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One by one folks opted out of this year's tune up for Joseph. Linda chose to go to Spokane to see Ryan and Kim. McCracken was off riding PAGE (where're your pictures, Jim?) Jim and Wanda had stayed in Dayton to engage in whatever rites are common in the Touchet Valley. I feared it would be only Mike and I for these three hills.

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Still waters run deep.

A person’s calm exterior often conceals great depths of character, just as the deepest streams can have the smoothest surfaces. (Dictionary of Cultural Literatcy)

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Hi Corrie,

Did you go on the CDA ride? If so how was it? I had social engagements this weekend so couldn't make it.

I went trail riding up asotin creek on Friday and had a slight mishap....

Hit a rock hidden in the grass and flew over the bars and landed on my face. All in all I was pretty lucky.

Saturday I did an extended lewiston loop and sunday rode up to colton.

Looking forward to the 3 summits ride next weekend.

Have a good one, Doug

And this from John McInturff

Corrie, Thanks again to you and the Twin River Cyclists for helping to make a great weekend ride.

Please tell Linda, we were really just kidding about Rylee buying more rocks. Linda looked like she was starting to get concerned for Rylee's mental state, which is actually as steady a rock. I didn't take as many pictures as I hoped to, and certainly thought I'd spend a little more time riding with y'all. I thought for sure you'd catch up to us on the hill, what with all the fooling around we do.

I've attached a few pictures for your blog, if you want them. The oddly framed picture of Rylee is oddly framed because the focus of the picture is not actually Rylee, but the rock monument marking the location (between mile post 30 and 31) of Rylee's road rash incident from a few weeks ago. Apparently the wind from the storm was enough to blow the top stone off the marker.

I had to take this picture on-the-fly, since Rylee didn't feel much like stopping to honor the spot this time through, even though some of her favorite skin is buried there.

The young moose in the picture was probably about a teenager by our standards. Still kind of fuzzy and awkward.

Hope you enjoy the pictures, John

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Who'd have expected an afternoon concert? All we wanted was ice cream. Some of us had ridden on to Wallace for ice cream. I was a little peeved since the music interrupted any conversation, but still it's surprises like these that make cycling fun. We had no nasty surprises other than my shifting. Carla did manage to fall off her bike and presented a nasty swollen wrist but by dinner it looked better.

I heard some complaints at Plummer on Sunday about the heat but really it had been cool and comfortable both days. Parking lots when you aren't moving are always uncomfortable.

Scott stopped to say hi as he passed me at a rest stop. "Lance had to stop and throw rocks in the river," he reported. It was the kind of weekend that makes baby boomers go kind of funny.

So here is the honor roll: See if I can get everybody. Corrie, Linda, Mike, Nicky, Scott, Debbie, Jim and Wanda, Lance and Jan, Sean, Shelly, John McInturff and Rylee, Helen, John and Carla. 17. I think that's all.