tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20543157364854088262024-03-12T21:18:44.059-07:00nomads2Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-74744692028564215482010-10-25T21:24:00.000-07:002010-10-25T21:24:48.267-07:00New Address...We have moved our blog, the new site is 'nomads2.wordpress.com.'Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-77392582710274764102010-10-17T14:14:00.001-07:002010-10-17T14:16:23.717-07:00Leo...<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxdQlTdwKkgy9xEzlKYhmDE6sckh3mIJxTHQfDFReD3xm6FAjRewh2pYIjpusc1-uY1MqoHHd-WKA5ILFIKhlLAcgG9lpyJplNMa94QXF8AKLsLLm4w6gTVysBCKKuN2Su73cgIxJD93P/s1600/DSC_0015_edited-2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxdQlTdwKkgy9xEzlKYhmDE6sckh3mIJxTHQfDFReD3xm6FAjRewh2pYIjpusc1-uY1MqoHHd-WKA5ILFIKhlLAcgG9lpyJplNMa94QXF8AKLsLLm4w6gTVysBCKKuN2Su73cgIxJD93P/s400/DSC_0015_edited-2.jpg" /></a> </div>Our grandson Leo, is a Cubbie!<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7qkYKfdO1OJ8HcQ5EyQV530aM0MY8ZG-nTVxrC2AbhWO8rSgllBk0HLwUEB5ZN5R_CrdREPJhMwmkgTdA0g57x2My5XUAFCPj4bFzI4-89K_xEZ0qzc0NFbZEvOK2KvEwBKXpfk99MM9/s1600/DSC_0363.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7qkYKfdO1OJ8HcQ5EyQV530aM0MY8ZG-nTVxrC2AbhWO8rSgllBk0HLwUEB5ZN5R_CrdREPJhMwmkgTdA0g57x2My5XUAFCPj4bFzI4-89K_xEZ0qzc0NFbZEvOK2KvEwBKXpfk99MM9/s400/DSC_0363.jpg" /></a> </div>Leo is working at his Grandfather's rope factory in Kiowa Kansas. It is never too early to get that good work ethic into kids.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vRMmw-3MIEUzhPJHECqMC4k6AnM3kwURvR-bjcV-tpdadFs1uuOXkGssl2MX6fnwkrsVif442raJQMO0o_qQ4rgvmAJZ2qNs4Tun5SEeSalxBpRJjojD5rDLha1xTJQuK7QtOIsY1RhE/s1600/DSC_0218_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vRMmw-3MIEUzhPJHECqMC4k6AnM3kwURvR-bjcV-tpdadFs1uuOXkGssl2MX6fnwkrsVif442raJQMO0o_qQ4rgvmAJZ2qNs4Tun5SEeSalxBpRJjojD5rDLha1xTJQuK7QtOIsY1RhE/s400/DSC_0218_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>From this shot it is obvious that he gets his good looks from this grandfather.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcKGJ5d5KInN8ImzYC1Ay0ERSGAJR9fH8jha7bigXXhLEy8NwbLZZ487s7zb55YYB2hZPDt6aLobSgGHHhH0yyBcKtIhEGmsYisUM4cIo74cuRqyB5jMO4nCKqutpGw8uw5YqmWzYf_Ob/s1600/DSC_0339_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcKGJ5d5KInN8ImzYC1Ay0ERSGAJR9fH8jha7bigXXhLEy8NwbLZZ487s7zb55YYB2hZPDt6aLobSgGHHhH0yyBcKtIhEGmsYisUM4cIo74cuRqyB5jMO4nCKqutpGw8uw5YqmWzYf_Ob/s400/DSC_0339_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>He is a flashy dresser thanks to his grandparents in Kiowa.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-64390540591757629262010-10-15T19:48:00.000-07:002010-10-15T19:49:39.470-07:00From Ficus trees to Pine trees...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcdi1rGL-JJ2CUxO5PFDuSo4yi1RF-Tll3FI8hF_Gt6euygJ4eQM9HUpRQlSy_z-YwJPlZWth0TiDMt3Kn0S4I31LHU0rcJ2e-1K-SmacuRPJnzvrc6IpOkyp3r9Fkz889n8Z9_pErTAh/s1600/DSCN2411_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcdi1rGL-JJ2CUxO5PFDuSo4yi1RF-Tll3FI8hF_Gt6euygJ4eQM9HUpRQlSy_z-YwJPlZWth0TiDMt3Kn0S4I31LHU0rcJ2e-1K-SmacuRPJnzvrc6IpOkyp3r9Fkz889n8Z9_pErTAh/s400/DSCN2411_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>We drove from Yuma to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pinetop</span> or from near sea level to above 7,000 feet elevation in around 8 hours. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">temperature</span> here in the daytime is not as warm as the over night low in Yuma. From ficus to pines, I am getting ready to scramble up this tree.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2Ql2lPretbFbuzietC6Fs2breUnyXk7e_jQbsB5uK4FRYkd-1iI-ZTqvm4vf0lYcJCMKQv1ORBJcEQpYnUsVCKNiejaQ884IzGxuunL-ZbFoHM3vTIEzSzXJbTDf4Xply80GrRnf7awu/s1600/DSCN2414_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2Ql2lPretbFbuzietC6Fs2breUnyXk7e_jQbsB5uK4FRYkd-1iI-ZTqvm4vf0lYcJCMKQv1ORBJcEQpYnUsVCKNiejaQ884IzGxuunL-ZbFoHM3vTIEzSzXJbTDf4Xply80GrRnf7awu/s400/DSCN2414_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>I climbed above my top rope and sat on a flip line to cut a large branch above my head.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgiuc3jkO4VGRR20hGuvq9fryppyWFxR_hysAxb-Fn64ZF280lkapgY92hYqsjAk3uiuyxGr_zgk-jWv_3OtLnvxyvwNLXMZrTKB9_-8tYaWW3ZwQOoCJvetYB7_8UmDUyfLeDi0baaDa/s1600/DSCN2416_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgiuc3jkO4VGRR20hGuvq9fryppyWFxR_hysAxb-Fn64ZF280lkapgY92hYqsjAk3uiuyxGr_zgk-jWv_3OtLnvxyvwNLXMZrTKB9_-8tYaWW3ZwQOoCJvetYB7_8UmDUyfLeDi0baaDa/s400/DSCN2416_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Norm had expressed to me that there were no women "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sawyers</span>" and I mentioned it to Chris and he had two words for Norm, "Norm, chap up!"<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVq9WjW8ENRuVQ_iDW9eGKsgLUfzmMOlZEIuFm-on9N6v-HbNcI_OH6Cn4Dtq7eDYStufFXnNUIuJAbw8bDp0m7S-p85e-Akq5GAc_0Q9en9xbgYFt_SXURzd2JPznhIoRXR4TkTnGSxx/s1600/DSCN2420_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVq9WjW8ENRuVQ_iDW9eGKsgLUfzmMOlZEIuFm-on9N6v-HbNcI_OH6Cn4Dtq7eDYStufFXnNUIuJAbw8bDp0m7S-p85e-Akq5GAc_0Q9en9xbgYFt_SXURzd2JPznhIoRXR4TkTnGSxx/s400/DSCN2420_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Things are tough in the volunteer world of disaster relief, so Chris likes to start training new volunteers early!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-10968639274075893102010-10-15T19:36:00.000-07:002010-10-15T19:37:39.283-07:00Our last job...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6-skGH_Gqx7W7l9ibpqiMbYNccyHNPcsYpNAzF5e4BRyhNi7iQ2jr9Chx3HmF2-Q6iUNNRUs1S2q6wK4PCt4u1RXCYtdADIb8eA7wSaYL8ZTFMaGUlG7yKONSZcsrnnL5tpBOscNGQoh/s1600/DSCN2406_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6-skGH_Gqx7W7l9ibpqiMbYNccyHNPcsYpNAzF5e4BRyhNi7iQ2jr9Chx3HmF2-Q6iUNNRUs1S2q6wK4PCt4u1RXCYtdADIb8eA7wSaYL8ZTFMaGUlG7yKONSZcsrnnL5tpBOscNGQoh/s400/DSCN2406_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This is where we called home for the last 10 days in Yuma.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdeixD5KmRHmJyYI-EwmD-cta6u66IqAempllt6NX-3hItdsskaaK-oabqqjtILHKTj1CPepfh51DpQHyIHk08fitzBAXnQHnzLmPtVT5uzI3Dd9BUGT9Di0kEahyy188V5UtMIh3W6o8/s1600/DSCN2407_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdeixD5KmRHmJyYI-EwmD-cta6u66IqAempllt6NX-3hItdsskaaK-oabqqjtILHKTj1CPepfh51DpQHyIHk08fitzBAXnQHnzLmPtVT5uzI3Dd9BUGT9Di0kEahyy188V5UtMIh3W6o8/s400/DSCN2407_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>The house belonged to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Morningside</span> Baptist Church and they were all so great to us. If you find yourself in Yuma, this church is a good place to worship.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpywtnHpENEhJbgwR07EdRSRLOmyfu2TLsdufU9ZDAGUdZ-n-jbl8XliUY6GDp3tZ94jueQ3dbCurC6DYkt3z4BF779IFK4l_S7elcyj2zDr2m6bJMwmNJTkbnTj_2aiTsNpELcabfQx1J/s1600/DSCN2408_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpywtnHpENEhJbgwR07EdRSRLOmyfu2TLsdufU9ZDAGUdZ-n-jbl8XliUY6GDp3tZ94jueQ3dbCurC6DYkt3z4BF779IFK4l_S7elcyj2zDr2m6bJMwmNJTkbnTj_2aiTsNpELcabfQx1J/s400/DSCN2408_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Our last tree to cut on. Norm is trimming some low <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">branches</span> while I prepared to cut those broken limbs out of the tree.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXinzJ_wPDvXhKOz_qDiHi5eW3GDI4sJb2i0pC2beaTZ85SMMTIsp92KXd9_-nb2vW18DoTBZcwHVcxvs_tXfRIimhFqHNkZNgpuVWArb9Hogc7TvtIx74zKP8lYla_i87c8v291Apl4Vq/s1600/DSCN2409_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXinzJ_wPDvXhKOz_qDiHi5eW3GDI4sJb2i0pC2beaTZ85SMMTIsp92KXd9_-nb2vW18DoTBZcwHVcxvs_tXfRIimhFqHNkZNgpuVWArb9Hogc7TvtIx74zKP8lYla_i87c8v291Apl4Vq/s400/DSCN2409_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>The lady that owned this house went to work before we got there, but she left a cooler with drinks in it for us.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-10779426339490626982010-10-13T09:14:00.000-07:002010-10-13T09:14:13.724-07:00Yuma paper...<a href="http://www.yumasun.com/sections/article/gallery/?pic=1&id=64471">http://www.yumasun.com/sections/article/gallery/?pic=1&id=64471</a> Here is a newspaper article about our team.Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-8242601891093694102010-10-12T20:26:00.000-07:002010-10-12T20:27:07.879-07:00There is always a tree to cut...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yxcrw_1B9rfRvGbjSPv-CufRELHMjO8A0fxv37SB_FA7cHxUVGO4XqAjyHep2ph_bzEkvJa5mEVbuEidQBkHB3F2ldPJ6iED-l291gl9lgv3AyEDmZVbMk99r7M45Gf951krBX2dIjlk/s1600/DSCN2397_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yxcrw_1B9rfRvGbjSPv-CufRELHMjO8A0fxv37SB_FA7cHxUVGO4XqAjyHep2ph_bzEkvJa5mEVbuEidQBkHB3F2ldPJ6iED-l291gl9lgv3AyEDmZVbMk99r7M45Gf951krBX2dIjlk/s400/DSCN2397_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This was one gnarly tree to cut. Martin and I got the 'Big Boy' Stihl 660 chain saw with a 36 inch bar to whack it up. Using this saw is like wrestling with a gorilla!<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllx0WA5ZcTyH51LFE5obtm7KVDF60ud5u4-RavBl5QNMInLjQRPOjsf_L_F76_Ryu46_GXdeGYVMrI0V77vt3dbIxTxhNhlZ7sYRj2wIfvQpQ3ARvqqkH6e9VyrFfWa7y0Wmysf5TbNuL/s1600/DSCN2398_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllx0WA5ZcTyH51LFE5obtm7KVDF60ud5u4-RavBl5QNMInLjQRPOjsf_L_F76_Ryu46_GXdeGYVMrI0V77vt3dbIxTxhNhlZ7sYRj2wIfvQpQ3ARvqqkH6e9VyrFfWa7y0Wmysf5TbNuL/s400/DSCN2398_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Here is Martin and his wife Betty sharpening a chain. Betty has been a real trooper and jumped into chain saw work with both feet.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbXIA2pEcaX2kzhy-cNGzf1vWDLPGjGCd5LIwj84ixWUr7vX4-TI-fvngmG4yFfHGGxHGY7mPVnkTT2ShRSVZCBg8vMpiIKt1C-5jdtB_H7DApUHaMjMnAX7Nbel2Hz_MlPcLI7a_o9sl/s1600/DSCN2399_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbXIA2pEcaX2kzhy-cNGzf1vWDLPGjGCd5LIwj84ixWUr7vX4-TI-fvngmG4yFfHGGxHGY7mPVnkTT2ShRSVZCBg8vMpiIKt1C-5jdtB_H7DApUHaMjMnAX7Nbel2Hz_MlPcLI7a_o9sl/s400/DSCN2399_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This log appears much larger when cutting than it does in this photo.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuAJWiZwPVq40pAgtlD-lQ8NyKG4nfsOyhNMEr-BHQGobQrj6N4fMTcQ5Wslu1a8nEMaKHIO4CvwOQFZDfO9zuT5BY9W4HgXwYlNKnATFUVLdC5g1gpA6Q9D8SMmgnanzpFQoHmMSvUpr/s1600/DSCN2401_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuAJWiZwPVq40pAgtlD-lQ8NyKG4nfsOyhNMEr-BHQGobQrj6N4fMTcQ5Wslu1a8nEMaKHIO4CvwOQFZDfO9zuT5BY9W4HgXwYlNKnATFUVLdC5g1gpA6Q9D8SMmgnanzpFQoHmMSvUpr/s400/DSCN2401_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Here I am trying to make some sort of decent cut while Martin looks on. The four of us have made a great team and have been working hard. Especially since the weather has crept back to very hot and sunny high nineties.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-71588386401410793892010-10-11T17:58:00.000-07:002010-10-11T17:58:33.017-07:00Yuma, still cutting...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4No9Pv1hPE79d0DP1GLpPJ9cDqTWqswWgvrLEI6Ageyin4P92kQV08ER6_PSbJvpd55MRGm_hYECnogoIbpieUUjxgRY6HnQ2WUY2bR8NJwUFhobp7Ple9Rkux1v-DIXjpODKK5iD3Lk8/s1600/DSCN2394_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4No9Pv1hPE79d0DP1GLpPJ9cDqTWqswWgvrLEI6Ageyin4P92kQV08ER6_PSbJvpd55MRGm_hYECnogoIbpieUUjxgRY6HnQ2WUY2bR8NJwUFhobp7Ple9Rkux1v-DIXjpODKK5iD3Lk8/s400/DSCN2394_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This house belonged to an 87 year young lady. She told me she woke up one day and was 87! The before and after shots are quite dramatic. We tried to get the next door neighbor to sign a release form so we could go on his property and remove his trees also, but we could not make contact with him. So, we found a way to remove them anyway.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgrjiglK6USApsxnbR4Zcj1QEOBE-prRTPKIWIIdX3rtlVViH80dUOZZNOQlTW-5oKdGmkfHoj3czyNaJnF9QUPi3_vyRrxgVPbEKt-TQ-bQy9pu0Mu_yAujk1RENUJ1m8xjJhxZ_YVGI/s1600/DSCN2395_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgrjiglK6USApsxnbR4Zcj1QEOBE-prRTPKIWIIdX3rtlVViH80dUOZZNOQlTW-5oKdGmkfHoj3czyNaJnF9QUPi3_vyRrxgVPbEKt-TQ-bQy9pu0Mu_yAujk1RENUJ1m8xjJhxZ_YVGI/s400/DSCN2395_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Norm saw me with the camera, and said wait, ran to the trailer and grabbed the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">loppers</span> so it would look like she cleared it all by herself.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-38224364734955189842010-10-09T21:49:00.001-07:002010-10-09T21:53:02.258-07:00Yuma, day 6...<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM-CnUsbwuKUd4d7IQeZe0K6DxcwgYfrXK23ZS3Nsz1KN-ZTClRz3UT-Lhb6bmElcXtolvbKyEmjG6lwCKlR25VlsoiELROyPxJeIuLHssyjs9s9kQCoea74W0-MKDmTJs5-YS2P40x-g/s1600/DSCN2363_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM-CnUsbwuKUd4d7IQeZe0K6DxcwgYfrXK23ZS3Nsz1KN-ZTClRz3UT-Lhb6bmElcXtolvbKyEmjG6lwCKlR25VlsoiELROyPxJeIuLHssyjs9s9kQCoea74W0-MKDmTJs5-YS2P40x-g/s400/DSCN2363_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>I have failed to mention that the city of Yuma Fire Department has given us lunch everyday we have been here and also have provided us with back up chain saws and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">repair</span> help. We even got home made cookies delivered to our <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">work site</span> this morning (thanks Kayla). Kneeling in front is Martin on the right and Les on the left, back row right to left is Mark, Don (our man for everything we need, even a plumber) Norm and me in front of city hall after enjoying a good meal.