The passage of Labor Day means the crowds are starting to thin from the coast, making it safe to go back in the water. Meanwhile, while the calendar may say fall is officially a couple weeks off, Labor Day signals, to us, the start of the fall hiking season. We’ve got great options for the latter in both the Piedmont and mountains.
90 Second Escape: GetBackpacking! on the AT
Monday — never an easy time for the outdoors enthusiast. After a weekend of adventure, returning to the humdrum work-a-day world can make one melancholy. To help ease the transition, every Monday we feature a 90 Second Escape — essentially, a 90-second video or slide show of a place you’d probably rather be: a trail, a park, a greenway, a lake … anywhere as long as it’s not under a fluorescent bulb.
Review: Bryson’s long ‘Walk,’ this time on screen
A Walk in the Woods
Actors: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Bill Bryson
Rating: R (mostly for language and some sexual content)
Theaters: Park West 14, Regal Cinemas Crossroads 20 & IMAX, Frank Theatres: Parkside Town Commons Stadium 11 & Xtreme, Regal Cinemas North Hills 14, Six Forks Cinema, AMC Southpoint 17, Regal Cinemas White Oak 14,Carmike Wynnsong 15, Lumina, Carmike Patriot 14 + IMAX.
90 Second Escape: Sunset on the water
Monday — never an easy time for the outdoors enthusiast. After a weekend of adventure, returning to the humdrum work-a-day world can make one melancholy. To help ease the transition, every Monday we feature a 90 Second Escape — essentially, a 90-second video or slide show of a place you’d probably rather be: a trail, a park, a greenway, a lake … anywhere as long as it’s not under a fluorescent bulb.
This weekend: Water rules
It’s summer, it’s time to hit the water.
Coast
High on the list of many reasons we enjoy the adventure life in North Carolina is the opportunity to paddle a swamp. Does any location scream adventure more than a swamp? Slowly making your way through the tupelo gum and cypress weeping Spanish moss, paddle in hand, wary eye cast into the jungle beyond … throw in a bottle of gin and a dame and it’s “The African Queen” in our own backyard.