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...Daybreak Saturday brought more large crowds to the banks of the Mississippi - and this time many wished Tipper a happy birthday. We traveled the river together, greeting residents as we rode - some in person as we passed through locks and dams along the way, others from afar with a wave or a yell towards shore. A group of high school students camping on the shore of the river stoked their campfire and yelled in support as we drifted past. Local residents hung banners from bridge spans and boat launches situated along our route...
...fourth-generation Idaho logger named Galen Hamilton, who is 43, and for the better part of a day we rode in his pickup truck (its bumper sticker: ARE YOU AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, OR DO YOU WORK FOR A LIVING?) along remote logging roads...
...toughest ascent of the race and the one in which rider Tom Simpson died in 1967, from exhaustion. So while mountain-climbing specialist Richard Virenque, who just last week was bragging to reporters about his unparalleled fan base, was sucking from an oxygen tank, Armstrong, his teammates far behind, rode with Pantani toward a victory in the moonlike, vegetationless mountain-top. And Armstrong lost the day, as at every other stage thus far, this time to Pantani...
...London, the Worshipful Company of Grocers rode camels (a reference to their spice-trading origins) past a smiling Queen Mother at a pageant to help celebrate her upcoming birthday with the kind of eccentricity that makes England one of the world's oddest nations. But unlike the G-8, at least the Queen Mum had something to celebrate. She turns 100 in a few days. Bring on the camels...
Loved your "Harry Potter" piece for TIME! What fun! I rode the London underground today, niece in tow, both of us entirely buried in the latest book (and missing our stop completely). At least 25 percent of people I saw had "the book" tucked under their arms. Amazing! How glorious it is for a pure work of children's imagination to take the mainstream hostage. If you haven't already done it, there's no greater pleasure than reading/acting out "HP" to a child. Try it! - Justin (vindicated 25-year-old "Harry Potter...