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Carowinds
Summer is officially here, fellow wanderers! Of course, we all know that means its time for bar-b-cues, fishing trips, and family vacations to get underway. Whether it’s hiking trips in the mountains, expeditions to Yellowstone, or a day trip to Dollywood, summertime gives us a chance to come together and spend more time with those […]
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Murderous Mary
Her name is Mary. She was born in 1894 and died on September 13, 1916 at the young age of 21. She loved to play musical instruments, throw a baseball and adored the smiling faces and laughter of children. She stood 11 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 5 short tons. She was employed by […]
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Hiking Fuel
Mountain Mix: First take 4 pinecones and break them up into small pieces. Add in a handful of acorns (chestnuts can be substituted) and mix with 3 hand cups of creek water. Now take a boot full of soft sifted dirt (be sure to remove any earthworms, they will be added in later)… Errrr… Week […]
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Appalachian Caverns
Going back some 200 to 400 million years ago, imagine the tiniest droplets of water making their way into the ground. After seeping through the dirt and rock on top, they slowly continue down into the depths of the earth where they meet hundreds of thousands of pounds of limestone rock. Here the water finds […]
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A.T. Trail Days
Across America, the month of May marks the conclusion of school, the end of those constant spring rains, and the start of the summer vacation season. For those of us here in the Tri-Cities region, it heralds the approach of a favorite festival just across the border in Virginia. Appalachian Trail Days draws thousands to […]
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Obed River
We all have that one special place that feels like our own personal hideaway, a place to get away from the worries and angst of life. As a child, it may have been a backyard treehouse, or perhaps a secret fort behind the shrubs of the flower garden. Now it may be a hammock on […]
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A Dolly Filled Weekend
“These are my mountains, my valleys, these are my rivers – flowing like a song. These are MY PEOPLE, my memories, these are my mountains, this is my home”. When Dolly wrote the above lyrics for the 75th Anniversary of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, she probably never thought it would hold a different […]
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Has it been a year?
“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away….” Good story but that’s not the one I’m looking for. “A tale as old as time….”, nope, not that one either (although it seems like it!). Okay, so 12 months, 1 week, 2 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes and 27 seconds ago (give or […]
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Congaree National Park
America’s National Parks are home to some of the most astonishing landscapes on earth, from the highest mountain in North America in Denali National Park to the plunging cliffs of the Grand Canyon. Hundreds of millions of visitors flock each year to see the geysers of Yellowstone, the waterfalls of Yosemite Valley, and the crashing […]
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Stones River National Battlefield
Nashville is known the world over as the capital of country music; famous for its full-scale replica of the Parthenon, the Grand Ole Opry, Vanderbilt University, and the Tennessee Titans. Over the last decade, the Music City metro area has grown to become one of the largest in the Southeast, now home to more than […]
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