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	<title>Get Out&#33;: The great outdoors is as close as your D&#46;C&#46; doorstep</title>
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Outdoors: The D&#46;C&#46; metro area is home to some of the most beautiful mountains and rivers on the East Coast&#46; Virginia&#39;s Shenandoah National Park has some of the most popular hikes in the region&#44; and the Chesapeake Bay offers great sailing&#46; But those sites are far away&#44; sparsely peopled&#44; and filled with scary critters &#45;&#45; characteristics that strike fear into the hearts of locals who won&#38;rsquo&#59;t tread too far out of downtown Silver Spring or out of the shadow of the Capitol dome&#46; How are the OFF&#33;&#45;addicted&#44; pollen&#45;allergic&#44; bona fide D&#46;C&#46; cityfolk to get their sunlight&#63; Where can urbanites trade cockroaches for mosquitoes&#44; rats for possum&#44; cabs for deer&#44; and still break a sweat outside the gym&#63; Craig Howell&#44; a coordinator for the D&#46;C&#46;&#45;based gay outdoors group Adventuring&#44; promises hope&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Nearly Free Wheelin&#39;: Going by bike offers pitfalls&#44; but many perks</title>
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Outdoors: Ten years ago&#44; bicycling commuters weren&#39;t the most common morning sight on 16th Street NW&#46; Things change&#46; &#39;&#39;Now you will see several riders going down the street in the morning&#44;&#39;&#39; says Chuck Harney&#44; owner of the Bike Rack near Logan Circle and a participant in the Gay Games on Team DC&#39;s cycling group&#44; Velo&#46; &#39;&#39;It would be great to get the point where the bikes commuting down the streets were the majority instead of the minority&#46;&#39;&#39;  ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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