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The Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC) has purchased the 101-acre Jackson Knob Cove tract in McDowell County, on the Blue Ridge escarpment in the Catawba River Basin. The property, near milepost 326, is visible from Altapass Orchard and several overlooks along the Parkway north of Little Switzerland. The property was owned by Augusta Developers, LLC, represented by Johnny Craver
Keep readingI stumbled upon this today… The Way Home. If you are a lover of straight lines and tidy endings, be forewarned. This is not a straightforward drive from point A to point B. It will meander and ramble in an untidy way. I flew the terrain in my mind’s eye as a hawk might, swooping in to assuage my sharp
Keep readingWatauga County Farmers’ Market will be having the first holiday market of the season this Saturday, November 22 from 10 to 2. We are expecting more vendors this year and you will have a wide selection to choose from. Cold weather has slowed many of the local vegetables, but Shiloh Avery and Jason Roehrig of Tumbling Shoals Farm will be
Keep readingFor almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 10 of those years without speaking). A funny, thoughtful talk with occasional banjo.
Keep readingIt looks like we won’t get the opportunity to roam the Parkway this year. From 2007 Vacation No Craggy Garden sunrises, no foggy mornings above Valle Crucis, no apples from the Orchard at Altapass, no shopping trip down King Street. From 2007 Vacation I missed another Valle Country Fair.I didn’t make it to the Games this year either. From North
Keep readingIt has been a season of extremes for Grandfather Mountain. Earlier in the month, the tourist attraction experienced record highs for two days in a row, but unseasonably cold weather tied the record for the daily low temperature in Wednesday. The reading was taken at the official US Weather Service reporting station located next to the Mile High Swinging Bridge
Keep readingIt’s not easy to find silence in the modern world. If a quiet place is one where you can listen for fifteen minutes in daylight hours without hearing a human-created sound, there are no quiet places left in Europe. There are none east of the Mississippi River. And in the American West? Maybe twelve. One of these is in the
Keep reading30th Annual VALLE COUNTRY FAIR October 18, 2008 (always the 3rd Saturday in October) FairgroundsThe Valle Country Fair is an overgrown church bazaar set in the center of one of the most picturesque valleys in the North Carolina mountains at the peak of the fall color season. All monies raised go to fund High Country organizations which serve people in
Keep readingI wish I was here… View of Lost Cove on the south slopes of Grandfather Mountain: Grab your sweater because the temperatures are falling Highs will be in the low fifties this weekend Friday had lots of wind and rain, so most of the leaves from the trees above 4,000 feet are finding their way to the ground today. Grandfather
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