The Music In Nature
Ok. this video just screamed out for a share…
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Blue Ridge Parkway begins major road project in northwest North Carolina
Historic Great American Outdoors Act funding investment provides opportunity to address high priority road maintenance beginning May 1 News Release Date: April 27, 2023 Contact: BLRI Public Affairs, blri_public_affairs@nps.govLAUREL SPRINGS, N.C. – Road closures related to a major infrastructure project are set to begin May 1 in a 75-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 229.6, just north of Doughton
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Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair Returns After Pandemic Pause
From VisitNC,com BURNSVILLE, N.C. — The beloved Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair, forced into a pandemic pause last August after 63 years, returns to Burnsville’s Town Square, Aug. 6-7. The event retains its Friday-Saturday format and focus on high-quality handmade crafts. However, a new executive director brings different ideas and a fresh perspective for 2021. “Everybody is ready to hit the road
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Asheville
Here’s another video from the TampaAerialMedia folks. This time of one of my favorite mountain towns. We’ve visited many times and always enjoy our time there.
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2023 Festival & Event Guide
“Food and drink! Music and artworks! Seasonal celebrations galore! Pick your favorite festival theme and start planning.” Blue Ridge Country I was spending some time on Facebook today and saw a post about NC Mineral and Gem Festival. The post had a copy of the cover of the Blue Ridge Country Magazine 2023 Festival & Event Guide. For over a
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The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains cover most of Western North Carolina, including Asheville. While they extend from Georgia to Pennsylvania, the highest peaks are found here. The highest point in the Blue Ridge is Mount Mitchell which reaches 6,684 feet in elevation. Located in Mount Mitchell State Park, just about 30 miles away from downtown Asheville, Mt. Mitchell is not
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Mountain Dew…
The Last One I watched this years ago… It’s been remastered… It’s worth an hour of your time. The Last One is the Emmy award-winning PBS television special on moonshine in Appalachia, featuring Popcorn Sutton and JB Rader, who were relatively unknown outside of Maggie Valley at the time of filming. The film relies on source footage that was also
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Marie Freeman
Cross Posted From CoffeeMuses.com I drove my wife to a Doctor’s appointment this morning… While she was in to see the doctor I pulled up Facebook on my phone and was just scrolling thru the posts. I came upon a tribute to Marie Freeman that sounded beautiful but sad… After following a few links I found that sad feeling was
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Eastern White Pine
It’s a bit of history, a bit geography, and a bit natural history. This video about the Eastern White Pine… Pinus strobus, commonly denominated the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine[2] is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada west through the Great Lakes region to southeastern Manitoba and Minnesota, United States, and south along the Appalachian Mountains and upper Piedmont to northernmost Georgia and perhaps very rarely
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