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VACATION COMMANDMENTS
by Vicki Hoefling Andersen
Photo-illustrated reminders of how to behave on your travels to other countries, and in your own country for that matter...
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SAFE CITY CYCLING
by Lynn Rosen
Before you start your city bike ride, plan routes with a preference for wide shoulders or bike lanes and low traffic areas. Check your ABCs - air, brakes and chain. Also be sure to check the quick release levers on your tires to make sure your bike is safe to ride. |
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AUTUMN BACKROADS:
Oregon to Montana by Larry Turner
In the camper shell and in my pickup backseat, I packed my camping gear, fly fishing gear, food and drink, warm clothes, a small library of books and some other accessories, and off I went into the autumn blue highways of life. |
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CHECKING OUT THE CRUZBIKE, FASTEST ROAD BIKE IN THE WORLD
by Steve Giordano
"You're going to die someday, but it won't be of a heart
attack,'' said the doctor after going over all the stress and
medical test results. ``Go ahead and ride the damned thing, but
take it easy on the hills." |
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ELDER SCUBA DIVING IN BARBADOS
by Yvette Cardozo
I like warm water. I realized along the way that shallow (say 60 feet or so) dives not only give you more time but usually have better life to see.
So when I recently went to Barbados, I talked to a couple of dive operators about "elder" divers. |
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HIKING OFFA'S DYKE -- WALES' MYSTICAL PATH, by Lee Juillerat
Experience abbeys, ruins, villages, and B&Bs along the Wales border. The Offa's Dyke Path is unlike any trail I had seen. Imagine hiking
through farms and country lanes to the still rural outskirts of cities. |
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ADVENTURE POEMS by Timothy Pilgrim Adventure Poet Laureate
Books on the way out (with a nod to Glen Larum)
"My life is all I've got."
-- Richard Hugo in The Triggering Town
Sun on horizon, you read an ending
like Milton's -- gone to blindness,
looking for light. It's time to flee, |
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OFF-SEASON TRAVEL
Humor Column by Noma d'Plume
We just booked two tickets to Tucson... for August. Yes, August, the off-est of off seasons for that desert destination. The month when Tucson's average high temps hover at a balmy 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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