Artist Reply: Thank you so much, Miles, for taking the time to look and comment on this photo! I really appreciate it! I love these mountains and wish that I could spend more time in them! I spend three weeks a year there and that is not enough time in my book to fully enjoy them! I especially love hiking through the mountains and seeing new things! The mountains are so magical and mysterious and majestic! I have the best of both worlds, I guess... as I live only minutes from the beach!

Artist Reply: Thanks, John, for your great comment! I really appreciate it! I know why they call the Smoky Mountains the Smoky Mountains, but... I didn't realize why they call the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains until I looked at this photo of mine! Your right... the ridges are blue! You ought to go there some time! Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway is among one of the best ways to experience scanic beauty in America! The mountains out west are rugged and magnificent, but the mountains on the east coast are lush and breathtakingly beautiful!