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...licensed guides, these trips depart every weekend morning throughout the season at 9.30 a.m., regardless of weather (don't fret about the cold, because you'll be bundled into an insulated and waterproof survival suit). Prices for the two-hour excursion start from $110, and the payoff is breathtaking: flying at speeds of up to 50 kph, with wing spans as wide as 2.4 m, the eagles skim the water and make their kills with astonishing precision before gliding back to the towering treetops or mountains behind. What's more, all this takes place just an hour's drive from...
...Prices for the two-hour excursion start from $110, and the payoff is breathtaking: flying at speeds of up to 50 km/h, with wing spans as wide as 2.4 m, the eagles skim the water and make their kills with astonishing precision before gliding back to the towering treetops or mountains behind. What's more, all this takes place just an hour's drive from Vancouver. Even if you're the kind of stay-a-bed who never gets going before breakfast, it's worth the early start to see the eagles enjoy theirs...
...long ago I had tied their shoes. Now they were tying mine. I had patched up their cuts and scrapes; now they were changing my dressings. Their sweetness permeated the house. Before Iraq, I had thought of parenting as another job--a lot of work with little payoff. Now it was a love affair. Skyler and I picked up our running chess game. Olivia helped me cook dinners--"one-handed spaghetti" was our specialty...
...bones are as common as Wranglers and brass-buckled belts. "Most bull riders are what you call gristleheads," says Mike Lee, 23, who has won $2 million in five years of riding. "If you're intelligent, you wouldn't do it." Win the PBR World Championship, though, and the payoff is sweet: a $1 million check that can go a long way toward easing the saddle sores (or worse) that you'll have the next day. Or week...
Since 1969, explosives have killed about 2,000 people on planes. "Explosive devices are--and will remain--the primary threat to aviation indefinitely," says Steve Luckey, a former security director of the Air Line Pilots Association. "Bomb components are easy to get, easy to hide, and the payoff is huge...