Til the Last Hemlock Dies

My absolutely favorite hiking trail in all of the Southeast is the Black Mountain Crest Trail which stretches across the highest real estate...

I had to take my son and wife to Asheville . It was a bit of a whirlwind trip, but since the drive up is only about two hours, it's not ...

I had been to Panthertown Valley several times to day hike. But I had never gone in with the intention of staying overnight. Then, shortly a...

I plan on posting some panoramas that I stitched on various hikes. Here's one for today. More later, when I return from the local comic ...

Man, I am tired. Work has been tough. I come home exhausted, but I've done well the past week and surpassed the pace I need to set to fi...

While I'm working on my new novel I'll just be mainly posting photos from older hikes and camping/backpacking trips. I want to meet ...

One of our early camping trips was to Holly River State Park in West Virginia. This was, at the time, an exceptionally beautiful park. It wa...

I love the Internet. Yeah, it can be a hideous time sink, but then you find crap like this: My all-time favorite TV commercial. Featuring th...

Carole and Andy and I have encountered many animals in our travels to various parks and forests around the southeast. We've bumped in to...

One of my pals sometimes makes junk mail poetry from the stuff that hits his email inbox. I have a secondary account that I use when I log i...

Winter is pretty much gone here in the Carolinas. NOAA says that Banner Elk will get some snow over the next couple of days, but I think it ...

One of my favorite nearby places is Linville Gorge. Except in the summer, you can sometimes locate a spot free of other people. One overnigh...

Well, we're finishing up the planning of our trip to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons. All of our nights in Yellowstone are now booked. The plac...