This past weekend, my wife and I attended her family reunion in Wyoming County.  We decided to drive down through Boone County rather than going by interstate since we weren’t in a terrible rush.  It had been a few months since we had been through Boone County and I must say, things have changed…and not [...]

It was bound to happen. I’ve been thinking so much about trespassing in the mountains lately that I just had to write a little about how I feel about it.
I absolutely hate it. I grew up roaming the same mountains that I could now go to jail for being even within photo taking distance of. [...]

If you could ever lay out one piece of ground and call it the front line in the battle against mountaintop removal, Kayford Mountain would be it. Larry Gibson and a host of friends on one side, Massey Energy on the other. For Larry, the front lines have been moving closer for nearly twenty years.

I’m [...]

The following comment was left on my Youtube channel in response to a short video I took of Kayford Mountain.
you know where you can go, I work there and thats how i feed my famley. Ya ban coal mining let the bastards freeze in the dark,when you flip on a light switch or turn your [...]

This post is mainly inspired by Ron and a great article on the Rasch Outdoor Chronicles blog by Albert.
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I can’t stop thinking about trespassing in the Appalachian Mountains on such a grand scale. I hear all the time the State of WV promoting tourism. Part of that tourism comes from hiking and four wheeling in [...]

Okay….   being the proud mama that I am, I just had to share a short story about an interaction with my son this week. We’ve discussed MTR with him and he’s seen photos and knows the benefits of renewable energy vs. non-renewable energy. We were driving past a wind farm on a nearby ridge, when [...]