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Birthday 2020

Monday , 6, July 2020 Comments Off on Birthday 2020

This year’s birthday was a bit different, and not in a bad way. Usually I’m working somewhere on the road, but this year, thanks to COVID-19, I was able to be with some family and take a short, quarantined trip out of town. The day began with my middle granddaughter, Abby, making me a breakfast […]

Avoiding COVID-19 On Our Road Trip

Friday , 22, May 2020 Comments Off on Avoiding COVID-19 On Our Road Trip

Tomorrow morning we’ll leave for our two week stay at Wolf’s Haven. One of the benefits, to me, of our cabin in the mountains is that we are very much off the usual grid of humanity. But the 11 hour drive to get there has caused me to think and plan how we might go […]

Eleven Years Ago – Rochester, Minnesota

Saturday , 22, September 2018 Comments Off on Eleven Years Ago – Rochester, Minnesota

Eleven years ago today, I was in the middle of my very first deployment for Congressional Affairs to a place called Rochester, Minnesota for some flooding that had occurred. It was a short deployment, only 17 days, but it exposed me to some good people and good initial field training. My supervisor for that assignment […]

It’s day seven and the last day of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week. We’re visiting Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park in Redmond, WA with Jade and Maxwell. You can click here to read about day one, here to read about day two, here to read about day three, here to read about day four, here to read […]

21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Six – Underground Seattle

Wednesday , 30, May 2018 Comments Off on 21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Six – Underground Seattle

It’s day six of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week and we’re exploring Underground Seattle with Jade and Maxwell. You can click here to read about day one, here to read about day two, here to read about day three, here to read about day four, and here to read about day five. After breakfast at […]

It’s day four of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we take a day trip to Ruby Beach on the West Coast of Washington in the Pacific Northwest. You can click here to read about day one, here to read about day two, and here to read about day three. Neither Cindy nor I had […]

Just a collection of this and that from recent things I’ve read, seen or experienced. The 10 Most Common Languages – As English speakers, we often tend to think that EVERYONE speaks, or should speak, English as well. That’s just not the case in the real world. This article, in listing the 10 most common […]

It’s day three of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we take a day trip to the City of Vancouver. You can click here to read about day one and here to read about day two. So this day, March 30th, is the actual day of our 21st wedding anniversary and I like to try […]

It’s day two of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we take the Boeing Future of Flight tour in Everett, Washington and hike through a small part of Mt. Rainier National Forest. You can click here to read about day one. We had a good night’s sleep, enjoyed breakfast at the hotel, and then drove […]

It’s day one of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we fly to Seattle, Washington and visit the Museum of Pop Culture Star Trek exhibit before driving to Redmond, Washington to visit our children and two youngest grandchildren. Amber and Abby dropped Cindy and I off at the Orlando International Airport at 5:30 am for […]