
Biking the Blue Mountain Road
We had been biking down dirt roads all day. Mosquito bites covered our ankles and legs, and a desperate thirst had set in. By Kim Martineau
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We had been biking down dirt roads all day. Mosquito bites covered our ankles and legs, and a desperate thirst had set in. By Kim Martineau
I've been here before, so I know we'll get out of this mess eventually, but I suspect Sue and Jeff are starting to have doubts. By Phil Brown
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Something big and dark moves swiftly across the trail ahead of us and quietly vanishes in the brush. By Bill Ingersoll
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