No Tripod, No Problem
Classes show how to get stunning nature shots with a phone Smartphones with built-in cameras are supposed to be the amateur photographer’s best shot…
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Claws-on Learning
State Park program promotes quality time with wild animals During the last week of December, Chimney Rock Park will host “Winter Break Family Animal Encounters,”…
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Word to the Wing
How did birding get so big with no one looking? Sure, the hobby has been around at least as long as the Audubon Society…
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Naming the Things That Go Bump
Ryan Lubbers, a naturalist for Chimney Rock State Park and longtime nature educator, loves the surprises night hikes hold. This month, Lubbers will lead…
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Green and Growing (and Growing and Growing)
It smothers hillsides throughout the South, turning telephone poles into spooky green smokestacks straight out of a vintage horror movie. It’s immune to herbicides,…
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Re-embracing the Vine that Ate the South
Edith Edwards, aka the Kudzu Queen, deep-fried her first kudzu leaf on August 22, 1981. Decades later, she still remembers dipping the fronds in cold tempura batter and then…
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Mom on the Rocks
Nothing says “I love you, Mom” quite like skipping the hours-long wait for brunch at some tedious chain restaurant and opting instead for a…
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Jingle Belays
Anthony D’Ercole can’t rely on a Christmas miracle to help him make multiple deep rappels off the 315-foot granite monolith we know as Chimney…
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Easter for Every Bunny
Organizers are cagey on whether participants in the Bunny Hop 5K are actually expected to, y’know, hop for the full 3.1 miles of the…
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Daredevil in a Red Suit
Santa squeezes down an awful lot of chimneys the night before Christmas, but at least the freefall is short, and there are generally cookies…
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