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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TED, good to hear you getting out and braving the
heat for a good workout. Folks who maintain a reasonable degree of fitness
are to be commended. Our culture of sedentary activities and fast food
-- our horrendous charge toward middle age diabetes and disability
-- is a plague. But fortunately, one we have the option of avoiding
in every case.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Glad to see you setting such a good example to
younger folks, ---Tony</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=starbliss@gmail.com href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Latah Trail
Deserted Because Of Heat Wave?</DIV>
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<DIV>All-</DIV>
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<DIV>Today I decided to take advantage of the beautiful summer weather, hot as
we all know, to take a bike ride on the wonderful Latah Trail between Moscow
and Troy. I rode about 12 miles on the trail, stopping a few times
under a few of the wonderful trees that line the trail (too bad there are not
more!), and enjoyed myself immensely. </DIV>
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<DIV>I also used the bike ride to take advantage of the Moscow Food CO-OP's
program to encourage biking, walking or other non-motorized forms of
transportation, to punch the special CO-OP card for those using non-motorized
forms of transportation to shop, which after purchasing five dollars
worth of goods each shopping trip, carried home by the aforementioned
non-motorized forms of transportation, earns the card holder after 20 trips a
five dollar discount. </DIV>
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<DIV>But what I found surprising, was that during the 90
minutes or so I was on the trail, I did not see another human being, not one,
except perhaps for those driving on Hwy. 8. Well, I could not see the
actual human beings in the cars and trucks on Hwy. 8 very
well. But it was a sign that human activity was nearby.
Otherwise I might have wondered if the whole human race had departed to
another realm. A cooler realm, perhaps! </DIV>
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<DIV>Every time I have biked the Latah Trail so far this late spring and
summer in the late afternoon/early evening on weekend days, there have been
numerous users, on bikes, walking, using strollers with infants and children,
etc. </DIV>
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<DIV>Today I had the trail all to myself. It was nice, in a way, like
having my own private bike trail to enjoy the non-human life forms and the
beauty of the Earth with no distractions. Yet odd, insofar as I wondered
why a bit of hot weather might drive people away from using the trail. </DIV>
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<DIV>Hey, 100 F. in shorts and tee shirt leisurely and slowly biking on the
Latah Trail with some breeze to cool off is a picnic.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Consider what US troops face in Iraq with 110 F. in the shade while they
are covered by all the gear they must wear?</DIV>
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<DIV>That's tough!</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted Moffett</DIV>
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