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66 fishing holes from the Gulf of Mexico to Washington, D.C. By Tom Adkinson		Way down upon the Ichetucknee River By Tom Adkinson

	Fishing, a recreational pursuit often enjoyed alone and almost never in a group larger than anyone’s coronavirus pandemic bubble, has taken off this year like a spinnerbait flung across a fog-shrouded inlet on a calm morning Full story		FORT WHITE, Florida – Although just six miles long, the Ichetucknee River has an oversized reputation because it is one of the prettiest float streams in America. Full story


First gold, then wine – magnets pulling people to Dahlonega, Georgia	Inside Cherokee National Forest: Same mountains, similar trails, fewer people	Escape summer’s heat with an underground serenade in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley	A sea of grass waits for ‘Tall in the Fall’ in the Flint Hills of Kansas


Rafting Tennessee’s Ocoee River erases memories of pandemic couch surfing	Rolling beside the Arkansas River to the Big Dam Bridge	Hiking to the top of the world, Georgia style	Strolling through Thomas Jefferson’s natural playground


Enjoying Nashville’s sculptures from a socially appropriate distance	Add ‘PYO’ to popular travel terminology as pandemic continues	‘Shoot the Hooch’ for a summertime break in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains	Walking across the Mississippi River in Memphis




A place for quiet reading in noisy New York	Florida’s Space Coast: Tranquil or very, very loud	Bigger than Niagara Falls – at least by one measurement	Pedal – or walk – through South Dakota’s Black Hills on the Mickelson Trail

‘Eat ‘em to beat ‘em’ is watchword to cope with venomous, but tasty, lionfish	Slam on the brakes for three weird attractions in the New Mexico desert	Walking through rich people’s back yards in Rhode Island	Alabama’s ‘Little Zoo That Could’ becomes ‘Little Zoo That Moved'

A room with quite a view, Chattanooga-style	Walking around Tacoma to see glass artist Dale Chihuly’s handiwork	Reflecting on the world’s beauty on 50th anniversary of Earth Day	Even after Mardi Gras, good times roll in New Orleans

Bring hippos into your home during coronavirus isolation	Soaking in the sun and sights on San Juan’s Condado Beach	On the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail in New Mexico	‘Nighttime would find me at Rosa’s Cantina

Dead trees draw wedding parties, beachcombers to Jekyll Island	Ferrying past an underwater park in Edmonds, Washington	Finding other Vulcans in Birmingham	Put this Washington museum in your stamp collection

At Prohibition’s centennial, celebrate bourbon on Northern Kentucky’s B-Line	10 years ago, much of Nashville was underwater	Sledding along at White Sands, America’s newest national park	Poking around the Library of Congress, even when it’s closed

Bending an elbow in craft-brewed Portland	Dine like a local in Saint Lucia’s market food stalls

train rides Experience a train ride into river gorges, through historic tunnels, and along some of the most beautiful landscapes in America
Journey through the Carolina Mountains and some of the most beautiful landscapes in America. Ride into river gorges, across valleys, and through tunnels carved out of majestic mountains. If you have been waiting to ride a train behind a century-old steam locomotive, here is your chance. Ride along one of the original railroad lines in Chattanooga, crossing four bridges and passing through pre-Civil War Missionary Ridge Tunnel, which was completed in 1858 and on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Tennessee Riverboat Cruises: Romantic Cruises or Family Adventures
Tennessee offers a variety of leisure riverboat cruises on its waterways. Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis all have riverboats or steamboats to take you on Tennessee rivers to view beautiful scenery and wildlife, enjoy live entertainment and a great meal, or learn about the history of the Civil War in our great state. Archaeological evidence along the cruise routes tells the stories of the various Native American cultures who inhabited this river valley for over 10,000 years. Cruise in the wake of the early pioneers who had to overcome rapids, shoals, whirlpools and the formidable Chickamaugas. See the famous Body Farm. Pause and reflect in remembrance of the many that perished on the Trail of Tears.
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