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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, January 1, 2014

Bye Bye '13

Can't say as I'll miss it. 2013 had some big changes for me, not all good, but that is a story for another time. 

Met Amy, Derek, Molly and Spencer at the airport yesterday.

Of course the first stop was Costco. Grab a quick lunch and stock up for the rest of the trip. 
Lots of energy in Grandkids that have been traveling all day.

Pole dancing while waiting for mom & dad to finish. 

Went down to the beach this morning to pound sand and conquer the surf. 
This is our beach right after sunset; a state beach with good snorkeling at both ends and mini waves for the kids. 

Molly got a little water up her nose on one of her first rides. 
She soon figured it out and caught many a wave.
Meanwhile, Spencer moves sand.

Finally got everyone out but it was Molly that did the "surfing". 

Spencer had to concentrate on not loseing his pants. 
A couple of the waves almost pulled them off.

Everyone had fun and brought back lots of sand in their suits.

Later, I snuck back down for the sunset which promised better that it produced. 



So ends 2013. A year of adjustments ( but aren't they all ) good riddance. 

I'm finishing this up as the fireworks go off hourly for all the time zones across the nation. Just finished the west coast.  Hopefully, it will quite down after midnight until the birds wake us up at dawn. There is one species that looks like a cross between a dove and a quail that has unbelievable volume. As they forage in the landscaping outside our balcony, they crank it up to about 120 decibels as they let everyone know just what they are finding. Pound for pound they develope more volume than anything I've ever heard. There is no ignoring them. Too bad there aren't any roosters in the immediate area, they aren't nearly as annoying.  

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. Next year will be better!


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