More popular now than ever, folks are buying or cleaning up their already owned RVs and using them for safe travel, to avoid hotel stays or as an easier way to enjoy camping spots. (We’ve got some camping spots around TR you might enjoy – read more right here!) One of the biggest advantages of …
Long before school plans shifted for our community, TR Makers Co. has been leading the game in integrating art and science, math and hands on learning. Their classes set a high standard for what is possible when creativity and education meet. Yes, TR Makers Co is a shop on our Main Street in …
There really aren’t many areas of our lives that haven’t been altered during the events of this year. Naturally, we all think about the way our family’s lives are affected. We think about how our jobs have shifted, how our habits have changed and how our thoughts have progressed. Something else we may not have …
Zen. That elusive ideal and state of being. Zen. Utter relaxation and internal peace. Zen. Everything 2020 is NOT. Listen, we don’t have the cure for 2020 and we can’t promise everlasting bliss, but we do know of a place that is downright delightful and is a pretty fantastic way to pretend this summer is …
Taking care of our health – both physical and mental – has always been a vital part of our lives. (Or should be – right?) And lately we’ve been extra reminded of how important it is to do what we can do. To feed our bodies good food. (Aren’t we fortunate to have so many …
Summer and reading go hand in hand. You’ve got your beach reads and your escape reads, you have your self help books and your get-better-at-your-job books. There are options to educate and inform and expand your world view. Plus, this summer a whole heckuva lot of our activities and our plans have been postponed, canceled …
Photos & Story by Clint Keels BBQ – a familiar thing around our parts here in The South. In three regions of South Carolina alone, it is done differently. Reds in the upstate and west, mustards from Newberry to Elgin, and vinegar in the east and lowcountry are trip wires of flavor along the …
Photos and Story by Clint Keels “Back up in here somewhere is the Thompson, the Horse Pasture, and the Toxaway,” I said. “We’ll work through each one of these and I’ll show y’all a bunch of it or something.” I was talking to my friend Koby and pointing to scale drawings of terrain features …
Half of a century. That’s enough time to start and to end a dozen jobs. That’s a life long marriage. That’s time to earn some grey hairs – or to lose some hair. That’s fifty years. And it’s exactly how long Steve Borklund has been working for State Farm Insurance. In our current …
by Jonathon LaRoy I recently caught up with Beau Bethel the owner and operator of Blue Wall Adventures. He’s a mountain bike guru and turned that passion into a business plan two years ago. Blue Wall Adventures is an incredible source for outdoor adventures in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. They offer …