Travel
Autumn is the time to slow down and absorb the beauty around us. Try one of these five drives through flame-colored trees but be sure to brake for the scenery. Leave your car, step into crisp, season-changed air and view the mixture of oranges, yellows and reds from a scenic overlook, a nature-designed pinnacle perfect for pausing to view or photograph the season’s best palette.
The spectacular fall foliage ranges from the Blue Ridge Parkway to Galax, home to the world’s largest and best-known bluegrass festival; from the rugged terrain and wild ponies of Grayson Highlands State Park and Mount Rogers National Recreation Area...
It was just the two of us. We couldn’t go too far. But we did have an anniversary to celebrate. We headed to Jonesborough, Tenn. Our reservations were for Friday and Saturday at the Eureka Hotel in Jonesborough. This 1790s period piece has been total...
Picture a 364-mile scenic loop through the mountains of the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee. Picture the leaves at their height of color, the falls at their fullest… Ready to go?
Picture a 364-mile scenic loop through the mountains of the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee. Picture the leaves at their height of color, the falls at their fullest… Ready to go?
There’s nothing like an autumn drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains, past flame-colored trees touching an impossibly blue sky. Unless it’s a walk through cool, shady woods with leaves crunching beneath your feet and a shower of fire-tinged leaves fallin...
Wesley “Moose” Parton spends many fall days steering a Bass boat through the waters of Lake Guntersville. The 21-year-old plans to turn pro in the fishing world next year, so as a lake guide, he knows the best biting spots.
The Fool in the Woods, aka Blue Ridge Country editor in chief Kurt Rheinheimer, is back with more great woodland information and secrets, this time reporting on how Virginia's Devil's Marbleyard was formed.
See Kurt's Hikes Blog.
