Category: North Carolina
Follow the Hunger Games in North Carolina
Suzanne Collins’ best-selling trilogy, The Hunger Games, hit the big screen on March 23rd. The young adult novels are set in a post-apocalyptic world where the citizens of Panem (what used to be North America) live in twelve different districts. Read more… This article will appear in the March 2012 edition of the Simpsonville Sentinel [...]
Head to Beech Mountain Resort for Winter Fun
I have to admit that I had always thought Beech Mountain was just a ski resort, so I was pleasantly surprised on a recent visit to find a whole little town at the top of the mountain. Dubbed “Eastern America’s Highest Town”, Beech Mountain sits at an elevation of 5506 feet and offers amazing views [...]
Fun Fall Festivals in the South
Fall is a great time of the year. The air begins to cool down and turn crisp. The leaves begin to change to vibrant shades of rust, orange and red. But the very best things about this time of year are the fabulous fall festivals going on in our area. From the quirky Woolly Worm [...]
Spend the Holidays at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC
This article, Spend the Holidays at the Biltmore Estate, was published December 2010 in the Simpsonville Sentinel and online at www.seethesouth.com
Woolly Worm Festival in Blowing Rock
http://north-carolina-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/woolly-worm-festival-in-banner-elk-north-carolina
Polar Plunge in Blowing Rock, NC
Polar plunges happen all over the world and Blowing Rock, NC is no exception. Brave people will take the plunge during the annual Winterfest celebration, January 28th-31st, 2010. Recently named the “prettiest small town in North Carolina” (as rated by a group of Journalists in December 2009), this is one of my favorite mountain towns. [...]
Grandfather Mountain
Article on Grandfather Mountain http://north-carolina-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/take_a_trip_to_grandfather_mountain
Escape to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure
Nestled in the Hickory Nut Gorge twenty five southeast of Asheville and two hours west of Charlotte, lays the village of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure.
Article on Ghost Town in the Sky
My latest article for Suite101. http://north-carolina-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/ghost_town_in_the_sky
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