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  • Mar 5
    Finalists for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
    Boone
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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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  • Oct 16
    2010 Valle Country Fair
    Banner Elk
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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...


Mabry Mill in November

Reflections on fall in the mountains.

We have split our trip to the North Carolina mountains in two with a few days in Virginia where I sit in the Hotel Floyd blogging right now. The weather for the most part has been glorious, the people have been friendly, and the drive has been a joy. Everyone keeps telling me that the [...]

Monday Mountains…

We drove into the darkness on Sunday to get to Birmingham. The only observations from the drive on Sunday were we both commented on how dry Mississippi looked. It was a noticeable change right at the state line. The roadside went from green in Louisiana to brown looking in Mississippi. I think it was actually [...]