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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
September 1, 2006
It's unseasonably cool; my breath meets the morning in misty gusts, my boots crackle along the trail underfoot.
Up through the juniper and ponderosa pines I climb, meeting an occasional hiker going the other way. Two jackrabbits cross the trail in front of me, their king-sized ears pricked for....