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July 31, 11:30 Moscow

We are now in Moscow ID visiting my friend Priscilla. We biked up the 2500 ft
white bird hill getting us to Grangeville Idaho. It was hot and long but we're
used to it now. Priscilla picked us up at the golf course there and wisked us
off
to her house and then fed us a sumptuous meal. We will luxuriate here until
Saturday morning when we will be redeposited back on the trail on the way to
Missoula.

We actually did 75 miles yesterday bringing us to the absolutely beautiful
Riverfront Gardens of Stan and Norma Moore on the salmon river at about 830 PM.
They served us breakfast this morning of the most wonderful fruit and yogurt
combination and great coffee too just because they are great people. They were
just so nice and took such great care of us. That's the recurrent story of this
trip so far. Everyone with the exception of an occasional unconscious trucker
has been wonderful.

I have some comments about biking though. First , when they newly gravel and oil
a road you have a mess and potentially dangerous conditions. Yesterday we rode
over 4 miles of it and the pebbles kept getting between my brakes and tire
causing many a profane utterance. Also today Leah took a fall on one of those
indentations in the road that warn drivers that they are too far to the right .
The problem was if you were on the right side of them you were in the gravel and
on the left well there were the logging trucks that weren't very sensitive to
the delema.    HOOOONK!

Let me throw in right here that  Priscilla's son Ben is an amazing wood
sculptor. You can and should see his work on  www.conjureworks.com. Have a look
they are a real treat.

So where's the profound political raving you've come to expect from my pen? I am
elated that  wolves are going to be protected again. What a victory for common
sense. May the  members of the current administration be subject to De-listing
as unprotected species. I wonder how long they would last?

This leads me to talk about the lectures on my I Pod.  I have now listened to
hours of lectures  compiled and provided by Ken Shauer. The subjects have been
wide including The era of Alexander The Great, The history of
American thought, Biological Anthropology, and currently Great Books. My
conclusion from listening to all of this is that all you still employed people
should make a habit of saying an emphatic NO to your boss at least twice a day..
It could ultimately save humanity. Please send me their reactions via the
comment section of this blog. It is indeed apparent that those who simply
unthinkingly follow orders do humanity a great  disservice

A Note to my friend Don Bruns- I listened to Jobe. What a dispicable little God
portrayed. My god and I hope yours is bigger than that. Let me also suggest that
you have Ken download the lectures on biological anthropology. It would do your
head good.Finally check the recumbant picture in this blog. Everyone who I've
talked to loves them. You may have been right however the one in this picture
sold on Amazon for $450 and was perfectly good. Consider getting one and then
buying a $4000 one later if you need one.