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The Appalachian Clubhouse is a historic structure located in the Elkmont Historic District. It was used as a gathering spot by lessees and guests of the Appalachian Club, which was established in 1910. Club members, mostly from Knoxville, built rustic cabins nearby to serve as weekend or summer retreats in the years before the park was created. The original clubhouse was destroyed by fire and replaced by the exsiting building in 1934. The building has now been rehabilitated by the National Park Service to its appearance in the 1930s.
I've had a tough time trying to photograph these gorgeous creatures; they stay close to the water and are usually quite skittish. This relatively cooperative male on the Yadkin River near Winston-Salem gave me some good results after an hour's work!
This Appalachian Bellwort (Uvularia puberula) is one of many plants that occur in a hardwood forest on our property in Madison County in western NC.
The Appalachian Springs Event runs until May 20th
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Just got electric power and running water back after a few days without them. This image describes the cause - snow is the South's Kryptonite. This image is NOT monochrome, but true colors.
For all you interested in baseball history or geography, the pasture in the image once belonged to Ty Cobb. His father's family came from this area and the Cobb's still own it.
Another bit of info: The border of the North Carolina / Georgia state line crosses this pasture and image from left to right just in front of the shed as seen by the viewer.
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Midnight on the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains.
About 5 miles North of Charlies Bunion, facing East from Bradley's View and looking down into Bradley Fork Valley, one can see the lights of Cherokee, NC and the outline of Clingman's Dome to the North (highest point on the 2,000+ mile A.T. @ 6,643'). The trail skirts an azalea lined clifftop, ending in a solid slate promontory that begs one to sit and engage in a serious round of star gazing.
Trail Magic: An unexpected act of kindness. It is inherent to the Appalachian Trail experience for many long-distance hikers.
Cropped from 180x360 degree panorama.
Nikon D800E
Nikkor 14-24mm F2.8 at
24mm, F2.8, ISO 6400, 30 seconds each. Two rounds of 50 exposures were made, then blended. One round before moon set to illuminate the landscape. Another round just after moon set, its glow is seen behind the trees on the right side of the image.
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The Appalachian Trail, a 2,185 mile long footpath that traverses the scenic mountains the wooded, pastoral, wild, lands of the Appalachian Mountains. Beginning at Springer Mountain in Georgia and ending on Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail was conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937 and maintained today by many hiking clubs along its length. I have enjoyed hiking sections while going out to photograph waterfalls, getting to a grassy bald, etc. and enjoyed every mile my boots have made a track. The area photographed here is at the summit of Round Bald as early sunlight makes the dew soaked grasses glow in the golden sunlight of early morning. When you have an opportunity, go enjoy a section of the AT with the white Blazes, a part of Americana...
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Seen on the Mitchell River in Surry County, NC. I think the ones from western NC are prettier than those from the Sandhills - are they a different subspecies?
But where's my cell tower and signal?
(I'm looking from Breaks Interstate Park, Virginia towards Eastern Kentucky mountains.)
Yes. These mountains, situated in Gros Morne National Park, are part of the Long Range Mountains of western Newfoundland. And the Long Range Mountains are the most northern section of the Appalachian Mountain Range of eastern North America. The Appalachians were formed over 480 million years ago and were once as high as the Alps and Rocky Mountains. Glaciation and natural erosion have worn them down to what you see here. Still very impressive.
Inside here is Western Brook Pond, a fjord that has been cut off from the sea. In fact, the sea ... or Strait of Belle Isle ... is just behind where I was standing to take this photo.
This area of Newfoundland is a very popular tourist destination.
January 21, 2016: After a snowless December, we have all been expecting a winter wallop in these parts. With 1-2 feet of snow projected here this weekend (and northern Virginia/Washington, DC under a blizzard watch), it appears to be on the way. I am mentally preparing.
Panorama of the Milky Way over The Mountain Institute telescope observatory in West Virginia. Shot with a Nikon D800 and Nikon 14-24mm F/2.8
Not too shabby for a cell phone capture! Here is the scene viewed from the Appalachian Trail Boardwalk in Vernon, NJ.
This extremely popular trail only offers solitude early in the morning, but the scene would be worth if it even if crowded!
C710 yards its train at the Appalachian Regional Port just after sunset. The port is doing a brisk business receiving international container traffic from Savannah.
Appalachian mountains, not too far from Asheville NC - a cool spring evening. Seems like it had actually snowed about an inch the day before!
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A face "roughened by mountain elements" -
Portrait of and words written by Barbara Taylor Woodall in her powerful book "It's Not My Mountain Anymore" describing how Appalachian Mountain people and landscape are being altered ("disrupted").
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"How y'all doin?" or "How are you?", said with a smile and eye contact are part of the welcoming culture of those from the mountains. When they ask, they really want to know. Most people will bend over backwards to lend a hand, even if they don't know you. They will crack a joke, give information, or show concern, treating you like a family member. Drivers tend to be polite, and a wave of the hand to oncoming drivers is not unexpected.
Many mountain people don't appreciate outsiders building gated housing communities near their homes. The electronic gates symbolize two things: first, "You mountain people are not wanted here."; second "You mountain people are not to be trusted." This symbolism is a slap in the face, going against the grain of mountain cordiality.
Just back from a trip to visit family and we were able to spend some time in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The fall colors were outstanding and photos really don't do it justice. This was taken somewhere on the Roaring Fork Loop.
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An Appalachian Mountain view that reminds me of Robert Frost's verse from his poem Mending Wall:
"There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
"Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows."
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall"
Don't you agree we are building far too many walls (political, social, cultural, gender, religious, etc., etc., etc.) between us, and giving far too much offence?
Appalachian Homestead - photo taken in western North Carolina of an old abandoned cabin nestled in a valley then processed using Generative AI and Adobe Photoshop
The crossing of the Shenandoah River for the famed Appalachian Trail that extends from Maine to Georgia is across this bridge. This is the view just after you climb the stairs from the trail below looking back towards Hapers Ferry, West Virginia.
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains at my favorite sundown spot in SNP.
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Hiking back from Grassy Ridge after a long day and I encountered these fireflies on Round Bald. I couldn't really capture an image that can show you the number fireflies I was seeing. It was much darker out that what you see in the photo so I saw a lot of flashing lights. It was a great treat to end a great day of hiking.
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