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  Roan Mountain straddles North Carolina and Tennessee and the Appalachian trail runs along much of its ridge, reaching elevations over 6000 […]

  This is a steep hiking trail leading through a tall deciduous forest on slanting slopes through a narrow valley or cove […]

I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]

I recently returned from The Birds in Flight Photography contest in Cuba. After visiting last year to explore the vegetation, I left […]