When the trees part and the trail slopes down to flowing waters, a hiker must decide: Try your luck and leap from rock to slippery rock — or take a deep breath and ford the stream?
waterways
An Ode to North Carolina’s Moving Waters
Our tribute to North Carolina’s 38,000 miles of wild and scenic rivers, from the Appalachian mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.
A Sound Country Serenade
From the boats to the bridges, the waterfronts to the wildlife, a writer finds lyricism among the streams, rivers, and sounds that connect, rather than separate, our coastal homes.
The Great Migration of Glass Eels
In spring, waterways across North Carolina -- perhaps even the creek out back -- teem with countless wiggly, barely visible eels.