just a quiet afternoon with time to notice the birch bark, frogs and the sound of the wind in the trees. Monica SandreczkiFrogs, trillium and the wind in the trees on a slow hike through an ...

Do you have a favorite tree? In the expanse of Big Meadows, one of the most popular areas in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, stands a lone gray birch ... my first hike through the meadow.