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An Adventure: Exploring the Greenbelt via tandem bike

By Leslie Parks - Saturday, June 30, 2018
Riding tandem is something I've wanted to try for a while now. It looked intriguing and when the opportunity came up while we were in Boise we jumped at the chance. Since it was just the three of us, we rented one tandem and one regular bike. Lona and I started off as partners in the middle of downtown on a Saturday morning...

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Exploring: Freak Alley

By Leslie Parks - Friday, June 29, 2018
When we had decided to attend the Boise Regional Soccer tournament I wondered what we were going to do there. Turns out that Boise is an amazing small city.  There is a list of things to do and when I read about Freak Alley, Lona piped up about wanting to see it.  It was free, not far from our accommodations and sounded interesting....

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The New Team: Take Two

By Leslie Parks - Monday, June 25, 2018
So the very next weekend, she had another tournament with her new team.  There was no way I was going to let her quit after a week.  She approached the coach and asked how she could get more playing time.  His response was that she needed to earn it and win it from the girls on the team.  She was ok with that....

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A Beginning: A New Soccer Team

By Leslie Parks - Monday, June 18, 2018
This year Lona decided to try something different.  She had been frustrated and needed a change of pace.  That is exactly what she got when she decided to join NCA.  There were some big changes that she wasn't counting on and I really think that it was what she needed but not what she expected.  With her previous team she was used to...

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