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ivy is staying for a couple of days. We sat up late talking about the world, which is invariably a great conversation when she's involved. We also hiked through a bog, which was equally great.
Today we had brunch in a park with

basefinder, who gave me a neat book about thin-shell concrete structures, and talked about geiger counters a lot. We were going to play scrabble but the wind was strong enough it would have blown away the board. Instead we walked around the lake and admired red-winged blackbirds and baby ducks.
Monty did not eat any little dogs. Success is sweet.
Now I'm off to modify some bicycle pedals.

Yesterday I rode this.

I just about broke my collarbone, and now have cuts and scrapes all over.

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My bike would be a twisted pile of scrap metal if I tried that trail! You are either skilled, brave, or both.

Some of each, and I now have an outrageously nice bike on which to try it, after having flogged my now 30 year old mountain bike through similar stuff. I didn't ride it with the grace he did, but I managed to clear almost all the major obstacles. However, I was both completely exhausted and fairly bruised afterwards.