Appalachian Mountain Dreams

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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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