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90 Second Escape: Down Under (in Rolesville)

JoeMiller — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:00:13 +0000

Monday — never an easy time for the outdoors enthusiast. After a weekend of adventure, returning to the humdrum work-a-day world can make one melancholy. To help ease the transition, every Monday we feature a 90 Second Escape — essentially, a 90-second video or slide show of a place you’d probably rather be: a trail, a park, a greenway, a lake … anywhere as long as it’s not under a fluorescent bulb.

Today’s 90-Second Escape: Down Under (in Rolesville)

Didn’t know there was deep sea diving in Rolesville, N.C., out on the edge of the Piedmont, did you?
Indulge 90 seconds of your time for a little fantasy, out at Fantasy Lake.

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Triangle: #BestTown2105

JoeMiller — Tue, 12 May 2015 13:38:33 +0000

You know how in the NCAA Tournament you’re always rooting for the little guy (provided the little guy isn’t playing your guy)?

Content from RDU #BestTown2015

That’s the situation the Triangle currently faces in its battle for Outside Magazine/Toad&Co.’s #BestTown2015 crown. Dubbed Raleigh-Durham for recognition reasons (but really encompassing all the great recreational assets of the Triangle), RDU, a No. 8 seed in the South regionals, handily beat No. 9 seed Bentonville, Ark., in first-round action. Now, in Round 2 we find ourselves up against No. 1 seed Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga: been to the dance before, known as a top-notch player not only regionally, but nationwide. It’s got whitewater paddling, it’s got climbing, it’s got hiking and mountain biking.
Just like you’ll find in the Triangle. But does it have scuba diving? Miles of flatwater paddling? More than 280 miles of greenway?
RDU deserves your support as #BestTown2015. And it needs it: currently the Triangle trails Chattanooga by a 63 percent to 37 percent margin. And time is running out: voting ends at midnight Wednesday.
Check out our brief slideshow campaign for RDU’s candidacy. If you need more convincing, read Raleigh-Durham’s complete position paper here. Then, let the country know what a great place this is to explore — vote!
This way to the ballot box …

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90 Second Escape: RDU #BestTown2015

JoeMiller — Mon, 11 May 2015 20:51:22 +0000

Today’s 90-Second Escape: RDU #BestTown2015

You know the Triangle is a great place to live if you’re an adventure-loving type. But have you ever had trouble convincing friends elsewhere of the fact?
You can actually mountain bike there — on more than 100 miles of singletrack?
There’s a 107-mile trail that runs through town?
Oh, please — you’re telling me you can scuba dive there, as well?
Yup. It’s all true. Here’s 90 Seconds of evidence. And if you’re still not convinced, check out this convincing case we make with our friends at Great Outdoor Provision Co. Then, once you’re informed, exercise your democratic right and vote!
Place your ballot here.

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90 Second Escape: Six-Foot Vis

JoeMiller — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:13:05 +0000

Today’s 90-Second Escape: Six-Foot Vis

On a hike Sunday, my friend Bill mentioned that he lived in Rollesville. Being an active type, I asked if he was a scuba diver as well; that was the one thing he wasn’t. But he was intrigued to know that there was a premier dive training facility right in his backyard, the Fantasy Lake Scuba Park.

I told Bill a little about the lake — about the rock crusher, CAT bus and airplane on the bottom, about the fish (and occasional turtle), about the thermocline. One thing I had trouble conveying, though, was just what the lake is like below the surface. Then I remembered this video, shot a couple years ago as I was researching “Adventure Carolinas.”

So Bill, and anyone else interested in diving the depths of Fantasy Lake, here’s a 90 Second plunge.

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90 Second Escape: Farewell to the Warm Waters of Summer

JoeMiller — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:59:07 +0000

Monday — never an easy time for the outdoors enthusiast. After a weekend of adventure, returning to the humdrum work-a-day world can make one melancholy. To help ease the transition, every Monday we feature a 90 Second Escape — essentially, a 90-second video of a place you’d probably rather be: a trail, a park, a greenway, a lake … anywhere as long as it’s not under a fluorescent bulb.

Today’s 90-Second Escape: Farewell to the Warm Waters of Summer

We always look forward to fall, possibly more so than any other season. The cool weather offers great incentive to do so many things: take a long hike, do a midday mountain bike ride, go rock climbing, go backpacking. But there’s one thing we’ll miss from summer: the warm water that accommodates so many of our recreational needs. (“Needs,” not “wants”? Absolutely.)

Today, on the first day of October, as those warm waters cool for the winter, we take a look back at water in its various recreational forms.

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