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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...


Bluejays

Have you ever watched a Bluejay eat an acorn? Around my home in Texas we have Bluejays year round. Actually, we have more Bluejays in winter than in summer but that’s neither here nor there. The Bluejays in my yard tend to eat acorns they find on the ground. Watching them find an acorn to [...]

Back to the grind after a virtual vacation…

Had things gone as planned, today would be my first day back at the office after our North Carolina Mountain fix for the year. Things didn’t and I’m not (back at the office that is). Even though I’ve missed this summers trip, and I’ve seen more of Doctors and Nurses than I really wanted (even [...]

The Vacation That Wasn't Would Now Be Over…

Had the plans worked out, this morning I would have woke in my own bed for the first time in two weeks. Having left Valle Crucis on Thursday morning the plans called for a drive across Tennessee with a stay in Memphis before finishing the trip with a drive down through the piney woods of [...]

A Drive Up Rich Mountain

Two photographers, two cameras…One View…