The Roan Highlands is a stretch of the Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee, and it’s famous for having some of the beautiful mountain meadows in all of Appalachia. It’s also famous for its wildflowers, particularly the rhododendrons, which bloom in June… right when we happened to be visiting. So with that in mind, I enthusiastically packed [...]
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Reminiscing from the Roan Highlands
Posted in Travel, tagged Appalachian Trail, Backpacking, Mountains, Photos, Roan Highlands, Wildflowers on June 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Back to Backpacking: A Trek Through the Highlands
Posted in Travel, tagged Appalachian Trail, Backpacking, Grayson Highlands, Mountains on March 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After two months of not being able to do much backpacking thanks to lots of snow and ice, we were finally able to head out this weekend. The destination was Grayson Highlands National Park in Virginia, the temperature was chilly but bearable, and the weather was probably going to rain. Sounds like fun! The plan [...]
March Musings, on the Anniversary of an Adventure
Posted in Life, Travel, tagged Appalachian Trail, Backpacking on March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
March 8th. Unless it’s your birthday or your anniversary, it’s the sort of day that’s likely to pass unmarked and unnoticed, just another Monday ticked off the calendar. The last time March 8th fell on a Monday was March 8th, 2004. It’s a day that holds special meaning for me because on that day, I [...]


