D.Gail Fleenor

Bridal Veil Falls

NC Travel Guide: Drive the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway

Travel the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway from Highlands to Almond in Western North Carolina and make your choice. Enjoy a peacefully scenic drive through the Nantahala Forest and pass the byway’s namesake waters...
When water freezes on the granite surface, it reflects the sun like a mirror.

Great Leaf Drives in Eight States

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.
A brilliant fall red touches the trees in a state whose mountains and meadows are filled with history, the heritage of storytelling, the rattling echo of 19th-century stagecoaches, the vibrant activity of artists, the peace of farms hidden in hollows.

The Towns of Northeast Tennesse: Great Autumn Travel

Travel the loop of Northeast Tennessee towns where history abounds.

Sevierville and Pigeon Forge Fall Drive

Whether you’re in search of the gloriously natural or the rampantly retail, there’s a wealth of fun just west of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In the Monongahela National Forest. Portions of the West Virginia woodland are wild and fully undeveloped.

Autumn Mountain Drives

There’s nothing like an autumn drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains, past flame-colored trees touching an impossibly blue sky.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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