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Leaf-peeping season is just around the turn: Here's where to go

Leaf-peeping trips: Where and when to see peak fall foliage

Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute upcoming events

July 23 & July 24 Flatwater Kayak Fun Day at Watauga Lake Join one of our instructors for a half-day paddle on Watauga Lake. You will get a review of flatwater kayaks and gear, a safety briefing, and be fitted to one of our tour- ing kayaks, a life jacket and paddle. Launch into a protected cove and enjoy an easy day on the lake. July 24 Wilderness First Aid + Optional CPR With ASHI Wilderness First Aid training, first aid providers in a wilderness setting will be better prepared to respond when faced with limited resources, longer times to care for someone, and decisions about when and how fast to evacuate an ill or injured person. This 16-hour course covers wilderness and remote first aid from a basic understanding of emergency response in an outdoor setting to specific techniques and considerations for a wide range of injuries and illnesses. It conforms to the 2015 AHA and ARC Guidelines Update for First Aid and also meets or exceeds the Boy Scouts of America Wilderness First

8 Best Hiking Experiences Along The Eastern Continental Trail

TravelAwaits Jun.28.2021 Looking for that next adventure? If you live on the U.S. east coast, you may not have to look much farther than right in your own backyard.  There is a hiking trail that travels through 16 states, beginning at the Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida, ending some 5,400-miles away in Cape Gaspe’, Canada. It’s a trail that isn’t a trail but rather, a combination of seven east coast long-distance hiking trails that together form the Eastern Continental Trail or ECT.  Only a few hearty souls have made the entire trek on what the Sierra Club calls “a beast of a hike,” but you don’t have to upend your life for a year to experience the beauty and wonder of the trail. Instead, take a day or overnight hike on one of the many trails that make up the ECT – the Florida Trail, Conecuh Trail in Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest, Alabama and Georgia’s Pinhoti Trail, Benton MacKaye Trail in Georgia, the iconic Appalachian Trail (A.T.), an

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