Thinking of Spring Break, Thinking of Spring? Thinking Green? Then Think Blue, Blue Ridge Parkway. Virginia Tourism has launched a Go Green on the Blue Ridge Parkway Sweepstakes you and your family can win a seven-day family trip including a hybrid rental car, Virginia Green lodging and airfare for four. This is to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway a great inexpensive family vacation, with an emphasis on low impact to the environment, and fun for the whole family. Take in part of the 459 miles of by way, its majestic natural beauty with your family this year. Take this time to disconnect from your ipod and lap top and reconnect with natural beauty and your family. Fun along the parkway can include earning a  Junior Ranger badge at Shenandoah National Park, hiking and outdoor fun including Outdoor thrills with Appalachian Adventures and many activities at the Wintergreen Resort Your family can hike to Mill Mountain and see the Roanoke Star, there are many other outdoor tours or indoor like the Virginia Museum of Transportation and the science Museum of Western Virginia. The list goes on including many photo stops at places like Mabry Mill and listening to live music at the Blue Ridge Music Center. See history come alive at the Living history at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. This is a great time to visit Virginia.

The Virginia “Go Green on the Blue Ridge Parkway Sweepstakes” is the chance to win the ultimate family road trip.  Visitors to www.Virginia.org/BRP can enter to win a seven-day, six-night vacation for four, complete with airfare, a hybrid rental car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car and overnight stays at Virginia Green hotels, resorts and cabins.  The sweepstakes is open to U.S. residents 21 and older and runs through November 1, 2010.