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Just in time for a musical evening....


Could not focus on this bird but love the colors anyway:

Along the road

Nantahala River, morning.First paddlers.
Unicoi mountains overlook, near NC/TN border.
A unique ride, somewhere near WV/PA border.

Pictures of Lily

An AT story

The shocking 1981 murder of two campers on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia was mentioned in Bill Bryson's book, A Walk in the Woods, and elsewhere.

This spring, those who knew the story were shocked to hear that the man who committed those murders had been out of prison for over ten years, and had tried it again, near the same spot on the Trail.

A great telling of the whole story, from the Washington Post: Blood on the Mountain.

Happy 4th

They started celebrating early in Murphy this morning: down in the park.


Good chance for kids to enjoy the Valley River.
...and the bears...
Confederate soldiers on display...
...history lessons.
...and from another war.
Good time for a fishing lesson, too.
The party is all day, with live music, and fireworks, of course, tonight.

Tellico

Tellico River.

Bald River Falls.

(for proportion, note the guy standing on the rock....)
In Tellico Plains, the bakery:


(Great sandwiches.)

On Hiwassee Lake

And another sunset: