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March 2016
Tuesday March 8. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Little Cataloochee Trail. To sign up, see hike.friendsofthesmokies.org or 828-452-0720.
Tuesday March 15. Forests, Alligators, Battlefields: My Journey through the National Parks of the South available online.
Sunday March 20. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club to Sassafras Mountain on the Foothills Trail.
February 2016
Saturday February 6. Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail meeting at Elon University.
Thursday February 18. Speaking at REI-Asheville on hiking in the Smokies with Friends of the Smokies at 7 pm.
2015
February 2015
Thursday February 5. Speaking at the Rotary Club in Marion.
Saturday February 7. At the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail Annual meeting, Elon University
March 2015
Tuesday March 3. Speaking at Medea’s Expresso and Juice Bar at 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. It’s on Introduction to Hiking.
Sunday March 8. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
Tuesday March 10. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on Smokemont Loop. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Wednesday March 25. Diamond Brand Outdoor Book Fest. 6 pm to 7 pm. Come and meet favorite outdoor writers.
April 2015
Tuesday April 14. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies in Cataloochee. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Thursday April 23. 5 pm to 7 pm. On a panel about the Smokies 900m at the Wild Flower Pilgrimage in Gatlinburg, TN.
May 2015
Tuesday May 12. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Road to Nowhere. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
June 2015
Tuesday June 9. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on Hemphill Bald. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
July 2015
Sunday June 28 to Thursday July 2. Leading hikes for Family Nature Summits.
Monday/Tuesday July 19/20. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies Mount Le Conte. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Wednesday July 29. Speaking at the Pack Square Library, 67 Haywood St. on Hungry For History: The History of the Mountains to the Sea Trail.
September 2015
Tuesday September 8. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Boogerman Trail. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Saturday September 19. Leading a hike for Great Smoky Mountains Association at their membership weekend.
October 2015
Tuesday October 13. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies from Purchase Knob. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Friday October 23. Giving a talk about Hiking the MST at OLLIE at the Reuters Center at UNC-Asheville.
Saturday October 24. Speaking about Friends of the MST at the Warrior hike fundraiser. See their website. Come on out for beer, barbequeue, band and to meet fellow hikers.
November 2015
Tuesday November 9. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies to Chimney Tops Trail – and maybe a surprise. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Friday-Sunday November 20-22. North Carolina Writers Network Conference. I’m giving a workshop on “Guiding Others through places you love” on Sunday Nov. 22 at 11 am.
December 2015
Tuesday December 8. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies to three waterfalls at Deep Creek. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
2014
December 2014
Tuesday December 9. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on Kephart Prong. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Saturday December 27. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club at Dupont State Forest.
November 2014
Tuesday November 11. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies in Deep Creek. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
October 2014
Thursday October 9. Speaking at the annual meeting of High Country Hikers, Hendersonville, NC.
Tuesday October 14. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Pretty Hollow Trail. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Sunday October 19, 3 pm. Reading at Writers at Home, Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville.
September 2014
Tuesday September 8. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and Andrews Bald. To sign up, contact Anna Lee at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
August 2014
Tuesday August 12. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies to Charlies Bunyon. To sign up, contact the Brent at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Tuesday August 19. Leading a hike for Great Smoky Mountains Association to Bone Valley. It’s going to be a long one.
Sunday September 21. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club to Hemphill Bald.
July 2014
Tuesday July 8-9. An overnight at Buckspring Lodge in the Greenbriar area for Friends of the Smokies to Ramsay Cascades. To sign up, contact Brent at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
May 2014
Tuesday May 13. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies to Ramsay Cascades. To sign up, contact the Brent at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
April 2014
Tuesday April 8. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies to Newton Bald. To sign up, contact the Brent at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Sunday April 27. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club in Highlands, NC.
March 2014
Tuesday, March 11. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Little Cataloochee Trail. To sign up, contact the intern at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Saturday March 15. Speaking at the Dahlonega Trailfest in Dahlonega, GA at 2 pm.
Saturday March 29. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club on Porter Creek Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
February 2014
Saturday February 1. Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail Annual meeting. I’ll have a booth selling my book, The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina with a hefty portion going to the Friends group.
2013
December 2013
Monday December 2 – 7 pm. Speaking at REI Asheville about Le Chemin de St. Jacques, my 440 mile hike through France. The talk is free but you must register with REI.
Wednesday December 4. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club in Montreat. See the CMC website for all details.
Tuesday, December 17. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Sugarlands Trail. To sign up, contact the intern at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
November 2013
Thursday November 7 – 4 pm. Speaking at the Etowah branch of the Hendersonville Library about the Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina. 245 Brickyard Road. Etowah. 828-891-6577
Tuesday, November 19. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies on the Boogerman Trail. To sign up, contact the intern at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Sunday, November 24. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club to Dupont State Forest. See the CMC website for all details.
September 2013
Do you see a space here? There’s a good reason.
October 2013
Thursday October 17. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies to Chasteen Creek to celebrate the park’s reopening.
