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Graybeard Mountain Overlook to Glassmine Falls Overlook – June 14, 2019

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Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom.   Advertisements

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Tanbark Tunnel to Bull Gap – May 31, 2019

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History of Rattlesnake Lodge Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Penny Longhurst, & Jim Poling. (Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show).  

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Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve – May 24, 2019

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Photography by Helen Colson, Alice Greko, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, & Lucy Prim. Click on any picture to zoom.

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Plott Balsam Overlook & Heintooga Ridge Road – May 20, 2019

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We started at Plott Balsam Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway (mile post 457.9) and zeroed the odometer. Subsequent stops were made on Heintooga Ridge Road after approximately 1.6 miles at “Mile High OL”, 1.9 & 2.9 miles for roadside … Continue reading →

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BRP Ridgeline Trail – May 17, 2019

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Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Jim Poling, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom.  

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Glassy Mountain – April 15, 2019

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On the way to the walk we were discussing the origins of Glassy Mountain and Kent researched it when he got home. Here is what he found. Monadnocks are mostly about what’s there – not how they got there. A … Continue reading →

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Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve (Scout) – November 5 & 7, 2018

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Click on any picture to zoom. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt & Penny Longhurst  

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Whiteside Mountain – October 19, 2018

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Whiteside Mountain Brochure Wildflowers of Whiteside Mountain, Jackson County, North Carolina by Kevin Adams Click on any picture to zoom and see the slide show. Photography by Penny Longhurst

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Ashmore Heritage Preserve – October 5, 2018

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Our first fall visit. Click here to check what we found coming up or blooming in the spring for comparison. (Click on any picture to zoom) Photography by Ken Borgfeldt and Penny Longhurst

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Skinny Dip Falls – September 28, 2018

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There were some questions on the walk about the two different “Mountain Fetterbushes”. In the pictures below you can see the difference between the deciduous Eubotrys recurva, which we saw on our walk, and the evergreen Pieris floribunda, seen along … Continue reading →

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