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  • Mobile is live

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    I’ve been meaning to do this for years, so thank you Angella for lighting a fire =) My amazing web elf has put together an early version of the site via mobile platform: iPad, droid, iPhone. We still need to test a few things and he’s still fine-tuning a few other things, but LUCKY YOU…

  • Firsts

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    Children amazed by the smallest high-rise in the city, the ones uptown where the train stops and destitute men with beards sleep in platform shade and wheel chairs. “He’s just tired,” the father tells the little girl. A three-legged dog hops by the window, she says hello. Her brother looks up, pressing his nose against…

  • How Wolves Change Rivers

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    “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable “trophic cascade” occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do…

  • Neil’s Not Wheeling Any More #25 March 3, 2014

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    Tim sent two emails from San Fran: 1. OK, all international legs done. U. A. Flt #6408 is posted as on time. See ya’ll soon. Later 2. Just as I sent the last, flight delayed about 1 hr. I’ll keep you posted. Steve writes: Nothing is easy. When they cleared customs in San Francisco, Neil…

  • Neil’s Wheeling #22, #23 & #24 (Almost home)

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    Neil’s Wheeling #22 Feb 28, 2014 Time writes; Well I know it has been awhile, and here we are in Bangkok staging for the long, wrong way around the world, trip home. All is very well, and we have maintained a pretty incredible and fast pace the last leg down the mighty Mekong. Just as…

  • Sylvan Esso, “Coffee”

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    SYLVAN ESSO, “COFFEE” Live at the Wilderness Bureau from BANDWIDTH on Vimeo. I wish these guys had a full album. It’s all I want today.

  • Feather grass

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    My mom says those are feather grasses, or look like them anyway. I have no idea what they are. They don’t need a name. I ran my fingers over and through them without knowing anything about them and that was enough. They dotted one hillside on my Saturday morning hike. I’m trying to get out…

  • Neil’s Wheeling #20 & #21

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    Neil’s Wheeling #20 Feb 21, 2014 Tim writes: So, a poem from one of our new friends…a German we’ve paralleled for several days. There was a big contest in Australia about who could make the best poem about the home of the town: Timbuktu. The first one: I was a priest all of my life,…

  • Neil’s Wheeling #19 Feb 20, 2014

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    Part 1 of 3 Update from Mr. Vong, at the Vilayvong Phimmasone, reservation desk: Thursday, Feb 20. OK I’ll reserve one with twin bed and one room with big bed shower in side. Mr Vong Tim [of Oregon] writes: [clarifications by Steve, of Long Beach] Arrgh, lost even an internet post…oh well, try again, will…

  • Neil’s Wheeling #18 Feb 19, 2014

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    Tim writes: We just got into Vangvien a couple of hours ago after a LONG all day van ride over bad, mountainous passes. All continues to go exceedingly well. Health for us remains good to great. Extraordinary adventures and Neil has become a Facebook hero among European trekkers. No internet keyboards in sight. Best! Tim…