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03/09/10

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The Black Mountain Range


Over these past ten years, as I have walked Conley Ridge Road, near Ledger and south of Bakersville in western North Carolina, I have viewed this mountain range, just twelve miles away, in all seasons, on clear, hazy and cloudy days, and even in bright moonlight. I recall the geologist’s statement  that 300 million years ago they were as high as the Himalayas are today.

 

Black Mountain Range Vista

 

On a day in late May Black Mountain Range stands shrouded in clouds as the lush green trees and smaller knobs roll out before them.

 

Black Mountain Range Levels

This is Mt Mitchell from Conley Ridge Road

Black Mountain Range in the Snow

Black Mountain Range in the Snow 2

Black Mountain Range 2

Black Mountain Range 5-7-04

Black Mountain Range

Black Mountain Range in the Spring

I am most privileged to walk Conley Ridge Road , for exercise, in the Ledger community, Mitchell County, N.C. Below Alan Tinney’s house I can look south toward Mt. Mitchell across other knobs in between and enjoy a beautiful vista in April.

Copyright 2004

Brown's View of the Black Brothers

I pass this way as I walk routinely on Conley Ridge Road,

in Mitchell County, N.C. It is a privilege to see this view in all seasons but especially in the lush green of summer.This view is from the road in front of the Brown property.

Gudger's Field

Gudger's Field II

I have a photograph, Gudger's Door, which refers to my good neighbor, Gudger, who passed away not long ago, and another photograph, Home, whose name came from his wife, Mae. Gudger's Field is mentioned in the narrative for Home.

I wanted to honor Gudger again with the name of this one, taken from the top of Gudger's Hill on Conley Ridge Road, looking due south toward the Black Mountain Range.

Copyright May, 2007

Home

What a special, powerful word. The name of this picture comes from an ideal source: my good neighbor, Mae, who has lived on Conley Ridge Road for many years, very near the site of this view.

The Christmas tree farm is on her property, also known as Gudger's Field. Imagine a lifetime of calling this view home. Copyright 2005

Black Mountain Range in the Morning

Mt. Mitchell with Tower Closeup

Black Mountain Range with a Mist

The Rolling Terrain of the Black Mountain Range

Ashland Mountain Black Mountain Range

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