Exploring the trails of the Carolinas, both real and imaginedhttps://carolinajourneys.com/en-ushttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/trading-path/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/trading-path/Following the ancient Trading Path from Occaneechi Town to the Trading Ford on the Yadkin River, tracing the route of John Lawson and countless travelers before him.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/live-oaks/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/live-oaks/Visiting the ancient live oaks of coastal Carolina - the Indian Trail Tree, the Secession Oak, and the magnificent Angel Oak.Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/grayson/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/grayson/Exploring the windswept balds of Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia, where wild ponies roam among the highest peaks in the state.Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/monarchs/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/monarchs/Witnessing the annual monarch butterfly migration along the Outer Banks of North Carolina.Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/adshusheer/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/adshusheer/Searching for traces of Adshusheer, a vanished Sissipahaw Indian town on the banks of the Haw River.Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/sassafras-mountain/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/sassafras-mountain/A journey to the highest point in South Carolina, where the Blue Ridge meets the Piedmont.Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/shut-in-trail/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/shut-in-trail/Hiking the historic Shut-In Trail near Asheville, following the path of George Vanderbilt from his mansion to Mount Pisgah.Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/union-square/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/union-square/Exploring Union Square in Raleigh, where North Carolina briefly had its capitol, and the streets still remember.Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/havacow-hash/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/havacow-hash/Encounters with a large turtle and the future Meadowmont of Chapel Hill while following a flour marked trail with the Tar Heel Hash House Harrier association of social runners and imbibers.Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/de-soto/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/de-soto/In the 1500's several expeditions of Spanish soldiers traveled up from Florida into parts of North Carolina — but their precise paths are still debated.Sun, 14 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/dismal-swamp/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/dismal-swamp/A remarkable ditch connecting Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound.Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/going-after-elisha/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/going-after-elisha/Dr. Elisha Mitchell's search for the highest mountain in the East, and his final hike to Mitchell Falls.Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/bigfoot-hash/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/bigfoot-hash/Following a flour-marked trail through a quaint college town with the Tar Heel Hash House Harrier association of social runners and imbibers.Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/kings-highway/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/kings-highway/A visit to a famous oak tree in Pender County.Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/faith-rock/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/faith-rock/A visit to a famous rock that played a crucial role in a patriot's escape from the clutches of the notorious Revolutionary War loyalist, David Fanning, in 1781.Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/hellespont/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/hellespont/A runner paddles into history by recreating Byron's famous swim across the Hellespont in 1810.Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/silver-cup/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/silver-cup/A recollection of events leading up to, and some events subsequent to, a 1964 sailboat race on Kerr Lake — and the memorable prize awarded to the first place finisher.Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/bunker-brothers/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/bunker-brothers/World famous twins seek the life of gentlemen farmers in North Carolina.Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/judaculla-rock/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/judaculla-rock/The petroglyph hunter visits a big and significant rock in western North Carolina, where a great seven-toed slant-eyed giant once prowled.Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/after-the-olympics/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/after-the-olympics/How Mia Hamm and her crowd have changed the American runner's world.Sat, 14 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/forks-of-the-yadkin/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/forks-of-the-yadkin/Before Kentucky, Daniel Boone roamed the woods of North Carolina.Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/shooting-stars/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/shooting-stars/Neutrinos, quarks, James Joyce and celebrating the Leonid Meteor Shower with a few of our closest friends.Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/peter-ney/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/peter-ney/People who knew him routinely described him as the greatest man they'd ever met. What was it with this Rowan County schoolteacher who died in 1846?Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/firetower/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/firetower/Carriageless rambles up the gentle carriage trails of Moses and Bertha Cone to a tower on the summit of a mountain high above Blowing Rock.Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/tarletons-tea-table/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/tarletons-tea-table/Al fresco dining in Lincoln County with Lord Cornwallis and Colonel Tarleton in the winter of 1781.Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/carolina-petroglyph/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/carolina-petroglyph/The spirited pursuit of a remarkably evasive prey.Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/burnt-churches/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/burnt-churches/The peaceful ruins of several eighteenth century churches stubbornly stand still.Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/sauratown-mountains/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/sauratown-mountains/A trail run from the summit of Pilot Mountain to the summit of Hanging Rock.Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/waccamaw/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/waccamaw/Disturbing the Waccamaw silverside and killifish in a mysterious Carolina Bay.Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/flora-macdonald/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/flora-macdonald/A world famous Scottish Highlander's turbulent five year sojourn in North Carolina.Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/shad/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/shad/Getting intimate with a famous and historic spring-time river runner.Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/cary-hash/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/cary-hash/Following a flour-marked trail through the new subdivisions of Cary with a group of social runners.Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/wolfes-angel/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/wolfes-angel/A marble angel in a Hendersonville cemetery may have inspired the title of Thomas Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel.Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://carolinajourneys.com/posts/history-on-a-stick/https://carolinajourneys.com/posts/history-on-a-stick/Reflections on a few of North Carolina's 1,434 historical markers.Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT