Mountains surround the McDowell Country, N.C., home that Steve Duncan — a semi-retired woodcarver — shares with his wife and daughter. The woods are dense with oaks, poplars, dogwoods and pines, and the air is pungent with the scent of galax. Evening comes early here in the shadows of the trees, and even on summer days the breeze off the creek in front of Duncan’s house is … [Read more...] about Forest rides are forever: Woodcarver Steve Duncan recalls the Blue Ridge trails of his youth