Appalachian Mountain Dreams

Had things gone as planned, today would be my first day back at the office after our North Carolina Mountain fix for the year. Things didn’t and I’m not (back at the office that is). Even though I’ve missed this summers trip, and I’ve seen more of Doctors and Nurses than I really wanted (even though I’m married to one…Nurse

Had the plans worked out, this morning I would have woke in my own bed for the first time in two weeks. Having left Valle Crucis on Thursday morning the plans called for a drive across Tennessee with a stay in Memphis before finishing the trip with a drive down through the piney woods of east Texas. I didn’t spend

Two photographers, two cameras…One View…

Part 4… You can find the earlier posts here… Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3 From the looks of the weather report at Ray’s we would probably be spending most of the day lazing around the cabin today enjoying the high temperatures that don’t even hit the lows we are used to…These low 50’s in the mornings are

Part 3… You can find the earlier posts here… Part 1 & Part 2 Had life not intruded on the best laid plans, this is what I would have seen a whole lot of for the next 7 days… I had already picked up a nice stack of books to take along. A Ludlum, a Baldacci, a Dillard, a Berry

Part One is Here Had 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 Ridge Parkway… Leaving out of Asheville after sleeping in, always makes that initial climb to the top of the ridges such a long anticipated

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 Floyd County over the past couple of years and I feel the need to feel that little piece of the Blue Ridge Country under my

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 of stops to photograph the mountains (like these from last year). On last years trip we stopped for the night in Chattanooga, Tennessee before driving

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 warm season crops. Brenda Powers has added a nice harvest of yellow squash and cucumbers to her selection of jams and jellies including red