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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!

Monday, January 9, 2012

Meanwhile back in Portland

Since the heater is often going at Ryan & Judy's, I wonder if this balloon is still captured by the floor grate.

The thing I find interesting is that the balloon is captured not directly over the grate but a foot or so to the right.  Must be magic.

Christmas in Venice, FL

Ah Christmas!  It brings out the best in all of us.

Roger says it was bigger a week ago.

I think he was using the season as an excuse to build a beacon for the mother ship.

We went fishing yesterday; nothing noteworthy among our catch.  A few of the locals have learned that fishermen are possible sources of handouts.


They would come right up to us if we stuck our hands in the water.  Possibly looking for a new version of a "handout".  Since we didn't have any edible bait and we were not willing to share our lunch, they eventually went back to working for a living.  They would swim tight circles in the 5' deep water and then pick off what ever they stirred up.

Going beach combing today.  Going to be a cool one, only forecasted to be low 70's.

Keep up the good work out there; we appreciate the support.

Stay warm.