Antelope Island State Park: Almost Heaven

The sign that greeted our arrival at the entrance to Antelope Island State Park near Layton, Utah was “the biting gnats are bad”. Equipped with various forms of deet, we were not to be deterred from visiting. After a month on the road, we were ready for a ‘real vacation’ — time to kick back, [...]

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My 4-Month Birthday Celebration

We were at the KOA in Salt Lake City on June 11th, 2010 — my 4 month birthday. My parents, Ed and Ros, surprised me with Fido cookies, birthday hats and singing “Happy Birthday” (badly and out of tune) to me just after dinnertime. I didn’t care much for the hat. But they can sing [...]

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See You in the Next Zip Code

I was out taking pictures of the approaching cumulonimbus (thunder) clouds against a scenic mountain backdrop at the KOA in Rock Springs, Wyoming; with the lyrics of Cheap Trick’s “Rock ‘n Roll” Tonight” running through my brain when a single drop of rain hit my face. A second later, the wind picked up and the [...]

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The Dog Ate My Power Supply

I never fully appreciated “the dog ate my homework” excuse until just a few days ago when Jasper chewed up my power supply. I felt bad enough being out of contact for days at a time during our cross-country roadtrip and camping in areas which had no Internet access, but to have the dog chew [...]

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Jasper’s First Play Date

Jasper, our 3 month old chocolate labrador retriever puppy had his first play date today with Harley, a 4.5 month old yellow lab puppy. Fun was had by all. The dogs ran, frolicked, nipped at each other, played with a rope toy and but for the fact that Harley lost a wisker (I felt SO [...]

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Do You Get the Magellan's Catalog?

The latest catalog from Magellan’s just came in, so I had to stop work, make a coffee and set aside some time to peruse the latest offerings – despite the fact that I probably have one of each thing in the catalog already! Here’s a neat little story that I found on Facebook about how [...]

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Do You Know When to Ask for Help?

I hate painting of the household / wall / room variety. And because I dislike it so much, I have very little patience for painting projects, and having little patience doesn’t improve my skills. For evidence, see photos on the right which clearly depict my inability to ‘color within the lines’. So one must wonder [...]

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