Highlights of the Carolina Outdoors

S2, June 22nd, 2024 Summer camp for many of our youth is a rite of passage during childhood.  Randy Peterson is the Chair of the Board of Managers for Camp Harrison in Boomer, NC, & a volunteer with the Y & Camp Thunderbird in Lake Wylie, SC.  He joins host Bill Bartee on the Carolina Outdoors to speak on the opportunities for the community to get to summer camp. Show Highlights: Camp Thun...

S3, June 22nd, 2024 Summer time is here in the Carolina Outdoors.  That means that summer time produce.  Host of the Carolina Outdoors , Bill Bartee speaks with Bush N Vine Farm ‘s, Sam Hall about corn, peaches, watermelon, & okra, & more.  Plus the conversation edges towards the popularity of pick-your-own & how to best tackle perishables during the heat of the summer.. Show Hig...

S4, June 22nd, 2024 The question of “Can you legally drink a beer on a boat in North Carolina”?  Host of the Carolina Outdoors , Bill Bartee, answers it.  Listen in to learn what the rules are & what you may need this summer when out on an area lake. Show Highlights: In North Carolina, the rules and regulations regarding drinking alcohol, including beer, on a boat are designed to e...

Segment 2, June 15th, 2024 The 124 th US Open has come to the Carolinas.  It’s being held at Pinehurst No. 2 which is called the “Cradle of American Golf”.  This course opened in 1907 has hosted 4 US Opens in 25 years & is known for its difficulty. The Greens are difficult, The Roughs are difficult, and the length at 7,548 yard par 70 make it a tough place to play even without the use of water...

Segment 3, June 8th, 2024 Alen Baker is a voice that many will recognize on the Carolina Outdoors .  He’s an avid fly fisher, tyer, & conservationist.  He founded the Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians , & is a 2019 inductee in its Hall of Fame.  He joins host Bill Bartee to chat about his new project:  the Cap Wiese Fly Fishing Center Baker has been doing satellite exhi...

Segment 3, June 8th, 2024 Who’s dreamed about putting on a pair of hiking boots and taking off.  Leaving work, leaving responsibilities, & just taking on a long hike.  Muriel Epling joins host of the Carolina Outdoors, Bill Bartee, to chat about the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).  She hiked the  Appalachian Trail ten years ago.  The discussion includes the difference in trails, the wisdom of ten y...

Segment 2, June 1st, 2024 “I’m not much for walking.”  This was the statement that a young person said to host of the Carolina Outdoors. It was perplexing to Bartee.  He’s the host of the program but also spends his days at the sponsor of the Carolina Outdoors , Jesse Brown’s.  This local, outdoor store in Charlotte has been a proponent to the health of hiking and wal...

Segment 3, June 1st, 2024 Many different things happened at the turn of the 19th Century.  One of those things occurred in the small village of Matthews, NC, in 1900.  That is when Renfrow’s Hardware opened.  Current owners, David & Mary Beth Blackley have been at the controls since the mid-1980s.  David joins host of the Carolina Outdoors , Bill Bartee, to talk about the changes that ha...

Segment 1, May 30th, 2024 Charlotte Douglas International Airport expects 220,500 passengers to depart & arrive during the 2024 Memorial Day holiday.  This is a 21% increase from last year. The Coca-Cola 600 is taking place this weekend in the Charlotte-area this weekend & Landsford Canal State Park continues to celebrate the world’s largest bloom of the Rocky Shoals Spider Lily . in...

Segment 2, May 30th, 2024 How many people can truly do what they love professionally?  How many people can make money with what they dreamed about as a child?  How many people can travel the world with their spouse & see places & things that they otherwise may not. Keith Richardson grew up in Rock Hill across from Confederate Park.  Here he could play all day, including on the six tennis c...

Segment 3, May 25th, 2024 He’s called a Legend at Appalachian State University.  He played as their Singles #1 for all four years that he was there (He was also #1 Doubles).  Keith Richardson built his confidence & grew his world with the confidence that was built from that experience.  It also helped him recognize that he could play tennis professionally.  His record, 109-11. After gett...

Segment 1, May 18th, 2024 A recent article that was published shared a conversation about consumers investing in experiences instead of just stuff. The sponsor of the Carolina Outdoors business model is based on outfitting people for experiences of travel & adventure.  Jesse Brown’s has been Charlotte’s local, adventure outfitter for fifty-four years. Show Highlights: People are st...

Segment 2, May 18th, 2024 So what’s been happening this spring & looking forward what’s happening this summer?  Alex Flowers has grown up in Scouting.  Now he joins Carolina Outdoors-host , Bill Bartee, to talk about two of the high adventure camps of Boy Scouts of America & the upcoming name change of the organization to Scouting America. Show Highlights: Sea Base focuses on aquatic sport...