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvIzTMTHOB3E6qtipj8LKZmJHTVMEFEP5lU5LPI7cRiLnspeVixAhFbwnedZuwP2QN9H9f8ul2BrYnrdf8ydzVLjxpx5KGO0aGhLcFqEGyc15mN6q6UmH2cx4VgqH6jRuliLDWXsVUBGC/s1600/DSCN2392_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvIzTMTHOB3E6qtipj8LKZmJHTVMEFEP5lU5LPI7cRiLnspeVixAhFbwnedZuwP2QN9H9f8ul2BrYnrdf8ydzVLjxpx5KGO0aGhLcFqEGyc15mN6q6UmH2cx4VgqH6jRuliLDWXsVUBGC/s400/DSCN2392_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>We all really enjoyed helping this man, a retired fire fighter, a real hero in a world that needs <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hero's</span>.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPan7X_TLUyB5TogOAPRAUY3gICwZ7DFKu5OV7qD7FCOiy-36tnaKSbv2AseAPmFG2FSKY_R65TWBJfPwmj5DI-AmGoUX1bzXfUMxhxVsn9eVNI5ibwUCdY-YkCREQrX_uKa55Aa2bF5F/s1600/DSCN2393_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPan7X_TLUyB5TogOAPRAUY3gICwZ7DFKu5OV7qD7FCOiy-36tnaKSbv2AseAPmFG2FSKY_R65TWBJfPwmj5DI-AmGoUX1bzXfUMxhxVsn9eVNI5ibwUCdY-YkCREQrX_uKa55Aa2bF5F/s400/DSCN2393_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>This tree is much bigger than it appears!<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPfICcSGDG33dc_ZroP00g0n-s0c0p_wHX0Uo5e7uMOrXVl6kwnE4BA3tODCHpLtSus6n1LwnuLFEfH2Wt4fBZje9Unemvp5G4II1KZFpOVcy6aCWQfTfQEMl7hCplm-ADtuhunw4TXCz/s1600/DSCN2385_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPfICcSGDG33dc_ZroP00g0n-s0c0p_wHX0Uo5e7uMOrXVl6kwnE4BA3tODCHpLtSus6n1LwnuLFEfH2Wt4fBZje9Unemvp5G4II1KZFpOVcy6aCWQfTfQEMl7hCplm-ADtuhunw4TXCz/s400/DSCN2385_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>Don working on one of the saws. There never seems to be an end to some task that is required of these saws. They are like a bunch of toddlers, they require constant <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">attention</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">supervision</span>.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-78758885669911460972010-10-09T21:31:00.000-07:002010-10-09T21:32:31.678-07:00One Big Tree, part 2...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Y6GKue_wfiqUEjZSKNKJhwIdUqPb1smUMc75u4bww43T-IB39S0e0HVxi20ySF37tjcSRTUNAXgFQHMd75RrVQQyn1yFFxPhEUna6_xx1qaUMSh_KD_hMuai5zIkuhbqc-YXYkjgjMBy/s1600/DSCN2367_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Y6GKue_wfiqUEjZSKNKJhwIdUqPb1smUMc75u4bww43T-IB39S0e0HVxi20ySF37tjcSRTUNAXgFQHMd75RrVQQyn1yFFxPhEUna6_xx1qaUMSh_KD_hMuai5zIkuhbqc-YXYkjgjMBy/s400/DSCN2367_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGmL9yYV2gImZBSFQoYHROFB-DtKDgXnhA7hqzEQssALisDVQFaxTcdt3JjsWy6PSdxhzKvs4qIgf0w9A76B5DS6LOKauPdduJJt3lMuhvt9UUTPgTBdHFt5bSckLW1CvdqNP64qfuWFG/s1600/DSCN2371_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGmL9yYV2gImZBSFQoYHROFB-DtKDgXnhA7hqzEQssALisDVQFaxTcdt3JjsWy6PSdxhzKvs4qIgf0w9A76B5DS6LOKauPdduJJt3lMuhvt9UUTPgTBdHFt5bSckLW1CvdqNP64qfuWFG/s400/DSCN2371_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Like I said, the pucker factor was real high, so I really am more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">comfortable</span> sitting there and cutting. It looks like I am all tied up in my work.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2uizYRnJhpsTk__Xrw09hFAiawPIr8PcrZp_awndievwu2mhRyKZoz5huh3gcLBgtxY6Edan8kKR3wW1K2Dbjy_9CMCBlMYUVsQmb0vqjHJzGZyoFbDqHeFGRBHqGUk_5NqO9KZPGsRB/s1600/DSCN2373_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2uizYRnJhpsTk__Xrw09hFAiawPIr8PcrZp_awndievwu2mhRyKZoz5huh3gcLBgtxY6Edan8kKR3wW1K2Dbjy_9CMCBlMYUVsQmb0vqjHJzGZyoFbDqHeFGRBHqGUk_5NqO9KZPGsRB/s400/DSCN2373_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>We could not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">figure</span> out how to drop some large limbs without crushing this chicken coop, so we used a dolly and moved it. Mark came in real handy for this job! Funny thing about this chicken coop, the lady had a handful of chickens running around, freaking Norm out, but not a one came to the coop.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapuelvNM5wAwi594-fLwirZQDVJLL6ANIH6O0l_J6JNj7YIzdLvOisw-YEFje_hrHJQOgpwQnKtGFn2H1jiHCGHaGbVM6uHu_4mDj9mHGE5exn4IcSaMlrBLSya7XHEj7DNkqZEVF2hW0/s1600/DSCN2380_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapuelvNM5wAwi594-fLwirZQDVJLL6ANIH6O0l_J6JNj7YIzdLvOisw-YEFje_hrHJQOgpwQnKtGFn2H1jiHCGHaGbVM6uHu_4mDj9mHGE5exn4IcSaMlrBLSya7XHEj7DNkqZEVF2hW0/s400/DSCN2380_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This is Martin, an all around expert on everything that has to do with trees, chain saws, and is a good example of how every Christian should live and conduct himself here on this earth. We have trained a lot together we enjoy him and his wife greatly.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-35428678150255137742010-10-09T21:18:00.000-07:002010-10-09T21:18:36.856-07:00One Big Tree, for me...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2ck_WLw89-D4T9O4fxsXrXeUp2s-1IUQqLwGb0lDQoKZbjUKZWemoqRVVGWwTERmDz868wS2Pm7ONO1NMq-4rsr9vdvY4wH4lCO9RZewkjWN9PaffwphHrzOqns2T-DZg-BPhfVsr8c9/s1600/DSCN2364_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2ck_WLw89-D4T9O4fxsXrXeUp2s-1IUQqLwGb0lDQoKZbjUKZWemoqRVVGWwTERmDz868wS2Pm7ONO1NMq-4rsr9vdvY4wH4lCO9RZewkjWN9PaffwphHrzOqns2T-DZg-BPhfVsr8c9/s400/DSCN2364_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This is the biggest job I have ever had to climb without Chris and the pucker factor was real high!<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cNfU_phg-EeIoPiiXWmFgAo7SErLXUMiu8S_viyY6B6Xf7X9q04oO2DXxFnD_2XCJkr8VSDj6edvPmnn7Pqezqo5Ugq2nrZldDDUELb2xhBHdHUKHFCVgbMxTlNseq-0ELBG71Zhrqb2/s1600/DSCN2391_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cNfU_phg-EeIoPiiXWmFgAo7SErLXUMiu8S_viyY6B6Xf7X9q04oO2DXxFnD_2XCJkr8VSDj6edvPmnn7Pqezqo5Ugq2nrZldDDUELb2xhBHdHUKHFCVgbMxTlNseq-0ELBG71Zhrqb2/s400/DSCN2391_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>The final product, cut as far down as we could.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V5L_ioKANVkLJexGWiu0bQxv5osg8llub-L_f__dIShjEM_MtbjQJnJsDTNHuY6AtuPNj9fV0UoYNKmntTL7AD9K2c1AHvQneSJLJpDvf3-FqK08J_NHMW7AMeG7UPElFSQgG_K1N8rp/s1600/DSCN2365_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V5L_ioKANVkLJexGWiu0bQxv5osg8llub-L_f__dIShjEM_MtbjQJnJsDTNHuY6AtuPNj9fV0UoYNKmntTL7AD9K2c1AHvQneSJLJpDvf3-FqK08J_NHMW7AMeG7UPElFSQgG_K1N8rp/s400/DSCN2365_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Here is how we accomplished the removal.