BackWoods Drifter

I just wanted to pop in here and let anybody interested know how Samson is doing. In a word, he is doing great. He is growing like a weed and has this obvious vendetta against my shoe strings. Any doubt about his well being left just a couple of days after bringing him home. One [...]

I take a camera to the mountains because you just never know what you might be able to get a picture of. I was in Workman’s Creek today with my friend Mountainsaver and the first thing we came across was this black snake. The snake was soaking up the sun and didn’t seem to care [...]

What is Hell’s Gate? It is a simple metal gate on Kayford Mountain that separates Larry Gibson’s property from an active mountaintop removal site. Once you pass Hell’s Gate it is like you are transported to an entirely different planet. Or, as the name would suggest, Hell on Earth. The next photo shows the dragline [...]

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