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May/June Hikes Ketchup

The weeks that go fastest by my experience are those where you don't carry out your daily self-commitments AND those where you don't carry out that other self-pledge: to write up the weekend hikes before they get moldy and semi-blurry with time . . .

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Seeing Southern: It’s Awful Night with the Salem Red Sox

Don't you just love a package deal? The all-inclusive deals. BOGO - buy one, get one. If we're all honest, we look for things where we think we get more than for what we pay.

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Gail on Cold Mountain June 1, 2014.

May/June Hikes Ketchup

The weeks that go fastest by my experience are those where you don't carry out your daily self-commitments AND those where you don't carry out that other self-pledge: to write up the weekend hikes before they get moldy and semi-blurry with time . . .
Sunday's Sunset over the Shining Rock Wilderness

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Saluting the flag prior to play.

Seeing Southern: It’s Awful Night with the Salem Red Sox

Don't you just love a package deal? The all-inclusive deals. BOGO - buy one, get one. If we're all honest, we look for things where we think we get more than for what we pay.
Feel free to share! Monday's magical scene at sunset from atop Craggy Pinnacle. The rhododendron are just beginning to blossom there! © 2014 Robert Stephens, All Rights Reserved. See more at Solitary Traveler Photography

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I went up to the Pounding Mill Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway early morning of May 24, 2014 in the hopes to catch a meteor. Out of 23 exposures I finally did manage to capture one. It's located in the lower right hand area of this image. — at Pounding Mill Overlook.

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