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Women: Be active, look cool on your summer adventures

It’s the summer clothing travel dilemma: you want to have an active vacation, but you also want to look good having it. Time was that could be a challenge. The...

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Beat the summer heat: just add water

Taking a dip in the Wilson Creek area. When blazing summer temps start rolling in, it’s easy to look at the calendar and say, “Maybe I’ll head back out in...

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Find adventure away from the crowds this Memorial Day weekend 

Memorial Day weekend — traditionally, the start of an adventure-filled summer. Trouble is, just about everyone else thinks so as well. To help you get the summer of 2018 off...

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Explorer Series: Julie Steiner on Mount Kilimanjaro

Julie Steiner atop 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro This year, with GetGoingNC.com, we’re holding a series of monthly talks with local folks who have taken some pretty cool adventures. Our Explorer Series...

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November adventure: Don’t give up on outdoor fun just yet

Using the summer bag for a backpack trip to Wilson Creek. Hiking in shorts along Falls Lake. Talking a 5-mile hike after work. That all happened in the past six...

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