Bolt Mountain, West Virginia

There is a reason why I no longer go camping without my camera. It is the same reason I love hiking West Virginia’s backwoods - the scenery.

Of course I can’t go into the Peachtree area on a photo taking adventure and not stop at Peachtree Falls.

Last but definitely not least, this turtle was practically begging [...]

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I spent the Memorial Day weekend 26 hard miles south of nowhere and loved every minute of it. I was out on my first real camping trip of the year into the backwoods.
It’s beautiful in the mountains, right now especially. There are a lot of wildflowers in bloom. The most noticeable is the raspberry bloom, [...]

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It seems like for the longest time I haven’t done much writing here. Even though that is the case this blog has been the one to remain consistent. I may not have updated it much but it has always been right here.
This blog has just hit one milestone and is about to hit another. With [...]

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My friend Dennie was in this weekend and we saw one animal the entire time in the mountains, a doe.
Can you see her?

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It seems I just have the hardest time getting to this blog to post. The main reason for that is because I have taken on a huge battle and find my time used up rather quickly. The battle against (MTR) mountaintop removal coal mining. If you are not aware of this devastating practice - I [...]

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 In this photo - Jeremy gives a unique view of the mountain.—
I will display these photos larger as soon as I get a decent album up and running.
Photo © JSB

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Photo © JSB

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Over the next week or so I’m going to be putting together some posts with photos that were recently sent to me of Bolt Mountain.
I am happy for the contribution to the site especially since I’ve been out of town working or on the injured list nearly the whole winter. I haven’t had much [...]

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Photos © Denny

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I’m glad I got a camera in time to capture the changing colors and actually that was one reason why I decided to buy a camera now.
It’s beautiful this time of year on Bolt Mountain.

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I wrote a post a while back with the title A Glimpse Into The When. The photo in that post made me think of literal lingering memories, ghosts if you will. I don’t see dead people but I feel…. I don’t know how to explain what I feel. That’s a first for me. Let me [...]

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I went for about a 3 hour hike today. I took about 50 photos and found 4 of those worth sharing. My camera is so outta here at the very first opportunity.
Something else I realized today is that it is hard to go into the woods and take photos that are unique from every other [...]

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For a while now searching Google for Bolt Mountain, my site has been at #2. Second to a site entitled Bolt Mountain Llamas. No relation to this Bolt Mountain. At any rate I was at a friends house yesterday I hadn’t seen in a while. He has a small farm with a few different animals. [...]

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The title for this post is an apt one as there were no trails to be found on todays hike. It was actually not the best of days for a strenuous hike with the heat and humidity. Since I plan to hike the Appalachian Trail in ‘08, it would be best to be prepared for [...]

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