Introducing Our Fall 2026 Issue
Our Fall 2026 issue is wrapped up and ready for you to enjoy! Click on the cover image or link below to read the digital version. Print subscribers will receive mailed copies of this edition within the next two weeks. Preview the issue below.
Note: This issue marks our last quarterly edition before we switch to a biannual schedule. View our updated print and digital subscription rates here. Our next print issue will publish on April 1, 2027. Readers who have opted to continue receiving our weekly emails will get one every Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. Questions? Email us at backroadportfolio@gmail.com.
Also, while supplies last, anyone who orders a print or digital subscription will receive a complimentary copy of our Summer 2026 print edition.
Autumn’s Rainbow
Travel the backroads through a visual story of fall colors
Written and photographed by Robert Clark
As a photographer, I’m often asked what I enjoy most about what I do, and my answer is always the same: experiences. The thrill of viewing something I’ve never seen before and discovering the history, people, and places that make a landscape unique. Keep an open mind, take the scenic route, and you never know what you’ll find around the next corner.
Roughing It, Comfortably
A first-person account of Airstream adventures in America
Written and photographed by Betsy Tucker
Longtime subscriber Betsy Tucker shares her personal journey from backcountry purist to Airstream owner, describing the unexpected ways embracing a little comfort has opened the door to more adventure. Hop on her 20-foot Airstream Basecamp to explore the joys of downsizing, boondocking, public lands, and new places.
A Journey Through Time and Terrain
Experience the South’s scenic railways
By the Backroad Portfolio staff
Silver coaches once glided through pine forests and past moss-draped oaks, dining cars served sophisticated meals on white tablecloths, and travelers watched the landscape unfurl at a civilized pace. The journey itself was the point. Today those same tracks still cross the region, yet most of us rush past them in cars or above them in planes, treating the train as a relic rather than a choice.
Harvest Tables and Mountain Roads
Take a taste tour of authentic Southern holiday meals
By the Backroad Portfolio staff
From a Relais & Châteaux farm resort and family-style country kitchen to a sustainable farm community and rustic adventure basecamp, our fall journey loops through the foothills and mountains of East Tennessee and North Georgia in search of authentic Southern holiday tables. Celebrate the season with heritage recipes, hyper-local ingredients, and the kind of unhurried rural hospitality only backroads establishments can deliver.
Plus:
Resurrecting lost apples, the Colonel’s camellias, ambrosia’s layers of tradition, and the importance of helping others.
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