Leonard Adkins

Credit Joe Cook and Monica Sheppard

September’s Mountain Wildflower: Ghost Pipe

Containing no chlorophyll, this plant rises from the soil on translucent, waxy-looking stems, and the pinkish-white flower nods back toward the ground, giving the whole plant the appearance of a fancily carved soapstone pipe.
Swan Lake was one of the first features built on Furman’s current campus in the mid-1950s. Photo courtesy of Leonard M. and Laurie Adkins

The Trail to Travelers Rest

A stroll along the northern section of South Carolina's Swamp Rabbit Trail reveals why this thriving community has become a destination all its own.
Trumpet Honeysuckle. Credit Joe Cook

August’s Mountain Wildflower: Trumpet Honeysuckle

Like spotted jewelweed and trumpet tine, the flower’s deep throat and red color make it attractive to ruby-throated hummingbirds, who are its main pollinators.
Mayapple. Credit Joe Cook and Monica Sheppard

May’s Mountain Wildflower: Mayapple

Despite its name, the fruit, which looks more like a yellowish-green, egg-shaped berry than an apple, usually does not begin to develop until early to mid-summer.
Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

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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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