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ter—camping, paddling, sailing or motor boating. Maybe you are itching to camp but cannot get away for days on end; head to Oak Hollow right here in High Point. You can pitch a tent on one of 13 tent sites and, if you like, choose from the 6-7 that you can slide your kayak or paddle board right into the water from your campsite. They also have full RV hook ups as well. You will never realize you are just a short drive from home on this peaceful and beautiful local lake. So, perhaps you don’t have an entire weekend or time to be gone overnight but you need a quick outdoor microadventure that is family friendly and can be experi- enced in one afternoon or evening. Book your spot and head over to Lawndale Drive in Greensboro and go high into the tree- tops for the SKYWILD Treetop Adventure Obstacle Course. This course has it al. You start with beginner ground school, then progress to three levels according to how far you want to go into the treetops. You can imitate how animals get around in the trees by climbing, jumping, hanging, zip lining, balancing and more, it’s a workout and a microadventure all ages will love! Stay after and enjoy all the wonderful animals the Science Center has to offer including the very popular Asian Small Clawed Otters and Lemurs. If kayaking or stand up paddle board- ing is a microadventure you’d like to try, or to try at NIGHT for one of their infamous full moon paddles, join Get:Outdoors Paddlesports for an after work microad- venture paddle and dinner out or a full moon paddle on beautiful Belews Lake or Oak Hollow Lake. Paddling at night is a must do microadventure….the stillness of the water, no other boats around….the fish jumping…the bullfrogs bellowing and the owls calling
out..it is amazing. You can work a full day, go paddle a full moon event and be home in bed by 11pm and ready for work the next day. Many of us stay up until 11pm on a work night watch- ing TV, so why not branch out and do something DIFFERENT and exciting and healthy for your body, soul and mind? Or you could head north of Greens- boro to Eden, NC for an oldie but goody flashback…..did you ever experience a drive-in movie theater in your childhood memories? If so, what movie did you see? E.T.? Grease? Well, you and your family and friends can still experience the won- derful drive in adventure in Eden. If you have pickup truck, fill the bed up with
blankets and pillows, get some refresh- ments (support the theater, this is how they stay in business) and watch a fun or scary movie under the stars. This is a wonderful microadventure for a romantic evening to “go back in time” or to take your children or grandchildren if they’ve never experi- enced the big screen outdoors.
A microadventure can be something
you’ve never done, something you’ve al- ways wanted to do, something you’ve done before but haven’t done in many years, or taking someone to experience something they have never experienced. Whatever the definition is for you, it is FUN and do- able in a fairly short period of time. These micro events have the capacity to sustain us until we have the week long vacation. There are economically positive impacts of microadventuring close to home, as well, in that doing so supports local busi- nesses;
fewer miles;
it saves you gas as you travel it
is better overall for the
planet and gives us a deeper connection with our surrounding communities. Could it be the answer to our overworked, tech- nologically burned out existences? What microadventure could you try this month? This week? Today?
Resources to research for your microad- venture: Singletree Lodge (Singletree Gun and Plough), Dan River Company, Caro- lina Ziplines, Granite Arches Rock Climb- ing (see ad on page 39), Bregman's Trail Riding, Carolina Balloon, Divine Llama Vineyard, Get:Outdoors Paddlesports, Oak Hollow Lake, Greensboro Natural Science Center/SKYWILD, Eden Drive In
JoAndra (Jo) Proia is the Outdoor Writer for Nat- ural Triad. Her nature writing has been pub- lished in several out- door magazines and she published her first guidebook, “Piedmont Lakes” in the spring of 2017. She is an ACA Certified Kayak Instruc- tor and Guide with GET:OUTDOORS WOMEN ON THE WATER, a kayak shop in Greensboro. She can be reached at
jo.proia@
naturaltriad.com or LIKE her page at
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