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Best Place to Watch Grown Men Act Like Little Boys

Murchison Hill

Boys and their toys. Sometimes, when the wind has picked up just enough, it's possible to catch kids of all ages playing on the huge slope behind Murchison Middle School. With model airplanes that range from balsa wood to the latest in aerodynamic technology, fantasies fly for an afternoon. Daring hang gliders also use the hill for its updrafts to help them get eye-to-eye with the birds.