Two to a room lodging at Days Inn Landmark Alexandria. The Center is taking sign ups until November 6. Bring your payment to the Cranwell Center to reserve your space. Venture Out The Venture Out Office in Squires Student Center offers a wide variety of outdoor adventure trips for Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff, as well as the university community. Most trips are geared for beginners and include helpful instruction and safety information.
Trips vary in length from one day, weekend, or extended week long adventures.
Please see their homepage for upcoming trips. Stop by the Center to sign up and pay your fee. Every year the Cranwell Center sponsors a trip to Mabry Mill located along the Blue Ridge Parkway. About 40 miles from Blacksburg, Mabry Mill is an operating grist mill which grinds corn and buckwheat, just as it did sixty years ago. Skills of spinning, blacksmithing and Appalachian music are sometimes demonstrated.