Amazing how quickly the scenery changes are you drive south from Oregon on I-5 and cross down into California. Just a few hours before we were driving through extreme fog with massive fir trees everywhere but suddenly things dry out and you see the majestic Mount Shasta in the distance. Northern California is a beautiful …
Denton is a hip, vibrant college town north of Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas and home to The University of North Texas and Texas Women\’s University. Although it has grown into a large city you don\’t have to travel too far to suddenly find yourself going back in time to it\’s rural heritage. Annette and I had …
As we will eventually getting around to writing about running is pretty popular in our household. Annette and I plod along at a reasonable pace (given our age) but our son Erik continues to be a pretty gifted athlete. While at the University of Portland he had the opportunity to spend some time at the …
Our son ran in the “Nike Nationals Cross Country Meet” as a senior in high school and we were so impressed with Nike “rolling out the red carpet” for the high school athletes and giving us a tour of their corporate headquarters and also allowing us to meet a few of their top professional distance …
Erik and I have tent camped several times as we traveled across the western U.S. which has been a real treat for both of us. I am certainly not as experienced as him in these adventures as I am not quite up to \”climbing 14,000 footers\”, but nevertheless some day hikes and getting well off …
Annette and I don\’t pretend to be wine connoisseurs but we do enjoy a good glass of wine now and then. We were excited about a short trip we made to the Texas Hill Country recently but didn\’t know what to expect when trying some of the local vineyards. My last taste of Texas …
I can\’t remember exactly what my Dad and I were so deep into conversation about…perhaps the Budweiser in our hand had something to do with that. Actually, I believe we were debating whether native Texas \”Blue Stem\” was superior to \”Coastal Bermuda\” for growing hay in pastures. The seriously thick \”Blue Stem\” in this picture …
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There is something therapeutic about the drone of a tractor as you mow acre after acre of land. Some undoubtedly will call that boring – and I certainly wouldn’t want to do it everyday – but it has the ability to take your mind off things, especially the worry and stress that has been too …
