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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...
SOS! Save Our Summer, with a cool paddle on a Piedmont waterway near you
An intimate stretch of Lake Johnson One thing you love to do in summer is take the canoe or kayak down a lazy Piedmont river. Stay near the bank to...
Standup pedalboard!? Hobie Improves a 3,000-year-old concept
Find the Hobie Mirage Eclipse product page HERE: In the the beginning, some 3,000 years ago, Peruvian fishermen stood atop their caballitos de totoras, using split-end bamboo poles to propel...
V.P. Molly Cherry maintains Great Outdoor Provision Co.’s ‘Circle of Life'
Molly paddling with the late Lady. For the next little while, we’ll be profiling the folks who are the backbone of Great Outdoor Provision Co. Though their roles may differ...
SOS! Save Our Summer, with a Piedmont water hike near you
Hanging Rock State Park’s 12-acre lake Noooooooo! August? Already!? It can’t be! My summer hasn’t even started … Alas, the calendar does not lie. And yes, while in the meteorological...
This week, GetHiking! after work at Haw River, Umstead
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...
GetHiking! for fitness at Crowders Mountain, GetExploring! on a Greenville greenway
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...
Perception’s Rambler 9.5: Go short, paddle more
Probing Walnut Creek as it feeds into Lake Raleigh. Why don’t we paddle more often? Here’s why: You get the notion to go for a paddle. You think of where...
GetHiking! this weekend at Pilot Mountain, GetBackpacking! for fall, GetExploring! on a moon-lit paddle
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...
Perception's Tribe offers a family vibe
When my daughter was 5 weeks old, she met her first hiking trail from the comfort of a snuggly. At 5 months, we were regulars at the neighborhood pool. By...
GetHiking! the Southern Appalachians' Classic Hikes: Smokies, AT, Mount Rogers
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...
GetExploring! on an evening bike ride in Greenville, GetHiking! at Crowders Mountain
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...
GetHiking! at Morrow Mountain, Standing Indian, GetBackpacking! at South Mountains
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...
Ward Swann guides paddle trips and customers with equal enthusiasm
This time, Ward remembered to pull his rod. You never forget your first carabiner. At least Ward Swann hasn’t. It was early spring of 1989. “I bought a couple of...
GetHiking! After Work at Umstead
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...
5 Must-Do Summer Mountain Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Shining Rock Wilderness, Pisgah National Forest Summer is ideal for hiking the Southern Appalachians. Sunny skies, temperatures 15 to 20 degrees cooler than in the flatlands, bracing mountain streams, pools...
RootsRated Shop Profile
Great Outdoor Provision Co. Gets Thousands Hiking By RootsRated Featured Photo (Even sunsets are better from the doorstep of an GOPC store.) Tom Valone founded Great Outdoor Provision Co. in...
In the summertime, these unsung lakes are great for cool paddling
Three rivers area of Falls Lake Not to debate Mungo Jerry, but in the summertime when the weather is high, what you really want to do is grab a paddle...