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFa3Z2XWcvBEvSglzgE7xuH_4gWbmoFRDY2WcLOf55mLZNIwJTlIBYcWdgcBxMhwxFDycIBN22xIAl-vvEcYDThJ3fMas2j_y5mwYt2Qi67dIrX7qfdbsVxi84s3AmUAI3c_dG_YI-119X/s1600/DSCN2366_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFa3Z2XWcvBEvSglzgE7xuH_4gWbmoFRDY2WcLOf55mLZNIwJTlIBYcWdgcBxMhwxFDycIBN22xIAl-vvEcYDThJ3fMas2j_y5mwYt2Qi67dIrX7qfdbsVxi84s3AmUAI3c_dG_YI-119X/s400/DSCN2366_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Mark is on the right and Les is to the left. Mark is good with a saw and very knowledgeable with the mechanical side. We used him when we needed lots of strength to move something heavy. Les cuts like a specialist, very precise and always knows what the tree is going to do.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-78358369309504235362010-10-08T19:10:00.001-07:002010-10-08T19:15:26.851-07:00Yuma, day 5...<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlkM44bVITT0zJVBc94bQq4T4Ufj5raiHeIpEq6KGH2xSkANGjrwK8DS0lSQ-GwpLyQMyoBK9lVD273z2i8m-BdIDfaUS9G5-1r0r7htlF1KOtT5jaj01-JCUSetmVtNFbg1SWMJlQu5R/s1600/DSCN2352_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlkM44bVITT0zJVBc94bQq4T4Ufj5raiHeIpEq6KGH2xSkANGjrwK8DS0lSQ-GwpLyQMyoBK9lVD273z2i8m-BdIDfaUS9G5-1r0r7htlF1KOtT5jaj01-JCUSetmVtNFbg1SWMJlQu5R/s400/DSCN2352_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>This is Chris, our fearless leader. We refer to Chris, with all affection, as "The Tree Whisperer." As you can see from this photo, an expert rope climber and rigger along with the ability to use a chain saw with surgical procession. The photo below, is well, the exact opposite.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZIfIOPNgzCV9iGY0iZGYI03LRFGaU_hvlA57GV7yLGbznIdcsxbDU06YfXseW6JySRmOx_gG08nOT_xQKJZqIUogtXQIYcdBiuF7EsSJoiAiu4p36vdPcoqO7RmSHYZhDjzi9Dtsx2Pu/s1600/DSCN2353_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZIfIOPNgzCV9iGY0iZGYI03LRFGaU_hvlA57GV7yLGbznIdcsxbDU06YfXseW6JySRmOx_gG08nOT_xQKJZqIUogtXQIYcdBiuF7EsSJoiAiu4p36vdPcoqO7RmSHYZhDjzi9Dtsx2Pu/s400/DSCN2353_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>"Uh, which way does the rabbit go, or no, he comes up through the hole?" Yeah, right.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdBnqx5jHzHRP2-Q-vpc6wKBmEQRwmbpgZpicYYlI38CdbsbHTR4vM7G3sxY-FgT7_KplMvEkvzDseih8iMSiCET8mTxp_A1yWiCmv5dww_LG-56cj3TNfHN1MCBW6o9naBpSldpl7Bex/s1600/DSCN2358_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdBnqx5jHzHRP2-Q-vpc6wKBmEQRwmbpgZpicYYlI38CdbsbHTR4vM7G3sxY-FgT7_KplMvEkvzDseih8iMSiCET8mTxp_A1yWiCmv5dww_LG-56cj3TNfHN1MCBW6o9naBpSldpl7Bex/s400/DSCN2358_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>Chris used five ropes, one rope was an inch thick! One of those ropes on the ground was tied to my truck and I put all 650 foot pounds of torque to the pavement. As my tires finally broke traction and started to smoke, the tree came away from the house. We did all that just to have Chris cut it off and make it fall right where he wanted, the Tree Whisperer.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo97eWbhgtvurWcNkn7aRAbl-Hsljt2PdtqRI1TiQ69b47lokCLWjjJ0EkUqPRJ-0gyb2uVn2jCJaMBNPbK2CK2q65YwvO2BwIaC_jbOs9DlVaat4aJADswhN_SzRboJhUmUANdmPLWWl9/s1600/DSCN2360_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo97eWbhgtvurWcNkn7aRAbl-Hsljt2PdtqRI1TiQ69b47lokCLWjjJ0EkUqPRJ-0gyb2uVn2jCJaMBNPbK2CK2q65YwvO2BwIaC_jbOs9DlVaat4aJADswhN_SzRboJhUmUANdmPLWWl9/s400/DSCN2360_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>The finished product.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-42884956176139201312010-10-07T21:01:00.000-07:002010-10-07T21:02:02.945-07:00Disaster Relief work in Yuma Arizona...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW0FhmH1aB9mjc9i0g7L_Os6GbikggNL0JC8vzadTN_t905wJEGCJxxgFa5SBCVebBptIdA67o6-tNEUV61ajJs8PF-z8tdSJPC53sN5QPF5-knU4SdAud2Fj8o0Pk2EEFAqYxFY3b9C4/s1600/DSCN2344_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW0FhmH1aB9mjc9i0g7L_Os6GbikggNL0JC8vzadTN_t905wJEGCJxxgFa5SBCVebBptIdA67o6-tNEUV61ajJs8PF-z8tdSJPC53sN5QPF5-knU4SdAud2Fj8o0Pk2EEFAqYxFY3b9C4/s400/DSCN2344_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>We started Monday looking over about 15 tree jobs in Yuma from a storm they suffered in August. Talk about being timely! No one knows that the Southern Baptist <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Disaster Relief</span> teams in Arizona have the capability to remove and cut large trees with surgical procession. As you can see in these before and after pictures and this was in a small backyard, gone, just like <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">magic</span>.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5rIVzc-JoPmZ0R8mSHCWKjg5R0KeCXzmF5LN9Qn9Fiw2NMOTpAVxec04CPM1RouooZ8aNNutCgBbvtVLGmkxBNjzrPGVZ2NIWdDIrnn15KzkY2zAwhAgbgE8YHnIeOPUHLOSxtapaVak/s1600/DSCN2346_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5rIVzc-JoPmZ0R8mSHCWKjg5R0KeCXzmF5LN9Qn9Fiw2NMOTpAVxec04CPM1RouooZ8aNNutCgBbvtVLGmkxBNjzrPGVZ2NIWdDIrnn15KzkY2zAwhAgbgE8YHnIeOPUHLOSxtapaVak/s400/DSCN2346_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAcWiRpNhyIf0rpacT1G57c7572lkdLJWJA3EiTL1hOIciU7hmYz6PQnmce4CIwWhxdxEvzMmhnxisopcr7Nx-slHv6R3iheHvzUtn6QnBAxx1U7tsZ1hnVvGY5hzX94Ea_22E59zAkaw/s1600/DSCN2345_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAcWiRpNhyIf0rpacT1G57c7572lkdLJWJA3EiTL1hOIciU7hmYz6PQnmce4CIwWhxdxEvzMmhnxisopcr7Nx-slHv6R3iheHvzUtn6QnBAxx1U7tsZ1hnVvGY5hzX94Ea_22E59zAkaw/s400/DSCN2345_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This is just one part of a large debris pile that four of us built.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjbTSD-MWdi6iWYRIrkJHW8ENlwGe4gNv0i9k-UpQno4DYqSNh94bymrNv93X4NLazC7YCOtg_56Kb7jQIBzjCFezH_hHPE7-4pHbcUadnX5q_qvJxm68VJuN2ZFLOZZpUD2tt7H71OBg/s1600/DSCN2347_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjbTSD-MWdi6iWYRIrkJHW8ENlwGe4gNv0i9k-UpQno4DYqSNh94bymrNv93X4NLazC7YCOtg_56Kb7jQIBzjCFezH_hHPE7-4pHbcUadnX5q_qvJxm68VJuN2ZFLOZZpUD2tt7H71OBg/s400/DSCN2347_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>A house with a large tree leaning against it. Actually there are three trees involved. The one large one in the front fell and took the other two next door down.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-41669718433646394582010-10-01T20:24:00.000-07:002010-10-01T20:25:08.011-07:00I said I would do what???