It’s July 4, which here in the USA is Independence Day. I’m catching up on email and bills this morning, and we’ll go to the reservoir later today to enjoy the hot sun and cool water. It’s been a while since I wrote anything here, so here’s a quick update: I survived the EGD procedure… Continue reading Happy Independence Day!
Category: Travel
Travel
back from vacation
Hi, everyone. Beth and I just got back from a 2 week vacation yesterday. It’s good (and bad) to be back. We spent lots of time in and around canyons. I guess that was the theme. Beth took hundreds of photos, and I shot about 90 minutes of HDV video. So much that it’ll take… Continue reading back from vacation
our trip to Wray for prairie chickens
I left work early Friday so Beth and I could drive to the little town of Wray, Colorado. Wray is on the plains of the northeast part of the state, not far from the Nebraska state line. The reason for our trip? It’s the mating season of the Greater Prairie Chicken. For a one month… Continue reading our trip to Wray for prairie chickens
I can no longer deny it: I’m in my late 30s
My 39th birthday was yesterday, March 20, 2008. So I guess I can no longer say I’m in the “mid-30s”. We had an awesome birthday party last Saturday night – probably the biggest birthday party I’ve ever had. I think there were about 35 people in attendance. It had a “spaghetti western” theme, so people… Continue reading I can no longer deny it: I’m in my late 30s
what I did on summer break
OK, I didn’t actually get a summer break, but Beth and I did go to Fort Lauderdale for a long weekend on a diving trip. She just now posted the photos for the trip. Check them out here, if you care: http://flickr.com/photos/19904363@N00/sets/72157603646889357/
SSSS
To make matters worse today, while checking in at the US Airways ticket counter to get our boarding passes for the flight to Omaha, we were “randomly” selected to receive the special security screening. They don’t wait to decide this as you’re going through the security checkpoint, but instead print “SSSS” on the boarding pass… Continue reading SSSS
greetings from Omaha, Nebraska
I’m writing this in the airport in Omaha. “What the heck am I doing in Omaha?” you might ask. Well, our flight from Kansas City to Denver was canceled due to “crew issues”. I called United at the ticket agent initially said the next time we could fly home would be the 28th. Two more… Continue reading greetings from Omaha, Nebraska
I’m back
Well, I’m back in the US now. At the moment, it’s 6:11 AM on Sunday morning. Obviously, I’m not over jet lag yet, since I woke up about 4 AM this morning and couldn’t fall back asleep. So I’m using the quiet time in the dark to catch up on stuff on my laptop. My… Continue reading I’m back
Another Day, Another Shouarma
OK, in all seriousness, I’m not yet sick of shouarma and falafel sandwiches. But I just got back from dinner, and decided I wanted something smaller than the feasts I’ve been getting wherever I go out for meals here in Israel. I found one of the million or so little shouwarma and falafel shacks around… Continue reading Another Day, Another Shouarma
crap!
I just wrote a very good, fairly long blog article about my sightseeing trip to Jerusalem today, and my impressions of how much more Judaism permeates life in Israel than I expected. I think I spent probably 45 minutes writing it. But then when I went to save it, the wifi connection in my hotel… Continue reading crap!