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    2019 Uncle Kurtis and Friends Holiday Showcase

    August 16, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Uncle Kurtis and Friends Holiday Showcase @ Asheville Music Hall 12-15-2019

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    August 2020

    July 30, 2020 - By Roger D.

    "Best snorkeling experience of our week"

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    June 2020

    May 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Featured Image: Scene from July, 2017, among the wrasses in St. John.

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    April 2020 – inspiration to “dare mighty things”

    March 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Wishing each of you all the best throughout the difficult days to come, and looking forward to better days for us all.

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    Rare Air Episode 37

    March 1, 2020 - By Roger D.

    This episode of Rare Air is a time capsule from Caneel Bay in July, 2017… two months before Hurricane Irma hit, leading to the resort’s immediate closure. Today, it’s still closed, and its future uncertain. Who would have guessed?

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    February 2020

    January 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    February desktop calendar now available - check back soon for a new episode of Rare Air.

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    Rare Air Episode 36

    December 31, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Scene from our visit to Brown Bay on July 7, 2017, two months before the onset of Hurricane Irma.

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    December 2019

    November 30, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Come back soon to see the latest episode of Rare Air.

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    Rare Air Episode 35

    October 31, 2019 - By Roger D.

    With this installment, the Rare Air encapsulation of our July, 2018, trip to Hawaii’s Big Island is now complete. May the artifacts from those memorable days and nights dance around in our collective consciousness forever. It was an exotic continuation of our adventures started in 2012, when we first set out to explore America and its National Parks together with our kids. The “trip of a lifetime” for Beth and me, it played out beautifully, ending with us all coming home to Asheville… as Amelia and Riley readied for their high school senior and freshmen years, respectively.

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    October 2019

    September 29, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Featured Image: 2018 photo from Puakō Bay, Waimea, Hawaii.

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