The sound emanating from the cascading creek next to the campsite is wonderfully peaceful and calming. This mountainside campsite will be my home for the next four days. The site is located in the Smokey Mountains in the far southwestern edge of North Carolina. I am on the side of a mountain called the Balsam…
Category: Nature
Two Lane Highway
Preparations are almost complete for taking the first real road trip in the RV. This road trip has no pre-planned route or destinations, and no reservations. I just know that I am planning on heading up through SC, NC, TN, VA, WVA, PA, and finally to northwest PA where I went to college while visiting friends…
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
Established in 1979, the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge preserves and protects 53,000 acres of an undeveloped river delta/estuarine ecosystem. The refuge is an excellent wildlife habitat of bottomland hardwood swamp, salt marsh, cypress sloughs, pine forest, tidal creeks and off-shore islands fed by a constant influx of nutrients via the Suwannee River. The preserve…
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Seeing the multitude of islands and thousands of birds left me awestruck while cycling over the bridge leading to Cedar Key. Everywhere I looked I saw tiny islands. The photos show the view looking south from the bridge. The view looking north was just as impressive, a seemingly endless expanse of water and tiny islands…
Lunch in Cedar Key
Cycling from the RV park to Cedar Key was very pleasant and took about an hour. The excellent smooth pavement along with a clean three foot wide shoulder made for a very enjoyable and safe ride. Cedar Key seems to be frozen in time from 50 years ago. The small Mom and Pop places and…