August 2013
Friday, August 2, 10 am – 12 pm. Ducks Cottage, 1240 Duck Rd, Duck, 252-261-5510.
Friday August 2, 5 pm – 8 pm. Downtown Books, 105 Sir Walter Raleigh St. Manteo. 252-473-1056
Saturday August 3, 11 am – 2 pm. Page after Page bookstore, 111 South Water St. Elizabeth City 252-335-PAGE(7243).
Wednesday, August 7, 3 pm – 6 pm. Island Books, 1170 Duck Road, Duck, 252.261.8981 Duck.
Tuesday, August 20. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies to Mt. Sterling. To sign up, contact Keith at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
July 2013
Tuesday July 16. Leading a hike for Friends of the Smokies from Newfound Gap to Kephart Prong. To sign up, contact Keith at [email protected] or 828-452-0720.
Monday July 22, 8 pm. Appalachian Trail Conservancy Biennial Conference at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.
June 2013
Saturday June 1, 3 pm. Blue Ridge Books 152 S. Main St. Waynesville. 828-456-6000.
Thursday June 6, 7 pm. REI Asheville, 31 Schenck Parkway Asheville, 828-687-0918.
Friday June 7, 3 pm. Rutherford County Library 150 Bill’s Creek Road Lake Lure, 828-625-0456
June 18, June 19 – Overnight trip to Fontana Village, sponsored by Friends of the Smokies.
May, 2013
Saturday May 4. Mountains-to-Sea Trail Day in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. – Oconaluftee Visitor Center. I’ll lead a short hike from 10 am-12 pm. At 1 pm, I’ll be on the porch doing a book reading and answering questions about the MST.
Wednesday May 8, 7 pm. REI Raleigh, 4291 The Circle at North Hills Raleigh, 919-571-5031
Thursday May 9, 4 pm. Lenoir County Visitor Center, 101 East New Bern Road, Kinston, 252-522-0004
Saturday May 11, 11 am to 1 pm. Tryon Palace, New Bern.
Tuesday May 14, 6:30 pm. Carteret County Wildlife Club, Moorehead City. Talk followed by pot luck supper.
Sunday May 19. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
Monday May 20, 7 pm. Elkin Valley Trails Association talk. Elkin Public Library 111N. Front St. Elkin. 336-835-5586.
April, 2013
Friday, April 5, 7:30 pm. Quail Ridge Books 3522 Wade Ave. Raleigh, 919-828-1588. Book launch in the Triangle Area.
Sunday, April 7, 2 pm. Rockworth Studios, Glencoe Mill Village 2440 Glencoe St. Burlington
Wednesday, April 10, 10:30 am. Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Road Asheville 28803 828-271-6937
Wednesday, April 10, 6 pm. Eat your Words at Ave M Restaurant. Eat and join in the discussion of The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina.
Saturday April 13, 10:30 am. North County Regional Library, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, 16500 Holly Cress Lane Blvd, Huntersville, 704-416-6000, ext. 4.
Saturday, April 13, 2:00 pm. Morrison Regional Library, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, 7015 Morrison Blvd, Charlotte, 704-416-5431
Tuesday, April 16. Leading a hike to Hyatt Ridge for Friends of the Smokies. To sign up, contact Keith at [email protected] or 828-452-0720
Wednesday April 17, 4 pm. Fountainhead Bookstore, 408 N Main St., Hendersonville 828-697-1870.
Wednesday April 24, 6 pm. Green Drinks at Olive or Twist, Restaurant and Bar 81 Broadway Street Asheville.
Friday April 26 6 pm. Accent on Books 854 Merrimon Ave Asheville 828-252-6255
March 2013
Tuesday March 5, 6 pm. Diamond Brand Outdoors, 2623 Hendersonville Rd., Arden, 828-684-6262. Book launch for The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina. Food and festivities.
Tuesday March 19. Leading a hike at Deep Creek for Friends of the Smokies. To sign up, contact Keith at [email protected] or 828-452-0720
Thursday March 21, 6:30 pm. Jesse Brown’s Outdoors, Sharon Corners 4732 Sharon Road – Suite 2M, Charlotte, 704-556-0020.
Friday March 22, 7 pm. Malaprops Bookstore 55 Haywood St., Asheville, 828-254-6734.
Friday March 29, 6:30 pm. City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St. Sylva, 828-586-9499
Saturday March 30, 10 am. Books Unlimited 60 E. Main St.
Franklin, NC 828-369-7942. One of many events for Appalachian Trail April’s Fool Trail Days.
February 2013
Tuesday February 19, 4 pm. Participating in Hiking in the Smokies 101. Presented by Friends of the Smokies at Blue Ridge Books 152 S. Main St. Waynesville 456-6000.
Sunday, February 24. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club in Dupont State Forest.
Wednesday, February 27. Leading a hike for Carolina Mountain Club on Kitsuma Peak.
Thursday February 28, 6:30 pm. Participating in Hiking in the Smokies 101. Presented by Friends of the Smokies at REI 31 Schenck Parkway, Asheville 828-687-0918.