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Paddle enthusiasts save money and rivers

With family vacation budgets tight as ever, one Georgia organization is offering an inexpensive vacation alternative that is at once economically and environmentally friendly.

SI.com: Appalachian State chancellor basks in attention

Every Labor Day tourists head to this Blue Ridge Mountains town named after Daniel Boone to take in breathtaking views, eat Southern cuisine, and buy arts and crafts.

SI.com: Appalachian State students celebrate huge upset

BOONE, N.C. -- The monumental upset at No. 5 Michigan was only minutes old when, more than 400 miles away, Appalachian State senior David Rockensuess and a dozen or so other students did what delirious college football fans always do.

SI.com: SI Flashback: Called for traveling

This article originally appeared in Sports Illustrated on April 20, 1998.

FSB: Carolina charm: Welcome to Raleigh

Tucked between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the beaches of the Carolina coast, Raleigh boasts a mild climate, award-winning public schools, and a thriving biotech industry, all of which helped this city of 360,000 attract 12,000 new residents last year - and lots of visitors.

Jefferson's Virginia: America's hottest new wine country

"Think of the world's great travel destinations," says Luca Paschina, wine maker at Barboursville Vineyards near Charlottesville. "Each has history, landscape, food and wine. That's the beauty of Virginia. It has all these things."

Fortune: Golf course living

Plenty of people dream of living on a golf course. Put on your spikes, step out your front door and you're ready to sneak in a quick nine holes before dinner.

Money Magazine: How to buy and build on rural land

I'm willing to bet that most real estate investors have a blind spot. Call it a prejudice. You focus on buying close to large population centers, big employers and the best schools.

A natural high in Brasstown Valley

"I got lucky," says Jerry Spillett, as he takes in the view.

FSB: Mud and Guts

It was 11:50 A.M., and we'd been driving Land Rovers for nearly three hours, first over the scenic highways around Asheville, N.C., then onto the dirt roads that run through the Blue Ridge Mountain...

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