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A Day at the Races – Cascadia National Enduro Championship

What is a Cascadia National Enduro Championship event?  First, ride your mountain bike eight miles up a steep mountain. At the top, take a quick drink of water, collect your thoughts, and then plunge down that same mountain on dirt and rock single track through dense forest — hopping tree roots, whipping around tight corners on banked …

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Lord Stanley’s Cup…

… once again comes to Chicago!  An unprecedented three times in six years!!!  Woo Hoo!!!!! So here we are in a campground about 30 miles from Crater Lake National Park.  Can’t get TV over the airwaves… too many trees.  Verizon service is, once again, nonexistent, which we’re getting used to by now in these remote areas.  We …

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Merkel Hat Trick

July 30-31; our last days in Michigan — We left one Merkel home (Aunt Carolyn & Uncle Bob) in Harrisville in the morning, and arrived at another Merkel home some four hours away in Monroe in the afternoon.  That makes visits with all three of the Merkel families – lucky us! We really enjoyed our overnight with my …

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