Up Moses Creek: Yellow Jacket Muse P.S.

(This piece is a follow-up to a previous “Up Moses Creek” column published Sept. 13 and available online at smokymountainnews.com/outdoors/item/36356-yellow-jacket-muse.)

One afternoon last month I went to look for wide, flat rocks in the woods above our house.

Yellow Jacket Muse

Before Becky and I retired up Moses Creek, I made my living as a backpack and canoe guide here in the Blue Ridge and in other parts of the country.

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