North Carolina Mountain Articles

Part 3…You can find the earlier posts here… Part 1 & Part 2Had life not intruded on the best laid plans, this is what I would have seen a whole lot of for the next…

Part One is HereHad this years vacation not been canceled due to my treatment regime today’s plans called for a pleasant meander from Asheville to Valle Crucis via that bestest of all American Byways…The Blue…

One of the places that was on the list for a visit on this year’s Blue Ridge Mountain trip was (and is) Floyd, Virginia. I have made the acquaintance (virtually) of a few residents of…

The plans for this years vacation to the mountains would have had us driving from north of Atlanta to Asheville via Cherokee today. We had planned a tour of the Cherokee Village today with lots…

But if you are, check out the Watauga Farmers’ Market. This weeks email newsletter has my mouth watering…Summer’s heat has arrived in Boone and the surrounding farms, and with it comes the payoff of traditional…

A year ago, My family was preparing for our first trip to the Highland Games. To say we all enjoyed them would be an understatement. From the moment we stepped through the gates until we…

Last year at this time we were on Nettles Knob south of Valle Crucis making our preparations for the Summer Games on Grandfather Mountain. The one thing that we missed because of the games was…

I have been tagged…You have probably seen this logo floating around, I know I have.Eric Drummond Smith over at Hillbilly Savants tagged me. It makes my day to think someone else out there enjoys the…

I think it was Marie at Blue Ridge Blog that first pointed me to the Hillbilly Savants Blog. Since her tag line is…”All I need is an outhouse and a dream….” I thought this link…

Part of the serendipity that carried us into the mountains of North Carolina can be found in the following description I discovered so long ago.Nestled high in the mountains of North Carolina is a little…

I find that most of the places I have come to love in my search for my “North Carolina Mountain Dream” revolve around stories. Not just stories of the past, either. Many of the stories…

From the top of the highest mountain in the eastern United States the view can be breathtaking.Already venerable when the Rockies were yet unformed, Mount Mitchell reigns as the highest point east of the Mississippi…

It’s been three years now since this picture was taken up on the top of Roan Mountain. We were a bit early for the full bloom but even what we were in time for was…

When I first started blogging I posted some photos from my North Carolina trips over my Photo Blog. One of the photos has consistently pulled in search engine hits. This is that photo.. Brinegar Cabin…

I can see that I am not the only person in America looking for a “mountain fix” this summer. Some people though, have the good luck of being within driving distance for a day trip.This…