A special thanks to our readers who submitted their photos of winter memories
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Phil Baxter, Cosby, Tennessee. Wintry Mt. Cammerer sunrise.
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Annie Duncan, McDowell County, North Carolina. Rascal steals a glove while enjoying his first snow.
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Keith Passmore, Polk County, North Carolina. Cows in winter.
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Pete Lammers, Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia. Indian mound with Yonah Mountain in the background.
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Lynn Robertson, Lexington, South Carolina. Carvers Gap at Roan Mountain.
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Madelyn Manning, New Market, Alabama. Gatlinburg, Tennessee, winter scene.
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James Bice. Ice over Jonathan Creek, North Carolina.
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Carl Gandolfo. Barn and pickup near Wolf Laurel.
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Tony Blair, Maumee, Ohio. A winter hike to Ramsey Cascades, the tallest waterfall in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Vickie Tschantz and Wilson. Horse Creek Trail, Cherokee National Forest, Chuckey, Tennessee
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Todd McConnell, Princeton, Indiana. Snowed in on Bluff Mountain.
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