Segment 3, May 18th, 2024 Helen Verkamp was introduced to travel at a young age while growing up in New England.  She recently spoke with Carolina Outdoor host , Bill Bartee, about her life of travel.  She’s been to 53 countries & the number is growing. However, when Verkamp travels, she usually doesn’t stay in a resort, lodge, or cruise ship.  She immerses herself into the food, t...

Segment 1, May 12th, 2024 The Carolina Outdoors introduces the people that are moving into the Carolinas into some of the special things that we have here plus remind locals of the special things that we have here. Host Bill Bartee opens with some of what’s happening in the Carolina Outdoors.  Striper fishing, the completion of turkey season, & the prohibited items at the Wells Fargo Gol...

Segment 2, May 12th, 2024 The Carolina Outdoors introduces the people that are moving into the Carolinas into some of the special things that we have here plus remind locals of the special things that we have here. Host Bill Bartee speaks with Park Ranger Zach Gross about one of those special places that is located one hour south of downtown Charlotte.  It is a 448-acre gem called Landsford Canal...

Segment 3, May 12th, 2024 How many of us get along with our In-Laws?  Our next guest, cemented himself into the lore of his family through a fateful interaction on a recent family trip. Chris Franks grew up in Mississippi hunting, fishing, & enjoying the outdoors.  When he & his wife married, it added a whole new aspect to his travels & adventures. On a recent family trip to Guatemala...

Segment 4, May 12th, 2024 The Carolina Outdoors celebrates its listeners.  Whether getting up early heading to the Wells Fargo Championship at the Quail Hollow Club.  Host Bill Bartee breaks down items that are permissible at the golf tournament . Also, remember to wear comfortable footwear & wear sun protective clothing . Show Highlights: Zach Gross lets us know that the recent high water has...

Segment 1, May 4th, 2024 Preparing for an exciting week in Charlotte with the upcoming Wells Fargo Championship Golf Tourney coming to Charlotte along with the Kings Drive Art Walk that is taking placing May 4th & 5th, 2024.  Also, May is a huge time in the neighboring Virginia town of Damascus. Show Highlights: Cicadas in the Carolinas Blane Chocklett in Charlotte May in Damascus, VA Kings Dr...

Segment 3, May 4th, 2024 Damascus, Syria, is listed as the oldest capital city in the world.  However, on the Carolina Outdoors, we like looking to the Damascus town to the north of the Carolinas, in Virginia. Damascus Town Councilmember, Beaty Jackson, rejoins host Bill Bartee to talk about the month of May in a town that swells from 650 people to 20,000 people during Trail Days. Show Highlights:...

Segment 3, May 4th, 2024 During the recent Charlotte Urban Hike 2024 from Freedom Park to the NoDa area the Little Sugar Creek Greenway passed through the E. Morehead Street/Pearle Park Way Bridge.  This section of the Greenway plays host to the Kings Drive Art Walk (KDAW) , Saturday & Sunday, May 4th & 5th, 2024. Mark Boone, the board president of the Festival in the Park, recently joined...

Segment 4, May 4th, 2024 Residents of Newberry County South Carolina have called police on the loud noise caused by the emergence of cicadas.  The high pitched noise in Newberry alarmed them enough to elicit a response from the county sheriff department. The male cicadas sing to attract mates, according to The Associated Press. “ We have had several calls about a noise in the air that sounds like...

Segment 2, April 27th, 2024 It is travel season.  A center point of international travel in the Carolinas is Charlotte Douglas International Airport.  According to  Airports Council International (ACI) 2021 final ranking had the Charlotte airport as the fifth busiest airport worldwide for arrivals and departures.  It was sixth for passenger traffic in released. Trivia Dream.com recently put forwar...

Segment 3, April 27th, 2024 Who’s been to the top of Africa the most?  In the Charlotte-area it is Macon Dunnagan .  He started climbing the mountain twenty-two years ago & has done it fifty times.  Through his climbs he’s been recognized by a North Carolina governor & is currently an ambassador of travel for Tanzania. Show Highlights: June 24th is his last open climb of 2024.  He&#8...

Segment 2, April 20th, 2024 POSTPONED HIKE UNTIL 4/28/2024 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. Taking a walk or a hike where you live is what the Urban Hike is all about.  Urban Hike co-founder, Drew Thrasher, joins the Carolina Outdoors for a conversation about seeing where you live from a different perspective The perspective of a hike. Show Highlights: Thrasher, along with Jonathan Hemingway & David...