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Oak Savanna Medicine: A Quest by Bike in Iowa, USA
Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller
Published May 2021 in International Oaks No. 32: 145–154
Introduction
It is Saturday morning in early November in northeast Iowa. Most of the autumn leaves have fallen to the ground, there is a cold nip in the air, but the sky is clear and sunny. There has been some flooding, so riding mountain bikes on singletrack is out of the question. My husband, Joe, and I decide to load up our fat-tire bikes, drive a half-hour west, and ride on dirt and gravel rail trail near the small town of Eldora. As we ride, we happen upon one of the most enormous oak trees we have ever seen. We have to stop.
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