To Everything There is a Season: Summer to Fall to Winter

Our time on the trail was limited over the summer, but the wildflower offerings were no less spectacular. It is a gift to bear witness to the transition of seasons, when newly emerging leaves display all hues of green. Summer’s understory is a soothing, lustrous emerald carpet, with blooms interspersed Read more…

Three Birds Orchids: Great Smoky Mountains & Rocky Fork

In early August, we revisited the trail to Buzzard Rock in Rocky Fork State Park, just outside of Flag Pond, TN. A few years ago, we celebrated New Year’s Eve here, logging 14 miles and fording streams laced with icicles on our journey. We followed up this hike with two Read more…