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Article: two lakes. two tales. on the surface, a mystery jump header goes herey here.(Daily Break)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 3, 2009
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"The Lady of the Lake" is such a romantic name that mud boots would spoil the Arthurian image, but it can't be helped.
In search of such mystery and beauty, I traveled to Lake Drummond in Suffolk, 30 minutes west of my house, and also to Mountain Lake near Blacksburg, some five hours farther. In between, I passed numerous other lakes without stopping because they were not as interesting as these two on opposite sides of the state.
They are fraternal twins, sharing the name "lake" and the basic blueprint of water in a hole, but nothing else. One is gushingly, spewingly, overflowingly filled with billions of gallons of water, and the other, as you'll see, ...