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From The Editor: The Day the Tulip Poplar Came Down

We were too late in giving the tree the respect and attention my father had modeled so well.

From The Editor: Remembering Audie Murphy

A Monument that Continues to Grow. On Brush Mountain west of Roanoke, Virginia, people place rocks and leave pieces of their lives in honor of a World War II hero and actor.

Our States Dominate A.T. Backpacker Dining Favorites

Eat where the thru-hikers do!

From the Editor: New Life for a Downtown – Mast General Store is Coming!

Our town of Roanoke, Virginia has not had a downtown retail anchor for nearly a quarter century. That will change—and gloriously so—come next year.

From the Editor: Every Day’s a Great Day for a Picnic

If you have the gear and the goodies, the context and the companion, there’s no reason that every lunch in the woods shouldn’t be a full delight.

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From The Editor: The Day the Tulip Poplar Came Down

We were too late in giving the tree the respect and attention my father had modeled so well.
The Murphy monument atop Virginia’s Brush Mountain. Inset: Audie Murphy as Tom Smith from the TV program “Whispering Smith.”

From The Editor: Remembering Audie Murphy

A Monument that Continues to Grow. On Brush Mountain west of Roanoke, Virginia, people place rocks and leave pieces of their lives in honor of a World War II hero and actor.
Proprietors Joe and Sonya Miller don’t consider themselves “owners” so much as caretakers of the legendary restaurant.

Our States Dominate A.T. Backpacker Dining Favorites

Eat where the thru-hikers do!
The old Heironimus building in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, will get new life when Mast General Store arrives next year.

From the Editor: New Life for a Downtown – Mast General Store is Coming!

Our town of Roanoke, Virginia has not had a downtown retail anchor for nearly a quarter century. That will change—and gloriously so—come next year.
There are hints in this sequence of Kurt Rheinheimer’s brilliant (!)deploying of his rain tarp of what it takes to stop for a great lunch in any season: See silly cap, jillion-dollar rain jacket, waterproof boots and red pack cover still protecting Gail Rheinheimer’s pack contents.

From the Editor: Every Day’s a Great Day for a Picnic

If you have the gear and the goodies, the context and the companion, there’s no reason that every lunch in the woods shouldn’t be a full delight.
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
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Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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