Wish Upon A Star

This past spring, I spent a few days in Roanoke, VA.  Roanoke is a major city of the New River Valley region in southwestern Virginia.  It serves as a regional center for commerce, transportation and medicine.  Roanoke is also home to a good friend of mines and his wife and while visiting, I was able to spend some time with them and explore parts of the city.  One of my favorite visits was to Mill Mountain - a 1,700 ft. tall mountain that features a beautiful tree shaded park, a zoo and trails overlooking downtown Roanoke.  The best feature on the mountain was the "star".  The star is a 88-foot tall steel structure that has been illuminating (at night) from the top of the mountain since 1949 and it remains as the world's largest man-made freestanding star.

Downtown Roanoke (taken from atop Mill Mountain)