Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest and Big South Fork National Recreational Area and River are as if the mesas, bluffs, arches, and sculpted sandstones of Utah's dry Canyonlands were consistently sprinkled with rain and covered in lush forests. It's magical walking in these woods—spring, summer, fall, and winter.
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The first light of day reveals a misty mountain range in which its dense hardwood forests expire moisture. It is exhaling.
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The sun poked its head not five minutes before this moment above an eastern knob that towered over the river. I didn’t see the guardian heron at first. And then as sunlight came through I saw it.
I kept my shutter speed reasonably fast, anticipating the heron could spring into action. But it didn’t. All was quiet.
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