Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road

Tag: bald cypress

  • Jones Lake and Paddling the Black River

    The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness, and of a freedom almost forgotten. ~Sigurd F. Olson Two weeks ago, we had a chance to paddle the Black River with our friend, Jerry, and a great group of other folks he had gathered for a planning trip for one of his upcoming Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn

  • Swamp’s Sentinels

    Here’s another of Melissa’s poems that she read at the recent Poetry with Wings event at the NC Botanical Garden (paired with some of my images from our trips on the Roanoke River) … Swamp’s Sentinels by Melissa Dowland In the blackwater swamp The creeks are lined With cypress-sentinels Left whole by the loggers— Because Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn

  • Paddling the Black River

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    Last week, my friend, and former co-worker, Jerry Reynolds asked if I wanted to go along with he and another friend on a paddle along the Black River as he prepped for an upcoming program. I jumped at it since it has been years since I paddled the Black (I did go upriver last year Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn