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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Told ya we were gonna hike – so we are.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My daughter got married on Saturday </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>so now we’re free </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>to go play again. Tomorrow night we’ll be in Big Bear, CA and </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Wednesday we’ll </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>start hiking north on the PCT.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Won’t start at Campo (the border) </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>cause it’s too late </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>in the season to be starting that much desert.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Big Bear is about </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>300 miles north </FONT><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">(trail miles, that is) north of the border.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>This is a test for the knee.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We’ll see how far we get, but the objective is <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place>Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> by </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Christmas.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But I won’t tell you how wrong that statement is.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>In any case, this is plan A.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes – we also have Plans B & C.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After all, I DID do </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>contingency planning for spacecraft programs for a long, long time and it’s a hard </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>habit to break. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">We’ll let you know about the next step – when it’s history.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">Walk softly,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">Jim</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P><BR><BR>http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/<BR><BR></body>
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