All my life, I’ve been looking for a vantage point. Growing up on the flat expanse of the Texas Gulf Coast, that usually meant the highest branch of a tree or the observation deck of a Houston skyscraper. I didn’t know it then, but I was chasing a ghost—a restless, ancestral urge to see what lay beyond the next ridge.
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Do you have an hour to kill learning about the natural biodiversity of the Smoky Mountains… This is a good way to spend a rainy winter’s day. Enjoy. I did.
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Here is a list Maryland State Parks in the mountain side of the state from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Appalachian Trail:The Appalachian Trail is a footpath across 2,168
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The Mountain State Forest Festival originated in 1930 and immediately attracted national attention. Dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the state’s natural resources it annually attracts around 125,000 visitors
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Clingmans Dome sunrise It’s that time of year – the leaves are changing, the nights are turning cold, and the Smokies are as beautiful as ever. Today we drove out
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© Great Smoky Mountains Association 2012. The beauty of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in mid to late October. This lush cove was once a mountain
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September 29 – October 7, 2012 The Mountain State Forest Festival is the largest and oldest festival in the state of West Virginia and is considered a major homecoming for those
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by mikerhicks The Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts ten large developed campgrounds with more than a thousand campsites for RVs, trailers, or tent camping, and 100 undeveloped sites. Roanoke
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