http://www.bettertravelersnow.com Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:37:47 EDT http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/29/10/every-picture-tells-a-story-don-t-it-part-ii.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/29/10/every-picture-tells-a-story-don-t-it-part-ii.html Beginning in Spring, We Stroll Through Winter

In this second article, we will examine a more familiar world - the one within our everyday reach. The world where I step from sheltering abode, and explore the realm that exists upon my property, whether I am there to witness it or not, it wakes upon the optimism of the rising sun, and feeds upon what it needs to exist.

When I no longer exist within this this plane of my existence, this environment of revolving color and smaller living beings wi... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:09:45 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/28/10/north-carolina-s-coastal-region-beaufort-county.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/28/10/north-carolina-s-coastal-region-beaufort-county.html "Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" Part I

In this article, we will explore a bit of Beaufort County through a stopped moment in time. These pictures, a dozen at a clip (in this inaugural issue, we offer a bakers' dozen), of animate, but mostly inanimate objects, tell very short stories of a thin moment in time, that is no more, and can never be restored.

The Bonner House in Bath, North Carolina, in early spring, before the blossoms bring so much new life as the seasons will change. ... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:07:01 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/27/10/north-carolina-s-coastal-region-washington.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/27/10/north-carolina-s-coastal-region-washington.html Gateway to the United State's Second Largest Estuary, The Pamlico Sound, Washington, North Carolina is Gaining on its Past

Washington, North Carolina is my town. I have lived other places, but Washington, as the western most incorporated municipality, sitting at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 17 and U.S. Hwy. 264, in my home county of Beaufort, is my home. It is the county seat of Beaufort, which is one of the oldest counties in North Carolina, established in 1712; with the village of Bath as... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:05:45 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/26/10/north-carolina-state-parks-part-i-south-mountains-range-part-i.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/26/10/north-carolina-state-parks-part-i-south-mountains-range-part-i.html South Mountains State Park

Rising high from the foothills and lower piedmont of North Carolina, the South Mountains Range of North Carolina is a unique geological formation that boasts streams leading to waterfalls, such as the High Shoals Waterfall that I visited, and some elevations approaching 3,000 feet above sea level. South Mouth Mountains Range, where once gold was mined beginning in 1826, comprises 100,000 acres (156 square miles) located in three counties: Burke, Cleveland and Rutherfo... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:04:01 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/19/10/the-outer-banks-north-part-i.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/19/10/the-outer-banks-north-part-i.html Nags Head North to Corolla

For me, Nags Head is the jumping off point for exploring North Carolina's Outer Banks. From this central locale; one can quickly move 3 to 4 miles south on US Hwy. 12 and be at the northern end of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore; or head 4 to 5 miles west on US Hwy. 64 across the Roanoke Sound and be on Roanoke Island, where Manteo is located, or move north about 25 miles on US Hwy. 158 and then to US Hwy. 12 all the way to Corolla. Check your map: Nags Head is ... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:56:45 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/18/10/tybee-island-georgia.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/18/10/tybee-island-georgia.html The Keeper of the Mouth of the Savannah River is Tybee Island ...

And it has been since 1736. In that year, British General James Oglethorpe understood the imperative need to mark the entrance of the river, so he ordered a lighthouse constructed at its mouth on Tybee Island. General Oglethorpe considered the defense of the river also a priority, and therefore, he had a small fort constructed to insure the control of the Savannah River for his British Citizens upriver.

Tybee Island would la... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:56:01 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/11/10/national-parks-part-iv-the-blue-ridge-parkway.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/11/10/national-parks-part-iv-the-blue-ridge-parkway.html The Misty Mountains of North Carolina

Rising up from the adjoining foothills and valleys stretching up from northwestern Georgia to southeastern Pennsylvania is the Blue Ridge Mountain chain. The Blue Ridge Mountains comprise a collection of the highest peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, making the Blue Ridge the highest peaks east of the Black Hills in South Dakota. The concentration of the tallest and most massive mountains in this hazy scalloped ridge, that rise up like the big blue shoul... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:33:45 EST http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/10/10/hilton-head-south-carolina.html http://www.bettertravelersnow.com/post/10/10/hilton-head-south-carolina.html Great Big Beaches, Swimming in Warm Waters Well into October ...

Or you could just play golf or tennis. Hilton Head Island, the island that resembles a basketball shoe, is world famous for its number of championship golf courses, including The PGA sponsored Verizon Heritage Golf Tournament held at the Harbour Town Golf Links, located on Calibogue Sound near the southern toe of the island.

I am not a golfer; however, and it was too hot to play tennis when I visited in June and August, so I spe... Read More]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:01:01 EST