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Saw a man walking his parrot this morning. We don't walk our parrots in Idaho. about 5 hours ago from txt
At the 40th annual ukulele festival. Just had a uke lesson. Very cool. 09:41:30 PM July 18, 2010 from txt
I've seen a bicycle with a surf board rack, a fire engine pulling a yacht & a bronzed old man with muscles like a dinosaur. We're in Hawaii! 06:01:13 AM July 15, 2010 from Birdhouse
Hong Kong airport. Free wifi. Chai. Lounge chairs. Kids craft area (gate24). Kids potties. English books. Love it! Gotta board the plane now 10:48:54 AM July 14, 2010 from Birdhouse
Hong Kong! There's just something about the fresh air and convenient transportation (Octopus card!) that makes my travel weary body smile. 01:51:14 AM July 11, 2010 from Birdhouse

A Grave Ride

By Shorel & Sandra on April 3rd, 2010

Finishing and decorating an apartment starts to take a toll on a person. I needed to get on the bike again.

This Saturday the weather was nice. Not sunny. Slightly cool. No rain.

So I hopped on the bike and just took off down a road.

I noticed more and more people along the road. Far more than

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01.01.10

By Shorel & Sandra on January 1st, 2010

A conversation I overheard as we were getting ready to go hiking:
Hubs: it’s 2010!
Schäfer: Ok! What can I do?

Thankfully, we made the bus by 8am. This is one of those bus rides where our friends stood in front of the bus and talked over a microphone from the moment the bus pulled out until we

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Amidst Fields of Oranges

By Shorel on October 24th, 2009

I woke up, looked out the window, and saw blue skies crowning the dawn of a new day.

It is a good day to ride.

On this day, I found myself riding with my buddies through fields of oranges. Billions of ripe tangerines to be precise. At every place we stopped to rest, I had oranges being

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WuDuHe: Riding Off Adoption Stress

By Shorel on October 5th, 2009

It has been a little stressful the past couple weeks – primarily with the adoption. Today, I decided to go riding to blow off some stress. There is something freeing about riding – especially in China. Every road I pass leads down some unknown valley and beckons me to explore it.

Today, I went on a

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From Cliff-carvings to Canyon Swimming

By Shorel on August 13th, 2009

08.08.09

This particular Saturday the bike club was supposed to ride to the Three Gorges Dam, eat lunch, then take a boat back down the river.

I took off a little earlier with a couple of the faster riders to go check out some cliff-side carvings that I spotted on a previous ride, which are located halfway

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Off-road Road Biking

By Shorel on August 8th, 2009

Last year, I sold my mountain bike and bought a road bike. Why? 95% of the roads around here are paved. I have very few trails to justify owning a mountain bike.

However, occasionally the local bike club (every member of which rides a knobby tire mountain bike) goes crazy and finds a dirt road. And

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