<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvFFHuVrANnu6LYcf37JHQn1VmyIObBXV6JhYDQJme3MUhpdfa6v7OtG1Mzhsi7x2uYJ78N_QfIpA_JW7WEbBxXwEQQbSBKT4m4ho90No5hO8vt47imuuZTo2Eyf9Xn7N8dB99IZueopz/s1600/DSCN2335_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvFFHuVrANnu6LYcf37JHQn1VmyIObBXV6JhYDQJme3MUhpdfa6v7OtG1Mzhsi7x2uYJ78N_QfIpA_JW7WEbBxXwEQQbSBKT4m4ho90No5hO8vt47imuuZTo2Eyf9Xn7N8dB99IZueopz/s400/DSCN2335_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiji90r1tbdzr9zqgC18oaaAFA8_kigsGhR8TEPKSCj_vKnYEGd9Cz6ubHk8nTzAadsaHKwbVegsWOnUqWPMLRbrkT2HrxDmnOetLSWWKqtsF2A6O15zLriuBkGDdYmpqHUZV0FAaVNvabf/s1600/DSCN2336_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiji90r1tbdzr9zqgC18oaaAFA8_kigsGhR8TEPKSCj_vKnYEGd9Cz6ubHk8nTzAadsaHKwbVegsWOnUqWPMLRbrkT2HrxDmnOetLSWWKqtsF2A6O15zLriuBkGDdYmpqHUZV0FAaVNvabf/s400/DSCN2336_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Have you ever said something a while back and then kind of forgot about it or thought that since no one took you up on your offer, it was probably for the best because if you did do it, you would stink it up? Well this happened to me a few weeks ago. Norm and I were sitting around, enjoying a fruit snack after dinner, when my phone rang. It was Mike, our praise band leader from church, reminding me of my long ago, ill-fated offer to play drums for the band, if needed. I said that, really? After mumbling, uh, sure and hanging up, I told Norm. She started counting the days from the last time I played. After finishing falling off her chair, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">uncontrollable</span> seizure like laughter, tears running down her face, the math began. It has been 35 days, no, 35 months, no, I got it, 35 years since you last played! And, of course, never on electric drums. I said, I have to practice! A lot! So after about 5 hours total of solo, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">embarrassing</span> practice, 2 short actual practice sessions with the praise team, I played, or something like it. Most people said I did good, but only after believing I was on the verge of tears. Now I am a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">member</span> of the First Southern Baptist Church praise band and the number 4 drummer. Wow! <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Remember</span> kids, never say never.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-78452266176029281462010-09-30T19:25:00.000-07:002010-09-30T19:26:04.037-07:00Our Youth Group...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13TDRglv051IAnaNhXyDXsIHPOHVf98bOeoIlidCM8NppVbUtALLH3jsspyBpys1XitxYq6hY71XkxcR1bE2Vfu8QONLy-hh0nRFIW5u9f3YbD8FpoZ9eUVK053DDKb2anXrUL9K2CGy8/s1600/DSCN2333_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13TDRglv051IAnaNhXyDXsIHPOHVf98bOeoIlidCM8NppVbUtALLH3jsspyBpys1XitxYq6hY71XkxcR1bE2Vfu8QONLy-hh0nRFIW5u9f3YbD8FpoZ9eUVK053DDKb2anXrUL9K2CGy8/s400/DSCN2333_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>A few years back, Norm and I thought we were finished working with youth. We did that and were really looking forward to working with seniors (old people), the normal progression, we figured. Of course, we did all this planning without consulting the Lord. He had other things in mind and here we are working with a great group of young people. We are blessed to spend a few minutes with them every Tuesday and Thursday morning before they go off to school. Thier faith in the Lord Jesus Christ lifts us and always makes for a great day. They are faithful and determined in their own faith and a witness to our entire church.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-70647465425936437692010-09-25T19:21:00.000-07:002010-09-25T19:21:49.994-07:00Norm is so crafty...<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:50135/86260722af8168f5361a9991e186b36b/image/4e9e237ff1992ecd.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://localhost:50135/86260722af8168f5361a9991e186b36b/image/4e9e237ff1992ecd.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://localhost:50135/86260722af8168f5361a9991e186b36b/image/f2894a10709495e0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://localhost:50135/86260722af8168f5361a9991e186b36b/image/f2894a10709495e0.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div>This is a former climbing rope. We have had this rope for quite some time now. I was sitting in the climbing office at Devil's Tower a few years back when Michael, one of our climbing rangers, asked if I wanted to go with him and find an abandoned rope that some visitor reported? "You bet!" So we scouted around the area for a while and found it. I'm not sure why anyone would leave a rope, as they are pretty pricey, but their loss turned into our rug. Michael told me never to use it for climbing, so I cut about a twenty foot length off to use for practice in tying knots ( which I need a lot of practice on). The rope hung in our shed till now. When we got back from our trip, Norm had enough of this rope hanging around and promptly turned it into a rug. She used a large amount of duct tape and some Elmer's glue. I think it turned out real well.Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-67155654352894263852010-09-10T18:12:00.000-07:002010-09-10T18:13:23.886-07:00And just like that, it was over...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceEJfuiG5j0zzzHh7MJMF8TbYLNc-XhVXi974chyphenhyphenSQnU0nkcw2RoBlYcbYGBAAjKTu8PLUfnhdFpHjFLNJgxm4WpkvlAkCs-r_TiiFVpG3112n406Iky_zNsPKjFLYG-8TbOI2_DjPjr-/s1600/DSCN2326_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceEJfuiG5j0zzzHh7MJMF8TbYLNc-XhVXi974chyphenhyphenSQnU0nkcw2RoBlYcbYGBAAjKTu8PLUfnhdFpHjFLNJgxm4WpkvlAkCs-r_TiiFVpG3112n406Iky_zNsPKjFLYG-8TbOI2_DjPjr-/s400/DSCN2326_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>Camp site # 14 in Flagstaff Arizona. We had a great time walking around down town and swallowed down some good grub.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZA5xZNqfsxhR-uLsr45JihCRyaz335PPchyphenhyphen5ucJgiW4Uvz6maU7Vz9VFbiwOIBhBc62p38JSSiIrzjcZOKVkB9N60Ov1ngzyMH4kIpvgwYTGxmS8psMPuqijKmTms_jR2cGqQWN-BNHR/s1600/DSCN2327_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZA5xZNqfsxhR-uLsr45JihCRyaz335PPchyphenhyphen5ucJgiW4Uvz6maU7Vz9VFbiwOIBhBc62p38JSSiIrzjcZOKVkB9N60Ov1ngzyMH4kIpvgwYTGxmS8psMPuqijKmTms_jR2cGqQWN-BNHR/s400/DSCN2327_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This is the burn area where we worked in July helping clean up. We took the time to drive through some of the harder hit areas. Some houses showed dramatic improvement and sadly, some looked the same or worse.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGDsXERJbVrwyg-XQzGoP1lL_xlvzjCZrA17XIKjZVDz2NueWXNWFTqnZiAXEzmtJ72nHHzZuyMCn_ugZK8KTC2sVpb2g-LNPzJGZ67Xsn2jxdlh3MFscPyWv3kYwwE4PJssHuypO3-Zz/s1600/DSCN2329_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGDsXERJbVrwyg-XQzGoP1lL_xlvzjCZrA17XIKjZVDz2NueWXNWFTqnZiAXEzmtJ72nHHzZuyMCn_ugZK8KTC2sVpb2g-LNPzJGZ67Xsn2jxdlh3MFscPyWv3kYwwE4PJssHuypO3-Zz/s400/DSCN2329_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This is what being a good sport and having a good sense of humor looks like (see the photo below).