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So  now I know...

10/30/2017

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Amazingly, since my visit up to Roan Mountain last week, I finally found out what happened to the old TMC property in Buladean. Below is a link to the story. I don't know how I missed this news, but the realtor in Bakersville who sold our property for us looked up the transfers and found out that almost all of the property was turned over to the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. This is the group that tirelessly works to preserve all the lands around Roan Mountain and other important mountains in the area.
Here's the article. I'm so glad to know what happened.
https://appalachian.org/big-rock-creek/
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First real snow on Roan...

10/29/2017

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I was just on Roan Mountain on Thursday and the temperature was 30 degrees at about 12:30. This photo was posted today...first snow on Roan.
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A trip back to Roan Mountain...

10/27/2017

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Finally after many years, I decided it was time for a trip to Roan Mountain. And of course, I went via Hughes Gap Road in Buladean so I could at least drive past the old TrailRidge property. We sold the property 22 years ago (can you believe that?). I did not feel like driving into the property so just glanced at it as we slowly drove by. I couldn't see much, but it looked like the property could use some tender loving care.

The purpose for my visit was to hike up on Roan so I did get to do that with a good friend of mine. We stopped at Hughes Gap just because it was there. And then we headed on up the road to Carver's Gap at Roan. 

Even in the clouds, it was beautiful...and COLD. At around 12:30 it was 30 degrees on top of Roan. And this was on October 25. We decided to hike up the road to Roan High Knob instead of on the balds. It was just too cold and windy in that direction. The road is closed this time of year so walking is the only way to get to the top and we had the place to ourselves. It brought back a flood of memories. Check out a few photos from the trip.
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