Off the Beaten Path: the Forest Heritage National Byway
When you’re heading south next time, especially if your path takes you close to the Great Smoky Mountains, carve out some time to drive the Forest Heritage National Byway in the Pisgah National Forest. More later on specific sights along the route, but first we’d...
Off the Beaten Path: The Trail of the Whispering Giants
We see a lot of folks with the North America map on the side of the RV, and we’ve visited with friends and acquaintances at camping get-togethers enough to know that making collections of travel memorabilia is a common pastime. We ourselves collect national park...
Off the Beaten Path – Beer & Bacon in Medora, ND
By Patti Burkett Sometimes, I have to admit, it can be exhausting traveling with Tom. He's relentless in his pursuit of things to see and do. Every time we go on a trip he spends weeks preparing an itinerary. He looks at dozens of websites and books, and the google...
Off the Beaten Path: Oak Ridge, TN
Recently we saw a copy of a letter posted on the wall of a museum. It was dated November third. The letter said. “The federal government is taking your land for a project of vital national importance. We’re going to pay you fair value for it, and you have to be...
Off the Beaten Path in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven Connecticut is probably best known as he home of Yale University, and if you go there, you would certainly enjoy a walk around that iconic campus. But New Haven has some other things to offer that are not quite as obvious. Connecticut is nicknamed the...
An Off the Beaten Path Encounter with Paint Ball Mike
When Mike Carmichel was twelve years old, he accidentally dropped a baseball in a bucket of paint. “Interesting,” he said to himself, and kept dipping it. Then he wrapped a wire around it to use as a handle and invited his friends to help. That was the beginning of...
Off the Beaten Path: A Little R&R and Guitar in AR
It p[ays to ask the locals when you're looking for interesting off the beaten path attractons. Take the time I stopped after dark at the city park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. There were all-night bathrooms with showers and electrical hookups, but no signage at all...
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