<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfirIvY1jE2SyicaRBBXD8DUZT1vRCQGO8D-4DLz59ALNjA7uJ8rkQVXCzD3wshlT2De5vuzM6f5XhgyQrFthQRhaFJXeH8nvTBOTjY5NlwDMHvwBw7ZhkzoxotXLYRWTUyCDx9WPL6UUP/s1600/DSCN2328_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfirIvY1jE2SyicaRBBXD8DUZT1vRCQGO8D-4DLz59ALNjA7uJ8rkQVXCzD3wshlT2De5vuzM6f5XhgyQrFthQRhaFJXeH8nvTBOTjY5NlwDMHvwBw7ZhkzoxotXLYRWTUyCDx9WPL6UUP/s400/DSCN2328_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>After driving over 3,000 miles on some of the worse road conditions this truck has ever seen, we have a catastrophic tire failure on a very nice highway not far from our house on our way to our daughter, Julie's house. Sadly, we had to limp back home and leave the next day.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-79969847397249323952010-09-10T17:53:00.001-07:002010-09-10T17:56:42.891-07:00Our last day in Goblin Valley...<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_g81woMN88_qXNdvI_4oHqBjUclnUndEV3QXQ3LnXh4fgpy7WgQgL1_A8vT4i8UNKgdsYZmwQMcodyTOnjpHW25paspPbvdNT-MtUJhHjzRLUP2xnwEh1oTbGNKPCGZ-IrM4KWe7EI1Ej/s1600/DSCN2314_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_g81woMN88_qXNdvI_4oHqBjUclnUndEV3QXQ3LnXh4fgpy7WgQgL1_A8vT4i8UNKgdsYZmwQMcodyTOnjpHW25paspPbvdNT-MtUJhHjzRLUP2xnwEh1oTbGNKPCGZ-IrM4KWe7EI1Ej/s400/DSCN2314_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr1SgGBpPWttBqiISD3tNxquba8Z9-wtzBT4jczd6AJkK_UXqzqTYWeISpC1Wz8G754QjMB2iLG1LWUg0ueEQ6F8e1Hf_JcXLlgVv5DnRDYEqKZW1amnuflJenu9gEaJjuUJ_8x3VVzo7/s1600/DSCN2323_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr1SgGBpPWttBqiISD3tNxquba8Z9-wtzBT4jczd6AJkK_UXqzqTYWeISpC1Wz8G754QjMB2iLG1LWUg0ueEQ6F8e1Hf_JcXLlgVv5DnRDYEqKZW1amnuflJenu9gEaJjuUJ_8x3VVzo7/s400/DSCN2323_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>This random plant was growing in the middle of no where, with nothing else around it.<br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuQdbVMTJVVU6og1gEhcCCJoU_uuxYggOrHGHRsd7-Vg6UXMeyIoTFBxdGW_zD8BcADji_LIcD-5VgFYtbo5iNUuZe_SdbmSuDq2XqTTwXl09XS-rRfw82b3hyphenhyphenrZbnnF5jVzT9HJYDOHk/s1600/DSCN2325_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuQdbVMTJVVU6og1gEhcCCJoU_uuxYggOrHGHRsd7-Vg6UXMeyIoTFBxdGW_zD8BcADji_LIcD-5VgFYtbo5iNUuZe_SdbmSuDq2XqTTwXl09XS-rRfw82b3hyphenhyphenrZbnnF5jVzT9HJYDOHk/s400/DSCN2325_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>After completing our last hike, we were driving back to camp and Norm looked to her right and asked me 'Is that someone on top of that truck?' and of course I agreed with her. It turned out to be two young couples that were camping and accidentally left their truck lights on and their battery was dead. Being sure I had jumper cables and tearing everything from the back of the truck, I realized the cables were in the trunk of the Model T back in Arizona. So we gave one of the guys a lift to the visitor center to borrow a set. On the way we passed this vehicle stuck in the muck. It was not there when Norm and I drove in and she could not stop laughing about it for some reason. I guess it has something to do with mud, which she never seems to pass up when hiking or riding. Well, we just got to the top of the next hill and there were the owners of the truck walking toward the V.C. all sunburned and hot. So we stopped and gave them a ride the rest of the way and when we got there, Norm apologized for making fun of their truck, in between more laughter. It is not often that you get a chance to help another person, let alone two in one day! It was a great way to wrap up our time in Goblin Valley.<br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-53333713417556944172010-09-10T17:30:00.000-07:002010-09-10T17:32:04.983-07:00Fooling Around...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNlE6tur2dgLm9qeehV4rimCKqjnbgZGUERLFXvNvTB8RqK3BpeS67Aues7RRc-tFKOd2IblUOV9DKGbzLONo3If4gZr1Mg1h4kugvgryUILp2TMldBsf5kITYwtuwinUWNPJ13rN02r_/s1600/DSCN2315_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNlE6tur2dgLm9qeehV4rimCKqjnbgZGUERLFXvNvTB8RqK3BpeS67Aues7RRc-tFKOd2IblUOV9DKGbzLONo3If4gZr1Mg1h4kugvgryUILp2TMldBsf5kITYwtuwinUWNPJ13rN02r_/s400/DSCN2315_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-UBP5cOotwuSTsPOcdt4DCmc7E7OvVun7xzI8r4be-MtTuRDecY3Nr_LRlvuA80cPpqnhvlIdf30yF5JstRK_OrqeCnE_5xAtdlKsZ0IlbEJH7He2oQDkuY7WgXSmsMgIx8XJOM1NGa9/s1600/DSCN2321_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-UBP5cOotwuSTsPOcdt4DCmc7E7OvVun7xzI8r4be-MtTuRDecY3Nr_LRlvuA80cPpqnhvlIdf30yF5JstRK_OrqeCnE_5xAtdlKsZ0IlbEJH7He2oQDkuY7WgXSmsMgIx8XJOM1NGa9/s400/DSCN2321_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGL98U39N_toIhyPVxNBCkDpfuVySAQW_jTmQ-Fk423TEqdw1WSxKU2VSGhJTfDCeKhc91_bvUjIj-kD8omQB5RpO7piCe_lTRwAPITB0qSVFOHku3159SjdIRSV-ElhDpopIwplMCLDmU/s1600/DSCN2318_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGL98U39N_toIhyPVxNBCkDpfuVySAQW_jTmQ-Fk423TEqdw1WSxKU2VSGhJTfDCeKhc91_bvUjIj-kD8omQB5RpO7piCe_lTRwAPITB0qSVFOHku3159SjdIRSV-ElhDpopIwplMCLDmU/s400/DSCN2318_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuhScAZrtqwqdVgKcrru-p5GROR_Uicf01imuqP5hluLv7Yg3Wfm55AOrJdQPAnNjMF0igaX0lILZk7I5W10fdoIIV9cEYcXJl2puG6ToEBnVI8Bsx9Enwnm-njFKaLLFQ6HdNCQMawbj/s1600/DSCN2319_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuhScAZrtqwqdVgKcrru-p5GROR_Uicf01imuqP5hluLv7Yg3Wfm55AOrJdQPAnNjMF0igaX0lILZk7I5W10fdoIIV9cEYcXJl2puG6ToEBnVI8Bsx9Enwnm-njFKaLLFQ6HdNCQMawbj/s400/DSCN2319_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-17662729647827251532010-09-10T17:13:00.000-07:002010-09-10T17:13:32.374-07:00Random Items...<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhnNU5JfKM73mnWs782z07cYtuPcn1GkGGRBMkCw-k1D8d2ZqPCTzJZrJwiHyZ1AiSuQT1-PTh6k57_C4KbCszP3pWNGI3feW7WL6ZjU7hOE-SoLCsLIynkW-DKHNwpsOQPgWVRjWFOS6/s1600/DSCN2269_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhnNU5JfKM73mnWs782z07cYtuPcn1GkGGRBMkCw-k1D8d2ZqPCTzJZrJwiHyZ1AiSuQT1-PTh6k57_C4KbCszP3pWNGI3feW7WL6ZjU7hOE-SoLCsLIynkW-DKHNwpsOQPgWVRjWFOS6/s400/DSCN2269_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>Many people wonder how we can stay in the cargo trailer. As you can see, it is very cosy. There is a place for everything. This looking in through the two rear doors. I tell everyone that it is a work in progress.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnfShlSy4Ykqo3grvuQ_edcwZg4A12rMitvaooVaSexilWtvBACpO_5V_6rcTNOUh_JBDcp-9vaI7S-On5JwXVP6iDSbfapGdYLjTI1SbpsPtjqfJ9C4XyXsZIadYT1tzmEZY22k4B8ov/s1600/DSCN2270_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnfShlSy4Ykqo3grvuQ_edcwZg4A12rMitvaooVaSexilWtvBACpO_5V_6rcTNOUh_JBDcp-9vaI7S-On5JwXVP6iDSbfapGdYLjTI1SbpsPtjqfJ9C4XyXsZIadYT1tzmEZY22k4B8ov/s400/DSCN2270_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>It may look like chaos and cluttered, but we had a good system going after a few days.