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It is a sad thing, that I can remember fuel prices even lower then the last time these pumps provided gas for sale. 

One of her gifts was this new boot, much lighter than the former ‘Star Wars’ boot. That might have been the best present, at least for her foot. 

As all things have been, so they continue to be, with me being a day behind. We left our base station Tuesday morning and headed for one of our favorite camp grounds in New Mexico. Just a little over 400 miles and much diesel fuel later we arrived at the Bar S RV park inContinue reading “Late as usual…”

Hanging around waiting for my Mom to get back from her trip, this freeloader took up residence in her carport.

I wonder how strong those potatoes are and I’m not sure I would want to consume them. If you look closely, the label on the boxes states ‘Hallmark.’ There were no cards in those containers, just cans of food.

Sometimes you just have to find humor where you can.

The perils of being in charge! Jim thought it was pretty funny. Yes, that is a big smile behind that mask. But for that matter, so did Don. Fun with the power washer. Well, it is all fun and games until someone wets their pants!

On every call out I have been on the Lord has blessed me with great teammates. I could not have picked three better guys to work with. Twenty hours in the truck, dragging a trailer to get here and we are just growing stronger as friends and brothers in Christ. We have been eating, sleepingContinue reading “Minot North Dakota….”

My room-mate, Boden. As room-mates go, he was okay except for one problem, his side of the room. Boden’s side made my side look really bad. There is nothing like getting shown up by a twelve year old.  If he was not such a cool dude, I would have kicked him in the shin!  

“I am really looking forward to the next (at least) eight weeks of wearing this ‘Star Wars’ looking boot and styling on my crutches.” You go, girl!  

Welcome to Dell, how can I assist you?

Even now, I sometimes cannot believe that I am a Dad! I can’t understand how God could entrust me with these two gifts, two miracles, a responsibility beyond my imagination. I praise the Lord everyday that He did.

I was blessed to have three great men in my life and now I praise God that I still have one. Happy Father’s Day, Paul. 

When the Taylor’s ask you to go to lunch with them, you had better be prepared to huck down some major amounts of food! Eating at Lo-Lo’s Chicken and Waffles no item on the menu was safe from us. Our small table was covered with fried chicken, chicken strips, mac and cheese, collard greens, corn bread, syrup,Continue reading “Lunch with Jerome and Melinda- WOW…”

 

Thanks to my Mom, we are now the proud owners of a back country French press called the Java Press. Last year on our annual camping trip, we realized we had no way to make coffee without electricity. So, we purchased  some instant and longed for something better. Last summer while wandering around aimlessly in downtownContinue reading “The Java Press…”

Just a small part of the 60 second victory dance Leo performed after each of the goals he scored.

Every male and every female have had these expressions at least once  and probably more than once in their life times. Guys have this look as our grandson Leo has right now when you find out that you all of a sudden have a girlfriend, and of course, you have no idea how that couldContinue reading ““The Look…””

Any one who has ever been to Oklahoma City knows that there is always one thing you count on for sure, wind.

     

Truthfully, we just picked this park out of the RV parks book we have. My what a travel park! Restaurant, RV wash, repair service (maybe the first photo was one of their training jobs?)  carpet cleaning and storm shelters, a must in West Texas. One of the nice items can be seen in the second picture,Continue reading “Texas Panhandle…”

We are off on our first RV trip of the year. Departing ground zero in Congress Arizona, elevation 2800 feet around 0830 hours. We climbed steadily for four hours topping out 7100 feet before pointing the nose of the truck east bound. Little wind and warm temperatures were a welcome relief from the snow showers encountered in 2010.Continue reading “Grants, New Mexico…”

Neighbor.

  Believe it or not, these fellas are some of the hardest workers we have. Arizona’s busiest Disaster Relief feed unit.    

The TRIBE ladies… The TRIBE men!!!

Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

Photo’s by Norm…

My father-in-law and I watch this station which is just outside of Wickenburg with some humor. Always, it seems, when the weekend approaches, the price of fuel goes up and after Monday the price slides down. I don’t think I have ever seen a business deviate in price so much. It is a great location to makeContinue reading “FOUR DOLLAR’S per GALLON!!!!”

Thugs, Mobs And Education by babatim The news this week has been dominated by the Lara Logan story.  Ms. Logan was the subject of  the most popular post in FRI history which can be found here.  Reactions to the news that Lara was subjected to “a brutal and sustained assault and beating” have cost at least oneContinue reading “Good Post from Free Range International…”

Who would have thought that they would have two huge horned bulls? That is a real bull taking a ride!

Some of these dogs are real.

     

This is an outstanding 1974 Yamaha 250 vintage racer with many custom and trick parts, some of which cannot be seen from this photo. In the first shot, all the expert racers are staging for the money race, 14 riders in all. Bruce captured 3rd place and a good chunk of the purse. Easily winningContinue reading “Bruce cleans up…”

Before we go racing, I had to show case one of our great sunsets. Bruce carefully selected his gate position, which paid off with a first place in moto # 1. Bruce at speed.  In both his moto’s he was never challenged having the most horsepower and riding skills, no other rider could hang withContinue reading “We go Racing…”

Norm is so talented in so many ways, I am very blessed to have her as my wife. She made this light for her beautician’s son, an Oregon Duck fan.

We purchased this video to try out different routines for our kettlebell workouts. We had been using programs that I could find on the web and decided to take a leap and invest in a new video. The “Kettlebell Boomer” dvd is our fourth instructional video from Dragon Door.com. If you are new to KB’s andContinue reading “The Kettlebell Boomer…”