Published September 16, 2015 Sliding Rock In the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard is nature’s waterslide, as dramatic as any water park. This granite boulder has been eroded […]
Published July 21, 2015 Narrow path This mountain trail is edged on one side by a huge series of rock ledges overgrown by vines and on the other […]
Published October 17, 2015 Autumn Path Recent cold nights have started the leaves turning in earnest in the mountains near me. This inviting path led along a grove […]
Published May 3, 2016 Abundant Azaleas I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]