#frenchbroad

I guess you could call me a river rat😜😜🌳🌳 #tubing #nc #frenchbroad (at Zen Tubing) https://www.instagram.com/p/CChLAl8BR_6/?igshid=jlxxvttaj13l

Fun piece of trivia (or at least a rumor we’ve heard) about our first Thomas Wolfe Memorial Award Winner - when “The French Broad” was published in 1955 many people thought it was a romance novel about a French woman... ;) . In reality, this wonderful book is about our river: “In 1955, seven years before the publication of Rachel Carson’s famed Silent Spring, another woman fought to issue her own groundbreaking analysis of environmental concerns. Wilma Dykeman spent years studying the rivers of western North Carolina, but after she wrote her book The French Broad, her publishers tried to remove the chapters on pollution. However, Dykeman prevailed, and in addition to bringing river contamination to the nation’s attention, won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Trophy, and inclusion in the Rivers of America series. The river itself became an important aspect of Dykeman’s work, as she focused much of her life and writing in the mountains of western North Carolina and east Tennessee.” . . . #frenchbroadriver #wilmadykeman #frenchbroad #wnchistory #exploreasheville #readlocal #avlhistory #museumfromhome #read #bookstagram (at French Broad River) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EEUzKBp9G/?igshid=1ouwzl6udcwj3

Loaded up for the trip up to the East Fork on Friday... wanted to pull the trigger on that amazing old school camo sling pack...maybe one day. #orvis #flyfishing #eastfork #frenchbroad #trout #waders #serenity https://www.instagram.com/p/BvcDJ3Hlqx1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=avi0wja7zxit

Great way to spend a hot afternoon: floatin' da #FrenchBroad #AVL #Asheville #avlfun (at French Broad River)

#cottoncandy #sunset #overthe #frenchbroad

Just dropped off this piece and others for the upcoming @horizon_art_productions exhibit in Goldsboro NC. Looking forward to the opening August 3rd! #fineart #landscapepainting #oilpainting #landscape #water #rapids #asheville #ashevilleart #frenchbroad #painting #art #artist #emergingartist #avlart #ncart #artgallery #artexhibition #nature #inspiration #kayaking #riverrafting #blueridgemountains #wnc #wncart