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    Finalists for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
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    Why are the Southern Appalachians the Epicenter for Salamander Diversity?
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    Ramp It Up! Festival
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    Trout Derby - Blowing Rock, North Carolina Calendar
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    McDowell County - Pioneer Day
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    Asheville Bikefest - Blue Ridge Run
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    Music On The Mountaintop Festival
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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...


Not Your Grandfather's Retirement – CBS News

I caught this on Sunday Morning yesterday and found the Asheville stories very interesting…

Mountain air is not enough for a generation determined to ban boredom in retirement. Martha Teichner visited Asheville, N.C., to explore how some are designing more creative retirements:

Americans just aren’t retiring the way they used to …

“We don’t want to just sit down and vegetate,” said Jim Wyatt.

via Not Your Grandfather’s Retirement – CBS News.

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