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The Wannabe Chef: Chunky Chili

Cocoa powder in chunky chili? Believe it! Try out this chunky chili recipe made in your slow cooker during cold months!

Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 6/20/14

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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 . . .

Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 6/13/14

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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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The Wannabe Chef: Chunky Chili

Cocoa powder in chunky chili? Believe it! Try out this chunky chili recipe made in your slow cooker during cold months!
"Appalachian Summer Sunrise" Wilburn Ridge, Mount Rogers Recreation Area I took a quick trip down to Mount Rogers for a sunrise hike last week and witnessed an absolutely breathtaking sunrise! This is definitely the prettiest hike in Virginia, especially on a beautiful morning in early June in the Catawba Rhododendron bloom.

Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 6/20/14

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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

Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 6/13/14

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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.
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