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYV5GgrvC0dbPX-ZPpMkSqx_tVEbz-TPMkzzovheTUBQxympF8jU1Wo_ZBBvEoLuhcgzuiHOuZQo-FyAktTuMnmwi7D3KjiAv59les_g-r4i5Za8xSI2NhoDGT3goAFkuSb1RCZSIJiOv/s1600/DSCN2313_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYV5GgrvC0dbPX-ZPpMkSqx_tVEbz-TPMkzzovheTUBQxympF8jU1Wo_ZBBvEoLuhcgzuiHOuZQo-FyAktTuMnmwi7D3KjiAv59les_g-r4i5Za8xSI2NhoDGT3goAFkuSb1RCZSIJiOv/s400/DSCN2313_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div>We are not sure if someone actually put the pine tree in the compost toilet as a joke or hoping beyond hope that it would actually improve the smell. We can tell you from first person experience, it did not!<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHN-BR4xrVw5o8S0jy5ts8wM4cVy6woji2AQx0PyYfz2TGhZfRKiwITU_b2qAt7YZz5tSuJSq26gPFcwQT2CiELzC9VQwkCdHEJJ-ZP140K9jtkGotNS7OcbDgOXD7_L3dylJVehaHsI9/s1600/DSCN2317_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHN-BR4xrVw5o8S0jy5ts8wM4cVy6woji2AQx0PyYfz2TGhZfRKiwITU_b2qAt7YZz5tSuJSq26gPFcwQT2CiELzC9VQwkCdHEJJ-ZP140K9jtkGotNS7OcbDgOXD7_L3dylJVehaHsI9/s400/DSCN2317_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-4782409522467225912010-09-09T17:13:00.000-07:002010-09-09T17:14:40.565-07:00If this looks familar...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1EBDa-k9Uw8CtHZW8-i6C1CEQ02VrUNgCnkv1Z3E5NemEuv7fotRn6M8b5vUWUvXDYb3aGa2mS3wwFk1E0hf7Vhe4c-MPkJrpqGA-cRnzTrZDXZtNyVYct9Ppob5mapY0IYCuLr7H3yu/s1600/DSCN2273_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1EBDa-k9Uw8CtHZW8-i6C1CEQ02VrUNgCnkv1Z3E5NemEuv7fotRn6M8b5vUWUvXDYb3aGa2mS3wwFk1E0hf7Vhe4c-MPkJrpqGA-cRnzTrZDXZtNyVYct9Ppob5mapY0IYCuLr7H3yu/s400/DSCN2273_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>We do not know for sure, but someone told us that the movie "Galaxy Quest" was filmed on location here.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsX2v1smKdpO8VYNv0kFFfTwxVtqBrI6ETfITp6LkYr7nLCSwyBE6NZK7cheglGVq7X8MLLGkLVleAY1W8N3xY33CmrcDX7ABGXOBEGbbD2tw_oKVccoW4j6j-a6AzR9iszTjxiv0wt5r/s1600/DSCN2275_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsX2v1smKdpO8VYNv0kFFfTwxVtqBrI6ETfITp6LkYr7nLCSwyBE6NZK7cheglGVq7X8MLLGkLVleAY1W8N3xY33CmrcDX7ABGXOBEGbbD2tw_oKVccoW4j6j-a6AzR9iszTjxiv0wt5r/s400/DSCN2275_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2tgLIXJ9JbArRWWkRk2UCSIGI1zWs0KuiME8Y4ijWM38ImwJ1MfNp-m1H2sSiRMNET0G2zh1fY2oBuU23IYO-E27wzXqoZ76ePhPBYZULVQVCAXZDsanGgEYB4KY03xrIAjvwmbKUk2T/s1600/DSCN2276_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2tgLIXJ9JbArRWWkRk2UCSIGI1zWs0KuiME8Y4ijWM38ImwJ1MfNp-m1H2sSiRMNET0G2zh1fY2oBuU23IYO-E27wzXqoZ76ePhPBYZULVQVCAXZDsanGgEYB4KY03xrIAjvwmbKUk2T/s400/DSCN2276_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAZ42D-2qj2hjICp_2rHDOKrAS0xVqp2Ut5Heh5USbXXtrVNbgjAQjv3hqhj1sMwLGdLAudxYWkExYtcdQPKnZ5bHyWSZ8xEsdoHRjyJA3GskNaTjUrtTXRsuJokYiDW4ZaiBa6493rae/s1600/DSCN2277_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAZ42D-2qj2hjICp_2rHDOKrAS0xVqp2Ut5Heh5USbXXtrVNbgjAQjv3hqhj1sMwLGdLAudxYWkExYtcdQPKnZ5bHyWSZ8xEsdoHRjyJA3GskNaTjUrtTXRsuJokYiDW4ZaiBa6493rae/s400/DSCN2277_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>After this much thinking, studying, and contemplating, I should be much wiser.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-34568955789000546092010-09-09T17:06:00.000-07:002010-09-09T17:07:34.641-07:00Goblin Valley, Utah...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WvVmbxB9RnKuu8_w1FtX5tRl0z0pCipDJqLllk86iEZLszYnDVR7-CpaqfCwYmduNsq2o07NDUhWgjGiFkSzN3JW21LU36uVPhhdjTUF0H2Z6I3gpRFBDpO6LnbDyxGxnZBua7563TsN/s1600/DSCN2290_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WvVmbxB9RnKuu8_w1FtX5tRl0z0pCipDJqLllk86iEZLszYnDVR7-CpaqfCwYmduNsq2o07NDUhWgjGiFkSzN3JW21LU36uVPhhdjTUF0H2Z6I3gpRFBDpO6LnbDyxGxnZBua7563TsN/s400/DSCN2290_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_eQABejrxued1nDSQATd3m1R4X1Gon39vC-D5NvRUZAv0-Dl-fesUYzWonWmxBDWZohU3CF-PxZ0MhrzRNt80BXUnBVCE2uPcr6p8NdKfaR9OEyqK2LAo31Oi6dr9Y1m5ymgKeX5VKLR/s1600/DSCN2307_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_eQABejrxued1nDSQATd3m1R4X1Gon39vC-D5NvRUZAv0-Dl-fesUYzWonWmxBDWZohU3CF-PxZ0MhrzRNt80BXUnBVCE2uPcr6p8NdKfaR9OEyqK2LAo31Oi6dr9Y1m5ymgKeX5VKLR/s400/DSCN2307_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>It almost seemed that we had to hike through tight spaces on every hike. This is really down in the drainage on the trail to goblin valley.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtaTG0LqvIt7E-yrnhtKIeZXDWUVElTBcS5Gob7MGQNMnU9vxYYgFUe_iDttUvXfp3n3dhF8FE1tU2FLYTdkZAIO30Zaf1_Ehd7bSfmZ3qQweILrnye7lX4c9I8zcTbozKPUSYRKdlHsb/s1600/DSCN2295_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtaTG0LqvIt7E-yrnhtKIeZXDWUVElTBcS5Gob7MGQNMnU9vxYYgFUe_iDttUvXfp3n3dhF8FE1tU2FLYTdkZAIO30Zaf1_Ehd7bSfmZ3qQweILrnye7lX4c9I8zcTbozKPUSYRKdlHsb/s400/DSCN2295_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUv_R2rYRrHFf4iudMMByWpCJ5lhSw-4pvSnwJeRoyzW27NWV665ydt39PvHgWoxevbKGvzeqaHkqVZS8CUuR9jx2nTcaj19EjOogXVFUm6HL62GWoKbw8L-xPCZqdHbxrrBCBCm49PeA/s1600/DSCN2311_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUv_R2rYRrHFf4iudMMByWpCJ5lhSw-4pvSnwJeRoyzW27NWV665ydt39PvHgWoxevbKGvzeqaHkqVZS8CUuR9jx2nTcaj19EjOogXVFUm6HL62GWoKbw8L-xPCZqdHbxrrBCBCm49PeA/s400/DSCN2311_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This was our last hike, so we sat on a big rock with a big drop off, basking in the Sun.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-72887937776290180842010-09-09T16:59:00.000-07:002010-09-09T17:00:47.740-07:00Goblins everywhere...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopyyRkddcBgkbQnDcj4UzrHljiVWyeo3CxONQDBLY8b1pJBrgsCQhfB3qALwpVDaU1kKT29c34kQGGmekfF1pDaPRyhdtYhBtXzQ9XFUb4iyY0UHJWPsEMkho5loBxNGG0Ck6K6Ju5DmP/s1600/DSCN2312_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopyyRkddcBgkbQnDcj4UzrHljiVWyeo3CxONQDBLY8b1pJBrgsCQhfB3qALwpVDaU1kKT29c34kQGGmekfF1pDaPRyhdtYhBtXzQ9XFUb4iyY0UHJWPsEMkho5loBxNGG0Ck6K6Ju5DmP/s400/DSCN2312_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSs6zVkmATVoh2eAJ_7F8_NBRKaEla1SHdcjzsJIi-0eASWUZMW576StimNGk6qXhyphenhyphenicTHMot7jKU9RgnmHjfUIHB_u1bcJtHmXnyF4CMtO_7VMRf6cqCyceVFZCPWTuW1fUkRmfMDCjc/s1600/DSCN2310_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSs6zVkmATVoh2eAJ_7F8_NBRKaEla1SHdcjzsJIi-0eASWUZMW576StimNGk6qXhyphenhyphenicTHMot7jKU9RgnmHjfUIHB_u1bcJtHmXnyF4CMtO_7VMRf6cqCyceVFZCPWTuW1fUkRmfMDCjc/s400/DSCN2310_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTBEUGej80ZHWFr__eXS-8O_JLq19jqpqqrtyRQCGV8EgMWyse6Ij6Sup5M9Z-40w7RUw2fe4uB7ffwyRG8eMxOVnnCLyJ4pmawGBo4PuqUTBTbz2HZdGxCie6puiVolw8-LrEGsYbIrq/s1600/DSCN2303_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTBEUGej80ZHWFr__eXS-8O_JLq19jqpqqrtyRQCGV8EgMWyse6Ij6Sup5M9Z-40w7RUw2fe4uB7ffwyRG8eMxOVnnCLyJ4pmawGBo4PuqUTBTbz2HZdGxCie6puiVolw8-LrEGsYbIrq/s400/DSCN2303_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_VYUlnRgjIbysSLPS94wvphDQorKGLCgvcezgGHAQVF0hh4XAtHJhQsMQurp5LCVY7ROBelnviqKsxu4nQy1FN-M4Z9Qemrtm_NCR8xzRFpd1uBIpA9oEkQqlw0ghUOHh1Sxp9ABege-/s1600/DSCN2293_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_VYUlnRgjIbysSLPS94wvphDQorKGLCgvcezgGHAQVF0hh4XAtHJhQsMQurp5LCVY7ROBelnviqKsxu4nQy1FN-M4Z9Qemrtm_NCR8xzRFpd1uBIpA9oEkQqlw0ghUOHh1Sxp9ABege-/s400/DSCN2293_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-7165738274887353862010-09-09T16:55:00.000-07:002010-09-09T16:56:00.454-07:00Goblin Valley...