Outdoor Destinations in the Carolinas

Waterfall Warning

Outer Banks Ferry Schedule: Where to Find It and Why To Use It

From Pungo to Mattamuskeet: Chasing Waterfowl of the Pocosins
It's November (though we're still trying to figure out how), which means the Pocosin lakes on the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula will soon be filled with thousands of mergansers, wood ducks, Tundra swans, and at least three snow geese.Eager to see the symphony of flight, we traveled to Pungo Lake to see what was out there. Unfortunately, as with our last visit, the south entrance at Hyde Park Road was blocked off. More unfortunately, the road running perpendicular was also barricaded. More on that later.There was no sense turning around until we met our objective, so we set the GPS to Lake Mattamuskeet and headed east...and didn't see a single duck. Not on

www.ncwaterfalls.com on WRAL
I was almost finished with my latest report when CA co-moderator, KT, posted this special news bulletin. WRAL's Tar Heel Traveler recently journeyed to the Blue Ridge Mountains to interview www.ncwaterfalls.com's, Rich Stevenson about Transylvania County, also known as The Land of Waterfalls. Congratulations, Rich, and great choice, Scott Mason!

Stop Nine on Charleston's Museum Mile
Charleston has a wonderful creature they call Museum Mile. It is as the name implies: a one-mile section that contains a series of buildings filled with history as rich as the food on a Lowcountry plate. I'm a little embarrassed to admit we'd yet to step into one of these treasuries—the haint blue roof we prefer to stay under is generally the sky. But we abandoned that policy on our last visit to check out a place I learned about in 2004, but couldn't enter because it was closed to the public. It recently opened, so my husband and I drove south on Meeting Street, then traversed the uneven cobblestones on Chalmers to reach what was once a showcase of human flesh. No, not a closed strip joi

Lowcountry
Last month, we traveled to Columbia, SC for a conference, and of course, we couldn't just drive straight home. We had to explore.Our first stop was an overnight stay at Daniels Island, just to the northeast of the Charleston peninsula. I've visited Daniels Island on several occasions to attend functions at a corporation located there, and find it both charming and odd. Situated between two of Charleston's major rivers, Daniels Island is a newly (in Lowcountry terms) developed, upscale community complete with homes, golf courses, parks, walking trails, restaurants, corporations and more. However, since it is a Master Community, the buildings and streets have a continuity that ten

The Pumpkin Patch
It's autumn! And while the leaves on this side of the state stubbornly refuse to dress in fall colors, days are turning crisp and nights, cold. In the mood for hot apple cider, hearty soup, and anything that celebrates the season, we went to a local farm for a hay ride to a pumpkin patch. Which? I'd prefer not to say for reasons you'll soon see.