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	<title>Out Your Backdoor - Featured Articles</title>
	<description>Do-It-Yourself Culture</description>
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	<copyright>Copyright 1991-2008 Jeff Potter</copyright>
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	<pubDate>Wed May 14 2008 1:30:41 MDT</pubDate>

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	<title>Cali 2008 Trip Report</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=944</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - I recently returned from a pilgrimage to Cali.  My old high school buddies and I have been doing a biking get-together in the spring as a way to get a jump on the midwest spring. Actually, I join in when I can. They're more the hard-working guys who need a break now and then.  Travel vacations aren't a common part of a slow-paced...]]></description>
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	<title>Hike'n'Bike Marin</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=945</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - [Still pics down below, at bottom of Report. Video just a little below...] A couple college pals and I sometimes get together in Marin in the springtime at a friend's house and do a few days of mountainous bike riding and RandR. It's an inspiring place to hang out and to get ready for summer riding in flatland Michigan.  This time ...]]></description>
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	<title>Oakland Interlude...and the Starlight Express</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=946</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - [Still pics down below. Vid clip, too!] After our few days of biking in the hills of Marin the busy guys went back to doing the real work of our cities and I lateraled over to visit friends in the East Bay. I don't get out much so when I do, let's see people!   One friend now lives in Oakland. He's lived in basically all the major ...]]></description>
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	<title>Hollywood Delights</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=947</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - A great part of any trip out west is visiting my relatives.   My uncle Tim lives in Susanville near Reno. He owns a little town called Seneca in the Feather River Gorge just south of Lake Amanor, a couple hours north of Nevada City, in Gold Country. All Seneca has to offer the world is a tiny little bar, that Uncle Tim runs. But it...]]></description>
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	<title>The Cicada Club: a Vintage Night Out in LA</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=948</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - My last night in Hollywood was a doozy!  For the past couple years I've been participating on http://TheFedoraLounge.com, a great place for classic and vintage style of all kinds, including the old bikes and canvas rucksacks that I incline to (pipes and panamas, too). They are somewhat based out of Hollywood so I looked forward to ...]]></description>
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	<title>To Survivor TV: please get the paddles right!</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=943</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - I've seen bits and pieces of several Survivor TV shows over the years. Martha and the kids like to watch it on my Life Studies philosophy reading night. Quite often I happen in on an episode that shows the gang paddling a canoe in some tropical setting. Every single time I've seen canoeing---at least 3 times so far---they're always u...]]></description>
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	<title>Save bigtime on vet bills: DIY vaccines, 7-in-1...and nail-clipping!</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=942</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - Maybe this is common knowledge by now, but in case it's not you can save hundreds of dollars in vet bills by doing your own vaccinating. Our local pet shop sells a 7-in-1 vaccine (I think that's what it is) from a frig behind the counter. It's about $7 instead of $100 at the vet. Well, a visit to the vet always costs us a bit more th...]]></description>
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	<title>The Blue Sun: blues with Guthrie/Kerouac twist</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=941</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - <FONT COLOR="#006600">Welcome to "The Blue Sun"!</FONT> Here's new music. Available only thru me! It's original American music the likes of which you haven't heard before but which will add to your life. Rich, twangy swamp blues with worldclass lyrics. The better stereo the better these songs will sound.  You can buy downloads for ...]]></description>
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	<title>Classy Travel Hat: the Roll-up Panama</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=940</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - If you travel, even just for a short car trip, and like to do so with some kind of style, you might want to bring a real hat along. They look good and work good. A Panama is especially nice in the summer sun and heat.   But bringing a hat box along to keep a good hat safe can be ridiculous or at least annoying. It takes up a lot of...]]></description>
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	<title>JP Out of Town 4/23 > 5/5</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=939</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - FYI... I won't be filling orders or answering (much) email until I get back. I'll check email occasionally while on the road. --JP  PS: OK, I'll tell...I'll be riding in Marin then taking the train to Hollywood...]]></description>
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	<title>Mtbiker does it his way: camping without sleeping bag</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=759</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - [bump up from 4/07] A biker by the handle of "Lef-T" has put up a couple trip reports over at the Mt-Biker Forums. Thousands of folks have appreciated them, been engaged by them, or at least amused.  Lef-T goes on simple bike tours from his back door. He tries out new things he hasn't done before. He practices them first, though, I...]]></description>
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	<title>In Between Seasons --- Backyard Olympics!</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=938</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - When you live where there are four seasons, there are usually a couple times of year when things are stuck between, hung up in the middle, not one thing but not yet another. What to do then outdoors?  I do the Backyard Olympics. And our kids love it. Even Martha gets in the swing (she's mostly a gung-ho Focusarian).  Personally, ...]]></description>
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	<title>Pruning the Wild Berry... How?</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=933</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - I'm digging into the topic of wild berry management.  Here in our Michigan yard we have tons of wild black raspberries. Our neighbors have wild blackberries. Very different critters! In our garden we have everbearing red raspberries. How to take care of these things? I'm trying to figure it out! I'll report back on what I find.  ...]]></description>
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	<title>Canoe Sailing and Little Proas Ahoy!</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=936</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - We have lots of little rivers here in Michigan, but lots of big lakes, too. I really like my super lightweight canoes and kayaks. I can haul em, afford em and handle em, no problem. But I'd like a little more speed and versatility.   A sea kayak is a great way to explore about 10 miles in a day down a Great Lake shoreline or across...]]></description>
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	<title>Design an OYB jersey---get a free one!</title>
	<link>http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=932</link>
	<description><![CDATA[May 14, 2008 - I'd like to make up some OYB jersies. I suppose they'd be mostly for biking, but because OYB is about more than biking maybe these jersies could be used for more than biking.   My inclination is to have them cut a bit loose and for them to use heavier, nonshiny, non-skin-tight fabric.  They'd be made by Young Originals of Detroit...]]></description>
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