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FEATURES
30 GREAT RAIL TRAILS FOR FALL
We highlight an easy, flat excursion in the mountains of each of our seven
states. Plus a bonus set of trails.
BY MALEE BAKER OOT
38 FABULOUS FALL FOLIAGE PHOTOS
Our contributing photographers provide the views.
44 APPLE SEASON CELEBRATED!
Mike Stepp and his family invite you to visit the orchard.
BY NANCY HENDERSON
46 Kirk Billingsley makes delicious heritage-apple cider.
BY BRUCE INGRAM
48 Hitting apples was a boyhood obession for a lad visiting
Abingdon, Virginia.
BY PAUL WOODY
50 CHECKING IN ON THE REGION'S TREES
Over the decades, many of the mountains' signature trees have faced
severe challenges. There's now hope for many.
BY ANGELA MINOR
60 REMEMBERING F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S CHALLENGING
ASHEVILLE YEARS
His writing, his marriage and his health were all headed in the wrong
direction.
BY RAY HARDEE
DEPARTMENTS
7 From the Editor
8 Mill Creek Stories
10 Gifts of the Land
12
Creature Feature
14 The Good Walk
16 Our Blue Ridge Towns
18
Country Roads
21 Festivals and Events
70 Flavors
72
Singing in the Garden
74 The Mountain Q & A
ON THE COVER
The Virginia Creeper National Recreation
Trail is a 34.3-mile rail-to-recreation
trail from Abingdon, Virginia, through
Damascus, and ending just past
Whitetop Station in the Mount Rogers
National Recreation Area, at the
Virginia-North Carolina border. From
photographer Alex Grichenko, who
took his family on the ride: " There are
so many different changes in landscape
scenes, you will not expect what you'll
see around every turn, like the bridge
crossing you see on the cover of this
magazine. " See page 30 for Malee Oot's
story about the Creeper and other great
rail trails in the region.
PHOTO CREDIT: Alex Grichenko
Photography.

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