North Carolina has 15 State Trails, all of which deserve celebrating. Next weekend, the Dan River State Trail will get what it deserves.
For the second year in a row, the Dan River Basin Association, the nonprofit that oversees the trail, and the Rockingham County Tourism Development Association will host the second annual celebration of this paddle trail, which runs for 90 miles through Surry, Stokes and Rockingham counties. (The entire Dan runs for 214 miles, beginning high in Patrick County, Virginia, dipping into North Carolina, and ending back in Virginia, in Kerr Reservoir on the Roanoke River.)read more
I used to love hiking in summer heat. The past couple years, though, not so much. Coming into this summer I got me to wondering why.
As we’ve settled in to summer’s steady drumbeat of 90/90 — temperature/humidity — days, I’ve been trying to sort out what I don’t like about summer hiking, as well as what keeps me on the trail. The latter first.read more
I’ve been using trekking poles religiously for 20 years. Trouble is, I should have been using them for at least 30 years. Oh well. In any event, I’m a big advocate, as is the state’s most renowned hiker, Jennifer Pharr Davis of Asheville. Today, we rerun a post that first appeared July 11, 2017, on why she uses poles, and why you should, too.read more
We run this post when it gets hot, really hot. Like, as hot as it’s been lately. It’s part of our program to get you safely through the summer hiking season.
Now, with summer’s heat having set in, is a good time to talk about your drinking problem.read more
