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Beat the summer heat: just add water
Taking a dip in the Wilson Creek area. When blazing summer temps start rolling in, it’s easy to look at the calendar and say, “Maybe I’ll head back out in...

SOS! Save Our Summer with a Southern Classic Coastal Paddle
Nothing, in our book of adventure, is more southern than the bow of a canoe gently breaking tannic waters spotted with alligator weed beneath a canopy of cypress, tupelo and...

Spring into Adventure: Early Season Paddle Trips
As part of our March-long Spring Into Adventure series, we look at ways you can take advantage of the longer, warmer days ahead. On March 1, we went in search...

This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...

Fall paddling: better color, better quiet
When we think of fall, we think of fall color, we think of hiking. Which is curious, because when we’re looking for great color, we tend to look for it...

Save Your Summer, Part III: Paddling
Our efforts to save your adventure-deficient summer before the season fades continues with today’s installment: paddling. Of the four basic adventure groups we’re focused on in our SYS series (Hiking,...
This week in GetExploring!, GetHiking!
Our next adventures: Paddle Merchants Millpond, early morning hikes Merchants Millpond One of our favorite paddles in the state and one that should be on every paddler’s resume: Merchants Millpond....
GetHiking! GetExploring! ... Thru-hike the Uwharries ... coastal adventures ... a Morrow Mountain escape ... in praise of trekking poles
The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...