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Laurel in the Catskills.

23-Jun-09

The laurel, kalmia latifolia, is in bloom here now.  I walked the trail in the Kaaterskill Clove yesterday afternoon, to Inspiration Point.  It was not numerous there - nor is it a heavy bloom-year there along that trail - but it was in bloom and priceless.  I will try to get as much of it [...]

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Mountain Laurel in Bloom in the Shawangunks.

16-Jun-09

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Third Stage: Cherokee National Forest to Charlottesville.

14-May-09

I woke up early - one of the perks of camping - and hit the road immediately.  I wanted to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  I was wary of paying in order to get my nature-fix, but I figured that the National Park designation meant that I would see real, undisturbed forest.  It was [...]

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