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  • Mar 5
    Finalists for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
    Boone
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  • Mar 13
    Why are the Southern Appalachians the Epicenter for Salamander Diversity?
    Asheville
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  • Mar 27
    Ramp It Up! Festival
    Cherokee
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  • Apr 3
    Trout Derby - Blowing Rock, North Carolina Calendar
    Blowing Rock
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  • Apr 24
    McDowell County - Pioneer Day
    Old Fort
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  • May 13
    Asheville Bikefest - Blue Ridge Run
    Fletcher
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  • Aug 27
    Music On The Mountaintop Festival
    Boone
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"It is a beautiful book with gorgeous color pictures. Text boxes detailing a particular subject such as rhododendrons or Daniel Boone are sprinkled throughout. But why did they have to use black text on a dark purple background for these boxes? They are so difficult to read. Except for that shortcoming, this book is meant to be used, not to be left on the bookshelf. I take my copy wherever I think I am going to be on the Parkway. As for the answers to the questions above? Check pages 120, 129 and 108, respectively."

I couldn't agree more...


Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

I have been tagged…You have probably seen this logo floating around, I know I have.

Eric Drummond Smith over at Hillbilly Savants tagged me. It makes my day to think someone else out there enjoys the meanders of my mind. Thanks Eric your tag means a lot.

I have been seeing these awards pop up on a [...]

Friends in the Mountains

I think it was Marie at Blue Ridge Blog that first pointed me to the Hillbilly Savants Blog. Since her tag line is…”All I need is an outhouse and a dream….” I thought this link back would be appropriate.

The shack out back

Tennesseans called it the “la-la.” Elsewhere known as the john, the shanty, the [...]

Valle Crucis, NC

Part of the serendipity that carried us into the mountains of North Carolina can be found in the following description I discovered so long ago.

Nestled high in the mountains of North Carolina is a little known corner of the world called Valle Crucis (pronounced valley crew’ sis). First settled over 200 years ago, the Vale [...]

Story of Place – Mountain Dreams

I find that most of the places I have come to love in my search for my “North Carolina Mountain Dream” revolve around stories. Not just stories of the past, either. Many of the stories are being written by others who love these places. Each of the stories that have touched my life and heart [...]