Tim Estep News Today

Wild Georgia columnist Charles Seabrook shares a firsthand account of this year's Georgia Botanical Society event.

Lifts-off Sales of ski-touring equipment are booming W HEN AMERICA’S newest ski resort opened on December 31st, Bluebird Backcountry was uniquely adapted to social-distancing measures because it lacked one thing that every other ski resort in America has: lifts. There were no queues to stand in, worrying about your neighbour breathing on you. Instead of shuttling ticket-holders up the mountain by gondola, lifts and other mechanised means, the new resort made skiers and snowboarders slide up t...