On Sunday, we held our first Wildly Nourished foraging and farming event with Garden Variety Harvests and TerraVie Wellness, LLC.

What a perfect weekend! We visited Cole Mountain for a unique hike up to a bald that has nearly 360 views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

To celebrate GO Fest, The Wild Way has planted a series of geocaches at the Explore Park’s Journey’s End! A geocache hunt is like a real life treasure hunt - if you find the final cache and sign our logbook, you will be entered to win a prize.

Our round-up month at Crystal Spring Grocery Co. has begun! Visit CSG from today through November 10th and round-up your purchase to support The Wild Way.

What a beautiful day at Fishburn Park! We took a hike along the creek, collecting native plants and flowers, and then learned the art of "Hammer Dyeing" with guest Alex Foster of Foster Fiber!

Sometimes it’s the simple things that bring us the most joy. We said goodbye to the summer with one final visit to Roaring Run. The girls swam, slid down the waterfalls, and did some excellent rock hounding near the 19th century iron furnace.

SAVE THE DATE FOR A MIMOSA! Woman-owned local business The Little Button is holding its annual "Mimosas for Mom" event on Friday, September 18th from 9:30am to 3pm.

Last night, The Wild Way had the honor of being one of two nonprofits to receive an extremely generous corporate donation from Valley Wealth Group. Along with our partner organization LEAP, we received $10,000, which is a HUGE donation for our small organization.

This was the dream team...for real. Summer 2026 will be hard to beat. For our events this season, we had our new Adventure Coordinator Laura on board, along with our steadfast Wild Wayfarer Caroline and our simply unforgettable Field Intern Emily.

Is it already over? Today was the last day of our August Paddleboard Camp and the last event of summer 2026.

Today, we went to Douthat State Park to practice our SUP FLIP RESCUES! This is a technique that is used to get an exhausted or unconscious paddler back onto their board.

Today was another gorgeous day on the James River. We applied our SUP skills to the river and learned how to look for downstream Vs to navigate the rapids, plus practiced our rescue skills with throw bags.

Today was zen. We began our FINAL week of Paddleboard Camp, and we went to Carvin’s Cove to learn all of our basic strokes. We were also joined by Dr. Sarah Henry from Virginia Tech who guided us through a Nature Bath.

A sunny day spent paddling Carvin’s Cove. In case you all haven’t noticed, the water is low. REALLY low. It changes the geography of the cove dramatically, but it also provides opportunity for new exploration.

A jumbled pile of vines transformed into works of art! Working with Maya Ittah from TerraVie Wellness, LLC, our girls created beautiful handmade baskets using ONLY kudzu vines.

Intro to SUPing and Macroinvertebrate Exploration. Did you know that you can measure how clean the water is by checking out the little water bugs that live in there?

We finished our West End Center For Youth Summer Camp week at Roaring Run, and it’s always a crowd pleaser. We hike out to some waterfalls that make fantastic natural waterslides.

Summer SUPing with our West End Center For Youth girls. Some of these girls have been paddling with us for the past FOUR YEARS, and they have become very comfortable on their boards and in the water.

We took the first day on the water with the West End Center for Youth slow and easy with tubing on the James River.

First day of Wild Way Summer Camp for our West End Center For Youth girls! It was calling for rainy, chilly weather so we kicked it off with yoga taught by our Adventure Coordinator Laura at Uttara Yoga Studio.