Published October 28, 2016 Rushmore Anniversary Mount Rushmore is an iconic national monument, completed 75 years ago this month. Originally conceived in 1923 as a tourist attraction, the […]
Published September 12, 2015 Cloudland Trail Roan Mountain straddles North Carolina and Tennessee and the Appalachian trail runs along much of its ridge, reaching elevations over 6000 […]
Published September 2, 2015 Rose of Sharon I have several of these shrubs in my yard in assorted colors, so I think of them as Rose of Ruth, though […]
Published August 17, 2015 Bear Time This spring there was a large fire of over 700 acres on the mountain above where I live in North Carolina. Because […]