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‘The Got Dang Redneck Riviera!’

‘The Got Dang Redneck Riviera!’

Florida’s ‘Forgotten Coast’ is by turns breathtaking and frustrating, with the soul of a mysterious old moll.

Posted on August 6, 2020August 13, 2020 by Andy MoonIn places18 Minutes Read

Back in the Outer Banks

Back in the Outer Banks

Childhood memories, skimboarding fails and mild thalassophobia on the Carolina coast.

Posted on July 15, 2020July 16, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn places12 Minutes Read

Life, as in Wineberries

Life, as in Wineberries

The delicate balance of tartness and sweetness.

Posted on July 9, 2020July 14, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn places6 Minutes Read

I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Low Country (Blues)

I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Low Country (Blues)

An ill-fated camping trip to James Island has one lesson to teach: listen to meteorologists.

Posted on June 18, 2020June 22, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn places7 Minutes Read

Eight Days on Okaloosa Island

Eight Days on Okaloosa Island

A trip to Florida’s Emerald Coast bookends a writer’s ‘younger years’

Posted on January 18, 2020January 19, 2020 by Mike SchoeffelIn places14 Minutes Read

Five ways of looking at The County Clash

Five ways of looking at The County Clash

Tucked away in the mountains of Western North Carolina is one of the most intense high school football rivalries in the nation.

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by Mike SchoeffelIn places9 Minutes Read

Come gather ’round the Table of Knowledge

Come gather ’round the Table of Knowledge

Camaraderie and comedy in a small Central Texas town.

Posted on August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 by Mike SchoeffelIn places9 Minutes Read

A Little White House on the Hill

A Little White House on the Hill

A trip to a Confederate general’s death site raises questions about who — and what — should be celebrated.

Posted on July 9, 2019August 6, 2019 by Mike SchoeffelIn places7 Minutes Read

Yellowstoning

Yellowstoning

A trip to Yellowstone’s Hayden Valley proves that nature is gracefully indifferent to humanity’s gaze.

Posted on June 19, 2019August 13, 2019 by Mike SchoeffelIn places6 Minutes Read

Hidden Village on the Rappahannock

Hidden Village on the Rappahannock

“Come and see Port Royal — come late in April or in May or June — when the crops are growing, the flowers blooming, the birds singing, the placid lake-like river just rippling into smiles. You shall dream yourself in Geneva…” – George Fitzhugh, 1859

Posted on June 16, 2019June 17, 2019 by Mike SchoeffelIn places6 Minutes Read

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