The summit of Mount Mitchell in North Carolina is the highest point east of the Mississippi River at an elevation of 6,684 feet. I always find it funny that the highest point east of the Mississippi River is almost the same elevation as the city of Denver, Colorado. The Rocky Mountains dwarf the Appalachians in [...]
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Blue Ridge Mountain Getaway
January 15th, 2010 
David This weekend, my wife and I plus two of our friends are headed up to the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina for a long weekend getaway. I don’t have Monday off of work, but my wife and our friends do – so I’m taking a vacation day and we’re driving up from Florida in [...]
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