What Type Of Tourist Are You?
Happy 2012! As we kick off the new year and make travel plans I ask you to consider what type of tourist you are.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
We love the hills and mountains of Appalachia. We live, work, play, and raise our families here. We love the land and the people. We want you to experience Appalachia the way we do – listening to the trees, hearing the wind, studying the forests, getting to know and understand the local people and culture, learning the rich history, following the rivers flow, hiking the trails, breathing the clean, crisp air, enjoying the silence, eating good Appalachian food, slowing down because it’s a better way to live, playing and laughing with children, watching the colors change from grey to green to orange, red, yellow, and brown.
We don’t just talk about it, we do it,, and share our experiences with you and invite you to share your experiences with us and help others experience Appalachia – a unique culture and environment!
Happy 2012! As we kick off the new year and make travel plans I ask you to consider what type of tourist you are.
If you like historic small towns then here’s a few reasons you might want to stop in Cumberland, MD if you’re passing through or make it a holiday vacation destination.
With the abundance of stuff tempting us to purchase I find myself having to take a step back and remember how important it is to look local first.
Do you seek a local, authentic experience even if it’s just a pit stop?
To truly be “green” should you not go anywhere beyond the range of what it takes to meet your essential daily needs?
Touring style tourists seek out an authentic travel experience knowing that the window of time for the epic experience often lasts for just a brief period, is short-lived, so the timing of the trip and the circumstances have to be just right. Sometimes they are and some times they aren’t, but when they are its nothing short of spectacular.
In this region mid-September through the 3rd week of October is the time of year when temps. drop telling the leaves to bail but before they do the cholorophyll in the leaf disappears allowing us to see the small amount of yellow, red, or orange that was green with chlorophyll all summer
So you know some reasons why Fall is so awesome in Appalachia right – foliage, perfect weather, awesome whitewater, but one part of the equation that I think gets little recognition is the delicious fall dishes and libations that present themselves during the fall harvest. Here’s a few of my favorites.
Hilton Head Island has held the Tree City USA designation for 9 years thanks to its progressive tree ordinance. The tree ordinance states “No person shall cut, destroy, cause to be destroyed, move or remove any tree within the Town limits of Hilton Head Island without first obtaining a tree protection approval”
and that was just lunch in N. Georgia.