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New River Gorge

Posted by Denny Tyler, on October 19th, 2011

New River Gorge, Hawks Nest State Park

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———When one tugs at a single thing in nature; he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

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Fall Colors, Bolt Mountain

Posted by Denny Tyler, on October 11th, 2011

Image - Emerson Stover Overlook, Fall Colors

Bolt Mountain is the highest point in the Guyandotte Mountain Range at just over 3600 feet.

From the Emerson Stover Overlook on the mountain one would be looking north-northeast into Raleigh County. More specifically, the Coal River watershed.

Emerson Stover Overlook, Fall Colors

Emerson Stover Overlook, Fall [...]

Camping @ 3000ft – Day 2

Posted by Denny Tyler, on May 27th, 2008

This is a continuation of the last post.

The second day started almost as nice as the first day ended. I slept longer than I had intended. It was about 7:30am when the sun finally woke me up. I had wanted to get up earlier and catch the sunrise but I was pretty wore out [...]

Camping @ 3000ft

Posted by Denny Tyler, on May 27th, 2008

I traded my hiking boots for four mud tires this weekend and headed to the mountains. Sometimes, with me anyway, it is better not to plan a camping trip but instead just keep everything ready and when the opportunity presents itself take advantage of it. I had been keeping a close watch on the weather [...]