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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Roughing it

That’s us!  No phone or TV or Wifi for almost TWO WHOLE DAYS.  Don’t know how we survived before the microwave was invented.  I’m not going to get all nostalgic but I just recalled when we got our first microwave.  It was huge, almost more than one could carry.  And of course, after trying all the recipes that came in the accompanying cook book, we soon settled down to not much more than reheating coffee.

Teri and I just discovered a secret.  We figured that the reason our parents never took us to Death Valley was because you only went there to die.  The real reason probably was they had enough desert by the time they got to Barstow or Mojave, why look for hotter and drier places?

Well this place is a very well kept secret.  Not only do you not die here, unless you do something stupid (like go out side in the day time), but the place is beautiful.  A lot like the Painted Desert, in AZ.  We never imagined so much color without vegetation. 


 



 

 









 



And this place has one serious salt flat.







 


The “Devil’s Golf Course” reminded us of the auto sized ice blocks that form on the mud flats in the Turnagain Arm.




This was once a paved road, a bit narrow, until 2+ in of rain triggered a gully wash.




Stay cool.

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