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“For a 1950s kid from the Bronx, `The Mountains’ (Sullivan County, New York) was a familiar, essential, alternate universe. Philip Ratzer’s nexus was Pesekow’s Bungalow Colony on the shores of redundantly named Loch Sheldrake Lake. His affectionate, vivid recollections center on this small summer resort and the adjacent village of Loch Sheldrake. Ruby the Knish Man, who stopped at Pesekow’s,
Keep readingClingmans Dome (or Clingman’s Dome) is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. At an elevation of 6643 feet (2025 m), it is the highest mountain in the Great Smokies, the highest point in the state of Tennessee, and the highest point along the 2174-mile (3499 km) Appalachian Trail.
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For all of you non-motorized two-wheelers out there looking for a place to ride, I found this at Amazon… Off the Beaten Track: North Georgia (Mountain Bike Guide) First published in 1992, Jim Parham’s Off The Beaten Track mountain bike trail guides are still the guidebooks of choice when it comes to mountain biking in the Southeast. This 4th revised
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South from Hell-fer-Sartin, a short creek flowing into the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, lies one of the of the most isolated regions in Kentucky. There, on the north slope of the Pine Mountain range in Leslie and Perry counties — probably the last stronghold of white, English-language folk tales in North America — Leonard W. Roberts recorded this
Keep readingMonte Sano, Spanish for “Mountain of Health,” rises more than 1,600 feet above sea level. The mountain has attracted visitors since the mid 1820’s with the establishment of the town of Viduta, a derivative of the Spanish word “Vida,” meaning life. Viduta was home to a sanatorium and a hotel resort, Hotel Monte Sano, which opened its doors in 1887
Keep reading“Cades Cove” is musically hiked with Greg in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Enjoy this hiking master piece. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Keep readingWe’re “walking into spring” with New River Gorge National Park Rangers. They’re pointing out the simple gifts that grow in the gorge–wildflowers for which our state is famous. Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Keep readingSome cool Great Smoky Mountains National Park images: Great Smoky Mountains National Park – at The Sinks on the Little River Image by mikerhicks Great Smoky Mountains National Park – LeConte Trip Great Smoky Mountains National Park – at The Sinks on the Little River Image by mikerhicks Great Smoky Mountains National Park – LeConte Trip Great Smoky Mountains National
Keep readingIf you haven’t made it to the Dekalb County Fair before, maybe this video from last years fair will entce you to put it on your list of things to see this year. You have plenty of time to block out a visit before the 2011 Fair gets here… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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