He’s firing the FBI, silencing the press, and dismantling Democracy: The window to fight back Is closing quickly...Thom Hartmann (The Hartmann Report)
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When I show this picture to people, many get worried about the health/condition of the colt on the ground. No worries--I lingered and watched a while and the colt did get up and do coltish stuff...
One of the gems of the AT are the wild ponies of the Grayson Highlands in southern Virgina. They are not true natives of these highlands. They were released here in the early-to-mid 1970s to control vegetation on the mountain balds. It's a tricky thing introducing something new into an ecosystem. From blight carrying Asian Chestnut trees to cudzu, there have often been disasters. But the ponies are here now and are part of this ecosystem as it now exists. It's one of the highlights of any AT hike to spend a day with the wild ponies.
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After 200+ miles of going in and out of TN and NC, you leave NC for good (NoBo) and travel about 70-80 miles all in Tennessee. The higher mountains are on the TN-NC border, so these mountains are a little lower. My biggest memories of this section involve water. Rivers, one of the most beautiful big waterfalls on the AT (Laurel Falls), Wautaga Lake, and several smaller waterfalls. I spent the night at the Vandeventer Shelter that sits at about 3600 feet and has a beautiful view of Wautaga Lake in the valley below. This shelter has a dark history as Janice Balza, a 22-year-old thru-hiker from Madison, Wisconsin was murdered there in April of 1975. My sense is that you are safer on the trail than you are in most US cities....but just like in the cities, the most dangerous animals on the trail walk on 2 legs.
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Is there a lemmy group? Or a mastodon group? I follow running groups on each here on Friendica. Works well.
BUT, it would be great to have a Friendica group as well.
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These are from the section of the AT that goes from the Northeastern boundary of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park to just south of the town of Roam Mountain, Tennessee. This is a 150+ mile part of the trail, and it has been one of my favorites. There are some spectacular places here -- Max Patch, Beauty Spot, Big Bald, and the interestingly named Big Butt Mountain for example. But the highlights of this section are the Roan Highlands, where you crossover the last 6000 footers until you get to the mighty White Mountains in New Hampshire (assuming you're a north bounder (NoBo)). If you have any interest, I hope you'll drop by.
This is the part of the trail from the northeastern end of the GSMNP to just before you get to the town of Roan Mountain TN on hwy 19E. Just like the Smokies, you are usually straddling the TN-NC state line in this section.Michael Simpson (Flickr)
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Nice! I've managed to section from Springer to Burke's Garden over the years, and chose my trail name Not So Fast as a reminder to slow down and pay attention to everything - wildflowers, insects, fungi. There's always something interesting to look at!
PS. I'm at 3 bears in about 575 AT overnight miles, plus 5 bears on a15 mile dayhike in Shenandoah. That was a bit much!
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As a child I had an enormous fascination for the Pleiades constellation. Now still searching for the meaning of all this.
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Ponies of the Grayson Highlands
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in reply to Michael L. Simpson • •I've seen The Who a couple times, including once two years ago. The shows were fine, and the second I was able to enjoy with my son, also a huge Who fan, which made it special.
Better than those shows, though, was a Roger Daltrey solo show last year at a much smaller venue. My son and I both enjoyed that one more; it was a much more intimate crowd, the set list was deeper, and it was clear Roger loved what he was doing.
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in reply to Michael L. Simpson • •Still listening to all of them, but my whole life favorite was and still is Pink Floyd. Never saw them life, but thank god for the music on vinyl and cd and dvd! David Gilmour is a class apart, his music is by long odds the best...
Thanks for sharing Michael, this walk on memory lane is so much fun!
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in reply to Michael L. Simpson • •The best part of the show for me was the multiple generations that were there to see it. We had a family sitting next to us that was 3 generations, all of them metal heads.
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