by don | Aug 8, 2012
Last week I wrote about the dark subterranean part of our little family adventure, which was a visit to Linville Caverns – see http://www.smokymountainnews.com/outdoors/item/8139-from-the-darkness-to-the-light-%E2%80%93-literally. From the dark caverns of Linville we...
by don | Aug 2, 2012
Legend has it that curious fishermen watching trout seemingly disappear into Humpback Mountain back in 1822 discovered an entrance into what is now known as Linville Caverns. Henry E. Colton of eastern North Carolina and once a state geologist for the state of...
by don | Jul 26, 2012
The call of, “Come see! A frog!” is one oft repeated in the Hendershot household from spring through fall as toads go by both names – toad and/or frog. So the other morning when Izzy called to, ”Come see this frog!” I was expecting another toad. But when I walked to...
by don | Jul 19, 2012
After Jersey and the Big Apple (see last week’s Naturalist’s Corner – http://www.smokymountainnews.com/outdoors/item/7554-famous-nyc-offspring,) it was time for a leisurely trip home. We headed south to Cape May and took the Cape May – Lewes Ferry across...
by don | Jul 14, 2012
New York City is big, bustling and in July – hot, but there are always entertaining and even educational ways to escape the heat. The planets aligned just right giving both Denise and me the entire July Fourth week off. We donned our tourist attitudes and headed north...
by don | Jul 10, 2012
News outlets began reporting Sunday night (July 1) that North Carolina governor Bev Perdue vetoed Senate Bill 820, which would have allowed energy companies to use a process known as hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. fracking, to drill for natural gas in the state....