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNrMJHIzHk6-r99V_t7Z-xyA61Vl6q-k7VeQNCffjfdwVYsquaXsjPpu161oMU7IKP7Zcmi2Z4vVvtLiiekv2kfxZkOOzBQ5wP1kFRVkEGnBI8vxlYYo_bp2IH8TOY5aCswlvMf4H1xTc/s1600/DSCN2264_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNrMJHIzHk6-r99V_t7Z-xyA61Vl6q-k7VeQNCffjfdwVYsquaXsjPpu161oMU7IKP7Zcmi2Z4vVvtLiiekv2kfxZkOOzBQ5wP1kFRVkEGnBI8vxlYYo_bp2IH8TOY5aCswlvMf4H1xTc/s400/DSCN2264_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>I think I was looking for something to eat.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnslvqpRaiCETCbSoRTTAlpEoGV_PBtRBccTT3fjiajjuW6g59-EE9noN56qZXMmdPj5arVIsG2KeG4kkPdGRieNkBDspWVUHBMbU7CRQBTxjuTlB5oFyXt_hwOCszfSMe1RWTjobd1R-/s1600/DSCN2285_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnslvqpRaiCETCbSoRTTAlpEoGV_PBtRBccTT3fjiajjuW6g59-EE9noN56qZXMmdPj5arVIsG2KeG4kkPdGRieNkBDspWVUHBMbU7CRQBTxjuTlB5oFyXt_hwOCszfSMe1RWTjobd1R-/s400/DSCN2285_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>If we look like we are having a good time, your right!<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDazWGjkFOhoVRfJcGZuc7Lzfm_-FOBV5ENeiLbnA8zp3xZsO1ROpoYV9VxxRX2aKkFN2Sv88alauqT-EeTeI8F2ioURKgXZiCiWwFK47Mg_0_n1AvMjPNCdbOIzbKjDu1L3L-sMX5NO1w/s1600/DSCN2281_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDazWGjkFOhoVRfJcGZuc7Lzfm_-FOBV5ENeiLbnA8zp3xZsO1ROpoYV9VxxRX2aKkFN2Sv88alauqT-EeTeI8F2ioURKgXZiCiWwFK47Mg_0_n1AvMjPNCdbOIzbKjDu1L3L-sMX5NO1w/s400/DSCN2281_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>These goblins were so much fun, Norm could not help pointing out how the goblins all looked like some item or animal.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyQt2al2k6JzDAfmflYw4LGOlpzseQDMcw3G0_C9_IltvLv742dXMB2QL8NpjGtR2uqjNc9QLtWeFOgVY4rgtDJSYf9aL-AtwKADHjhliKEO8DO6vH5s6stIKBS7o-hCBik-py0pmVf6Y/s1600/DSCN2283_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyQt2al2k6JzDAfmflYw4LGOlpzseQDMcw3G0_C9_IltvLv742dXMB2QL8NpjGtR2uqjNc9QLtWeFOgVY4rgtDJSYf9aL-AtwKADHjhliKEO8DO6vH5s6stIKBS7o-hCBik-py0pmVf6Y/s400/DSCN2283_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This goblin looked just like a throne. So, my Queen took her place on it!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-44013268973029311632010-09-09T16:43:00.000-07:002010-09-09T16:44:07.021-07:00Camp food...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7P4n62ZCUUJ-_W9CjrTNgxdcXw5B8FKhV5opdzDrc09JJdIoEoVxSfMx5PhTMf_YN71FXtsKYYtF3VhVpYlbshYcDHMWG5di9MTbji3-NqRK7EVRVFPXlkikqjCpF86ShY3InWXdjLhS2/s1600/DSCN2266_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7P4n62ZCUUJ-_W9CjrTNgxdcXw5B8FKhV5opdzDrc09JJdIoEoVxSfMx5PhTMf_YN71FXtsKYYtF3VhVpYlbshYcDHMWG5di9MTbji3-NqRK7EVRVFPXlkikqjCpF86ShY3InWXdjLhS2/s400/DSCN2266_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>A lot of people are curious about what we eat while travelling. Some people think we eat at <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">restaurants</span> all the time. Nothing could be further from the truth, as you can see. We cooked our own meals for almost three weeks before giving in to one of Ray' s burgers.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6ANEaZk51-oNsUB6YWeb7fWEoTX8yVkVJ6cKkpXDjLSoYvoY1L8OvRhxZ_EzNeDnaDjLpryYI26CN0uzkXcOIzPRABKcfj7flnxtmJXX5WB15xfzWv4vE_wnmWtGaY-NA0tkOPE1Y9Yz/s1600/DSCN2267_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6ANEaZk51-oNsUB6YWeb7fWEoTX8yVkVJ6cKkpXDjLSoYvoY1L8OvRhxZ_EzNeDnaDjLpryYI26CN0uzkXcOIzPRABKcfj7flnxtmJXX5WB15xfzWv4vE_wnmWtGaY-NA0tkOPE1Y9Yz/s400/DSCN2267_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXwM_FT-DYofpjK9VLi7uE91WRyqoQeM0ENTkk6SxRbkO91CejudUeCKfLYxLCrmUzXwjtncoORvYwMS9ISmvFyHJWSfvLqKbpFU6OMg-FCvslpHRgf-kuMnlUvyqCSfUBgIFsCR9FvDI/s1600/DSCN2268_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXwM_FT-DYofpjK9VLi7uE91WRyqoQeM0ENTkk6SxRbkO91CejudUeCKfLYxLCrmUzXwjtncoORvYwMS9ISmvFyHJWSfvLqKbpFU6OMg-FCvslpHRgf-kuMnlUvyqCSfUBgIFsCR9FvDI/s400/DSCN2268_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>I think we picked this melon up while travelling through the southeastern corner of Colorado. Lots of good produce are grown there.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054315736485408826.post-55791881104879492172010-09-09T16:33:00.000-07:002010-09-09T16:34:31.059-07:00Little Wildhorse Canyon part 5...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6kFD2KwJhnGwlByKC0C6kCXmanD_lTRvuVMvsLIQwhOOBWTdMmr9TPPZTknNuZ2R9ymyTX3W87pQSaW8fipo6NfyOxJvOVgbdd7sagOS8z6_pGRmwesoIPBCUT1PytfnUUbrXw6pxH-6/s1600/DSCN2256_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6kFD2KwJhnGwlByKC0C6kCXmanD_lTRvuVMvsLIQwhOOBWTdMmr9TPPZTknNuZ2R9ymyTX3W87pQSaW8fipo6NfyOxJvOVgbdd7sagOS8z6_pGRmwesoIPBCUT1PytfnUUbrXw6pxH-6/s400/DSCN2256_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy9l7t-2SmjSqXnhwcsFAXk3Bh_6nwand1ngGoRAAGU02BIrnn4Dp_rrUiCeyLT2_xMRNeoE11iIULmRlcbDjpAebCsDycmpG85B2VbIXC6zj20NHWqzepqxGapX9y0KipNZiE91QZO7z/s1600/DSCN2261_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy9l7t-2SmjSqXnhwcsFAXk3Bh_6nwand1ngGoRAAGU02BIrnn4Dp_rrUiCeyLT2_xMRNeoE11iIULmRlcbDjpAebCsDycmpG85B2VbIXC6zj20NHWqzepqxGapX9y0KipNZiE91QZO7z/s400/DSCN2261_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>This looks strange in the photograph, but it is solid rock we found in the canyon.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf3ry3wulO_Bl2kxTuza4dy23jSp5zqckS19DL4lXDUKXEUZLFVCMa4LyEgRhnZwKyzsLxAbWwOYdtKy2DelZfT5mgxfwyT2YgRNASIVjjO-ZIQgU6s0LKMLMorozgQBlpakSd7T9DYWH/s1600/DSCN2262_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf3ry3wulO_Bl2kxTuza4dy23jSp5zqckS19DL4lXDUKXEUZLFVCMa4LyEgRhnZwKyzsLxAbWwOYdtKy2DelZfT5mgxfwyT2YgRNASIVjjO-ZIQgU6s0LKMLMorozgQBlpakSd7T9DYWH/s400/DSCN2262_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPDg6iIdRzDNSdJXHqTwuaWH_HXXkC2tfzXjDLfV8ceEJjFO2tYoqLuj03RP9iZar1R_wJOLdKxhlSF78bjMNL5gVKnPQrndV9wWopn-z054QQAp2zkmj-EbTlBjCrcJctodeSxDbifCg/s1600/DSCN2263_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPDg6iIdRzDNSdJXHqTwuaWH_HXXkC2tfzXjDLfV8ceEJjFO2tYoqLuj03RP9iZar1R_wJOLdKxhlSF78bjMNL5gVKnPQrndV9wWopn-z054QQAp2zkmj-EbTlBjCrcJctodeSxDbifCg/s400/DSCN2263_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Nomads2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11930762807400091346noreply@blogger.com0