I’ve always been a fan of Nascar. For the longest time my favorite driver was Dale Earnhardt senior. Now it is Kasey Kahne. But it is quickly getting to the point where I absolutely hate to watch racing on TV because of all the commercials and the sponsor plugs. A Nascar race has evolved into [...]
I have been planning on going four wheeler riding today. I didn’t really have a particular destination in mind I just wanted to get out in the mountains for awhile.
When I first woke up there was a real heavy fog covering Bolt Mountain. I debated on waiting for some of the fog to burn off [...]
Obviously I have been away from the blog for a little while. I’ve been dealing with some personal issues and had to push the blog onto the back burner for a bit. I’m happy to say those issues have been resolved and now I can get back to doing something I really enjoy which is [...]
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 way [...]
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 at [...]
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 which is [...]
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During the hiking part of the weekends adventure I came across these strange rocks in an area that had a coal bed sitting on it before. The removal of the coal and a little bit of erosion had uncovered these rock formations.
Just from some basic observations I’m guessing this is a petrified tree root system [...]
This is a continuation of the last post.
The second day started almost as nice as the first day ended. I slept longer than I had intended. It was about 7:30am when the sun finally woke me up. I had wanted to get up earlier and catch the sunrise but I was pretty wore out from [...]
I traded my hiking boots for four mud tires this weekend and headed to the mountains. Sometimes, with me anyway, it is better not to plan a camping trip but instead just keep everything ready and when the opportunity presents itself take advantage of it. I had been keeping a close watch on the weather [...]
