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Best Places For Apple Picking In Charlotte

Take a weekend drive through the open farmland and hillsides of North Carolina. Not far from Charlotte metro, enjoy meadows speckled with wildflowers and roadside stands brimming with apples. Explore lush fields of apple trees — the picking season kicked off Labor Day — and pack a picnic lunch for a budget-friendly fall weekend. Don’t forget homemade, hot apple pie or apple cider donuts for dessert.

2012/09/14

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Best Spots to Spend A Hot Summer Day In Charlotte

If the hot summer day doldrums have got the kids down, recharge their batteries with high-octane activities. Rev up their engines at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, or ride the waves on a rafting adventure at the world’s biggest man-made whitewater river. Cool down with a day of swimming in Charlotte’s largest lake, and end those toasty days with cool, silky ice cream. Charlotte’s best spots to spend a hot summer day promise this and so much more.

2012/07/06

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Best Pumpkin Patches!

October is the month for Halloween! When it comes to the festive holiday, pumpkins take center stage! So where do you go for the best in pumpkin picking? Here are a few places we think provide “orange pearls of perfection”!

CBS Charlotte–2011/10/03

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