In August of 2007, I went to a Preview screening of a documentary of the 12 who walked on the moon.. it was presented by Bonnie Dunbar, CEO of the Museum of Flight, and a retired Shuttle Astronaut, who made a point of adding "And, we DID land on the Moon!" to end her introduction. … Continue reading The Astronauts Speak
On the Luckiest day of the century, the 7th year, the 7th month, the 7th day, we went to show off Washington's most famous Mountain, Mt St Helens, to my cousin, who was visiting from Florida. It had been almost a year since I've been there… the longest stretch since I moved back up this … Continue reading A visit to Mt St Helens
We had a great time on our trip! We took literally thousands of pictures, and it's impossible to show even a good representation of them. I will post some individual highlights, but here is this mortgage board for now. 🙂 It turns out that Reykjavik was a pretty interesting town to visit! The church, which … Continue reading Random pictures from Iceland
We took a couple trips to check out the local scenery. The volcano crater was pretty neat. We also saw geyser, the geyser that gives all other geysers its name.
The Continental divide is pretty impressive I like to try the local dishes when I am out and about. Boiled goat's head is quite interesting! It was in this building that Ronald Reagan met chairman Gorbachev for their first round of talks on the strategic arms limitation treaty. It was the first time in a … Continue reading Being a tourist in Iceland is fun!
We visited an old Viking household. The building was restored, and during the restoration process they found a buried boat that was in remarkable condition. They used it to make a recreation which was on display. The original was moved to a safe place and a museum someplace. Iceland is not the most hospitable place! … Continue reading Ancient Viking lore
We went to Iceland for a honeymoon Yes, iceland. 🙂 we wanted to go someplace neither one of us had been, and some place that's different. The big church in Reykjavik could be seen from just about anywhere. It is patterned after Asgard, the home of Thor, who was the god of the vikings. The … Continue reading Reykjavik Iceland
The journey begins.... I didn't know where to start this. I have pictures of me going back to the 60s and of her going back to the 70s. But, after thinking about it, this seems like a good place to start a blog about our family.
It had been a while, so one morning, when the skies seemed like they would be nice the next morning, I took a drive down to Mt St Helens, to see if I could take in a sunrise. I left an hour later than I had wanted to because I forgot to set my alarm, … Continue reading A Mt St Helens Morning
fter putting it off too long, I finally went and picked out the tuxes for groomsmen and my future father in law… Jerry went with me, and helped. First thing: the color We're wearing black, obviously, but the vests will be a deep purple color. The Styles No pink flower or hat, but this is … Continue reading Picking out a tux
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