam Farm for the first time last year! It…

This week’s blogging destination is a Roanoke iconic landmark – the Roanoke Star! Roanoke is nicknamed the Star City and the illuminated star is perched high over the city on Mill Mountain. It’s something you cannot miss in both day or night while driving around downtown and the surrounding area.  The Roanoke Star was one…

This week’s blogging destination is one of my son’s favorite places, the Virginia Museum of Transportation! My son LOVES trains! We went to the Virginia Museum of Transportation before we even found a place to live here. We have been to the Virginia Museum of Transportation many times in our almost two years living in…

Welcome back to Roaming Roanoke! This week’s blogging destination is an event – the Salem Parks and Recreation drive-in movie at the Salem Red Sox stadium! When we lived in Kentucky, we took our young kids to the drive-in movies. It was the perfect place to watch a movie with children because they don’t have…

Before we get started, here’s a quick refresher. My name is Angela, and our family moved here from out-of-state a year and a half ago. Roaming Roanoke follows our experiences visiting kid-friendly places in the region! Our blogging destination this week is The Taubman Museum of Art! I had noticed The Taubman Museum of Art…

Welcome to Roaming Roanoke!  Before we get started let me introduce myself. I am Angela! I am a former tv news reporter turned stay-at-home mom. We have three children ages 5 and under. My husband is a wildland firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service (Smokey Bear is our friend!). We moved here from out-of-state a…