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Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains #19361392 04/05/24 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,301 Likes: 5 Marshall NC S simonkenton7 OP Campfire Outfitter OP simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,301 Likes: 5 Marshall NC View from my porch, looking west across the French Broad River.

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361402 04/05/24 Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,328 Likes: 7 bc Canada 673 Campfire Outfitter 673 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,328 Likes: 7 bc Canada Beautiful view. Why are they called "blue ridge mountains"?

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361412 04/05/24 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,904 Likes: 3 On a raid Scotty Campfire Tracker Scotty Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,904 Likes: 3 On a raid Great VIew.

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains 673 #19361433 04/05/24 Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 3,870 Likes: 2 NC Mountains B BuckHaggard Campfire Tracker BuckHaggard Campfire Tracker B Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 3,870 Likes: 2 NC Mountains Originally Posted by 673 Beautiful view. Why are they called "blue ridge mountains"? Because the mountains sometimes have a blueish tint or haze to them.

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains BuckHaggard #19361437 04/05/24 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,361 Likes: 9 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,361 Likes: 9 Oregon Beautiful! Is that a redbud blooming? _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361454 04/05/24 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,792 Likes: 13 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,792 Likes: 13 Either Texas or Idaho Beautiful, sir. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361456 04/05/24 Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,957 Likes: 4 Feral_American Campfire Regular Feral_American Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,957 Likes: 4 That picture isn't showing the dang wind....... I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children may live in peace. ~~ Thomas Paine

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains 673 #19361469 04/05/24 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 4,372 Likes: 5 Charlotte, NC B blairvt Campfire Tracker blairvt Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 4,372 Likes: 5 Charlotte, NC Originally Posted by 673 Beautiful view. Why are they called "blue ridge mountains"? I've seen on a hazy day they take on a bluish hue in the distance.

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains BuckHaggard #19361472 04/05/24 Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,957 Likes: 4 Feral_American Campfire Regular Feral_American Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,957 Likes: 4 Originally Posted by BuckHaggard Originally Posted by 673 Beautiful view. Why are they called "blue ridge mountains"? Because the mountains sometimes have a blueish tint or haze to them. The shadow effects are blueish on any given day. "Shaconage", Cherokee for, "the place of blue smoke". I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children may live in peace. ~~ Thomas Paine

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361476 04/05/24 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,258 Likes: 25 E earlybrd Campfire Ranger earlybrd Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 15,258 Likes: 25 Nice👍

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361482 04/05/24 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,675 Likes: 44 Bozeman, MT S shrapnel Campfire Ranger shrapnel Campfire Ranger S Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,675 Likes: 44 Bozeman, MT Springtime view in Montana…

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361490 04/05/24 Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,912 Likes: 13 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,912 Likes: 13 Southern Oregon USA Love the mountains and open land here in Oregon.. ( not the politics tho ! ) but there are plenty of times I miss home, Southwestern VA and SE West Virginia... but how much the population has increased in my life time, I don't care for that very much at all. "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361496 04/05/24 Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,957 Likes: 4 Feral_American Campfire Regular Feral_American Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 1,957 Likes: 4 And if you want to go strictly scientific, it's isoprene molecules emitted from certain oak and poplar species that filter light to our eyes as blue in color. I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children may live in peace. ~~ Thomas Paine

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361505 04/05/24 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,739 Likes: 4 J JDK Campfire Regular JDK Campfire Regular J Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,739 Likes: 4 Beautiful view We were in that general area last spring and it is very very nice.

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361513 04/05/24 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,647 Likes: 7 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns R Raeford Campfire Ranger Raeford Campfire Ranger R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,647 Likes: 7 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns Beautiful!! Can't imagine living anywhere else! I'll be crossing the FBR maybe 50-60 miles north of there in a couple of hours. FJB & FJT

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361514 04/05/24 Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,441 Likes: 2 Avery Co., North Carolina S StarchedCover Campfire Regular StarchedCover Campfire Regular S Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,441 Likes: 2 Avery Co., North Carolina Beautiful view. You have more green showing that we do. We're still have some snow up in the woods and we're supposed to get some more tonight. I do love the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC where we live. StarchedCover Semper Fi

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains shrapnel #19361522 04/05/24 Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,328 Likes: 7 bc Canada 673 Campfire Outfitter 673 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 8,328 Likes: 7 bc Canada Originally Posted by shrapnel Springtime view in Montana… Probably would be nice if yer head wasn't in the way.

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains 673 #19361562 04/05/24 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,675 Likes: 44 Bozeman, MT S shrapnel Campfire Ranger shrapnel Campfire Ranger S Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,675 Likes: 44 Bozeman, MT Originally Posted by 673 Probably would be nice if yer head wasn't in the way. Maybe…

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361630 04/05/24 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,758 CA O Old Ornery Campfire Tracker Old Ornery Campfire Tracker O Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,758 CA Very nice, I’m envious!

Re: Springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains simonkenton7 #19361728 04/05/24 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,301 Likes: 5 Marshall NC S simonkenton7 OP Campfire Outfitter OP simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,301 Likes: 5 Marshall NC Yes those are redbuds blooming.