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Atop Mt. Le Conte
A “highlight” of the year for me is hiking to Mt. Le Conte, the third highest peak in the Smokies. The only way to get to Mt. Le Conte is hiking one of five trails. My favorite is the Alum Cave Trail, about five miles (up, up, up). This was a view at sunset. Not […]
Fundraising for public radio
On the air I joined Donna Green-Townsend on the air today to fundraise for WUFT-FM and WJUF-FM, the public radio stations that are housed in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, where I’m on faculty. We worked during “Fresh Air,” one of my favorite programs from National Public Radio. “Fresh Air” […]
A good reason to stay on the trail
A walk along the La Chua Trail in Paynes Prairie can give you the chance to see the University of Florida’s mascot namesake — a real gator. A park volunteer was patrolling the trail in a truck, using a pole to nudge a few gators off the trail to give all of us walkers a […]
View of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Look Rock
This is one of my photos taken during a hike in the Smokies in May 2007. In the mid to late 1800s, children who lived in the area would walk up to six miles a day to attend school in a one-room schoolhouse. One of my favorites is Little Greenbrier School.
Julie Dodd 