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August 2012

Gerry Bishop is the retired editor of Ranger Rick magazine.

A Different Meaning of Life

Gerry Bishop retired to central Virginia from the National Wildlife Federation, where he was editorial director of children's publications and, for 20 years, editor-in-chief of Ranger Rick magazine.
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Holy Smoke

It’s hot and miserable in the summer and freezing in the winter. It’s greasy and dirty all the time, and you’ve got ashes and soot all over you.” Such is the life of the barbecue pitmaster, in the words of Keith Allen, owner of Allen & Son Restaurant
White Fringed Phacelia. They look like new-fallen snow along Porter's Creek.

Wildflower Walks And Drives In The Smoky Mountains

The warm sun plays against the morning chill; that sort of sweet-and-sour effect that occurs only on a perfect spring morning.
It's one of several spectacular Pennsylvanian sandstone formations in Big South Fork.

Discovering Big South Fork

A unique combination of national river and national recreation area preserves a section of the Cumberland Plateau west of the Blue Ridge...
The Hawley House in Jonesborough, Tenn. was built in 1793 and is the oldest home in the state’s oldest town.

Rivers, Romance and Lies

From fishing and boating to taking in tall tales, historic Jonesborough, Tenn. provides everything you need for an enchanting escape in the Blue Ridge region.
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