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Trail Magic, Family Magic

Kurt and his family made some magic on the trails this August! Read more about their hiking adventures here.

Kurt’s Hikes: July 2016

Check out BRC Editor Kurt's hikes taken in July, including a great family photo!

Four Easy Pieces

See Kurt's latest hikes from June - a couple easy ones for you this month!

A Family’s Favorite National Park

If there’s a thread of experiential connection in my family, it is certainly walks, now over parts of nine decades, in the National Park you hike— the Appalachian Trail.

Kurt’s Hikes: May 2016

See the latest of Kurt's hikes from this past May and get in on the adventures!

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Kurt and Gail on what they say was their last full-summer ascent of McAfee Knob.

Trail Magic, Family Magic

Kurt and his family made some magic on the trails this August! Read more about their hiking adventures here.
This assemblage of pretty people at Kure Beach limited our hiking for the July 16-22 week to a series of pretty short beach walks.

Kurt’s Hikes: July 2016

Check out BRC Editor Kurt's hikes taken in July, including a great family photo!
Pre-geezer hikers block the hazy view from Barney's Wall.

Four Easy Pieces

See Kurt's latest hikes from June - a couple easy ones for you this month!
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A Family’s Favorite National Park

If there’s a thread of experiential connection in my family, it is certainly walks, now over parts of nine decades, in the National Park you hike— the Appalachian Trail.
Gail at the Audie Murphy Monument.

Kurt’s Hikes: May 2016

See the latest of Kurt's hikes from this past May and get in on the adventures!
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