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Salt Lake City ~ Jordan's Farewell Journey
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Jordan's Colorado Adventures
This was Jordan's last full day in Colorado. Here's what we did: 1. I had to tape an interview at the 9News Station for DeVry University. Jordan came along at 5am to see what that was like. 2. Denver Colorado Temple. 3. Garden of the Gods in Co
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Monday, May 17, 2010
ITALY 2010
Vatican City This journal entry covers the first full day in Rome. Staying at the Hotel Columbus which is no more than a 200 yards from the entrance to St. Peter's Basilica. I had very decent views of the Basilica dome and the Castile San Angeles
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Nashville 2009
Joined up with Bethany (Hockey Daughter) and Jeannie for a trip down to Nashville. A friend/colleague at DeVry (Lori) offered access to Nashville Predators tickets with her parents for December 26th game. We decided to make an event of it and tied in t
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Puerto Rico
This blog contains photos taken over the entire stay at Rio Mar. There are several sunrises, sunsets and a few nice shots of sea birds around the beach. It was a very nice place. I had a room facing the beach and every night opened the door to liste
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs! One of the great treats of living in Colorado is the opportunity of literally driving to the top of a mountain. Pikes Peak has such a road. Pikes Peak is famous for pioneer settlers who could sight the mountain
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Fiji 2009
Fiji's Rainforests are simply amazing. It is safe to say that I was mesmerized and fascinated. As the wonders unfolded in front of me, my only desire is that I had more knowledge. What is that strange tree? What was that flower? It rained and i
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Australia: A Whirlwind Tour of Sydney
Sydney, Australia One of the most exciting aspects of our trip to Sydney was the Harbour Bridge Climb. Tethered to a cable we climbed the 134 meters up the ladder and then across the arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It wasn's easy, but it was
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Steamboat Colorado Adventure
Steamboat Colorado! Friends, Kathy and Gayle, enjoyed a one week adventure in Winter Park, Colorado. We decided to join them of a one day adventure working around the work schedule. Our car trip took us to the west side of Rocky Mountain Nationa
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Colorado Weekend Adventures
Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park can be one of the most beautiful places on earth. My friend Les when visiting here for the first time said, "How can anyone doubt the existence of God when they see something as beautiful as this!&
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Breckenridge to Great Sand Dunes National Park
July 10, 2009 On a Saturday that actually started as a bear and beaver adventure, we ended up driving from Breckenridge down US 285 to Sand Dunes National Park. You gotta love the diversity of Colorado! Well, the TomTom lied and we had plenty of
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Mount Evans, Colorado
Mount Evans is the road into the sky. It is the highest paved road in the world. You drive from 8,700 feet at Idaho Spring where you turn of Interstate 70 to 14,240 feet to the summit and you will pass through 3 life zones, passing ancient trees, lak
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Ouray, Telluride and Silverton Colorado
Well, we followed directions from Denver to Ouray from mapquest. Not good... It was a lousy day and pretty much rained the whole way. MapQuest took us south of Denver on US285 to Highway 50 and over Monarch Pass. It took like 7 hours with the weath
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Canadian Mountain Springtime
Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada Clyde and I went on a marathon one day trip from Cardston Alberta over the Crow's Nest Pass up the BC (west) side of the Canadian Rockies through Radium Hot Springs and back to Calgary. It was a grea
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
EVERGALDES NATIONAL PARK 2009
EVERGLADES: Gators, Osprey and Heron... OH MY! Extended a business trip in FL when I realized that I was flying home on Thursday and DeVry gives us Good Friday off. I paid the fees and stayed over the weekend. Spring time around Eater is no
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Grand Canyon National Park 2009
I stand all amazed at the beauty of the Grand Canyon. You have probably guessed by now that I love light and what happens during sunrises and sunsets. Well, the beauty of the Grand Canyon only accentuates that amazing quality of light. These pictu
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Bryce Canyon National Park
It was only a 72 mile drive from Zion National Park to Bryce Canyon National Park, but it was kind of long one. Let's be clear Bryce is near nothing. The only way you will be going to Bryce is to be going to Bryce. It is a sunrise park. I didnt k
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Zion National Park
I was in Las Vegas for a company meeting and extended for the weekend to visit some of the nearby national parks. On this trip, I visited Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. These had been on my bucket lis
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Friday, March 27, 2009
James Gets His Yoda On!!!!
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Christmas in London
Oxford is very different town as it is a city within a university and vice versa. A lot of the buildings looked familiar from the Harry Potter movies and the Golden Compass movie. It was really like stepping back into time. I borrowed the follow
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Paris France 2008
The Louvre took longer than planned, so this cut into the available time to visit the Notre Dame Cathedral. When we got there, we also encountered a fairly serious line up. I made the most of the time. This is why several of the pictures of the ou
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Boca Raton Florida
Friends are the greatest blessing. Luis and Ruth Pacheco live about 45 minutes from Boca Raton. At Luis' suggestion, we went west of Fort Lauderdale to the Everglades for an Airboat Ride. It was awesome. We got a good picture at the dock, and I wil
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Christmas in New York
Another amazing day checking out Christmas in New York City... I was joined by two great friends, Vera Senese and Dave Driscoll. It is very true that if you want to experience a city then ask a local. Vera and Dave took time out of their weekends
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
Canada's Mountain National Parks
I attended Chruch at the LDS Banff Branch. I dont think that I had been there since I first moved to Canada in 1983. After Chruch, Al Stanford and I had a day to play in the mountains. We first went to Lake Louise with hopes of also seeing Moraine
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Aspen Colorado
This was my first trip to Aspen area. My cousins, Tim and Connie Dehner, and I had seen postcards of the Dead Horse Mill (aka Crystal River Mill) at a Colorado visitor center in the fall of 2003. We decided, right then and there, to visit the mill th
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Yellowstone National Park 2008
Geysers, Buffaloes and Bears! Oh MY! Yellowstone National Park was pretty amazing. Yellowstone also had a large population of tourists over the Labour Day Weekend. I would really like to go back to Yellowstone before the high tourist season.
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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Grand Teton National Park 2008
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK: Well, this is one long drive from Denver Colorado to Jackson Hole Wyoming. My car doesn't have cruise control on it, so my right leg was permanently cramped.... It was a 10 hour car drive, BUT it was very worth it. Gr
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Mammoth Caves National Park
After visiting the Lincoln Birthplace Historical Site, we made the 20 minute trip to Bardstown, Kentucky to visit My Old Kentucky Home. The facility was closed when we got there as it was now passed 7pm, but the approaching sunset provided some grea
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Saturday, August 02, 2008
Banff National Park
June 15, 2008 I had a great Father's Day with my sons, Russell and Jamie and our great friend Allan Stanford. Jamie, Russell and I went to Chruch at 6th Ward in Calgary and then drove to Banff National Park. There we picked up Allan who now lives
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Grand Canyon Arizona 2008
We had booked a room in the Grand Canyon Lodge on our first day here. It was right on the rim. Very cool. Sunrise was evasive again, but we had a fantastic morning on Hopi Point. Finally got that panoramic photo that I had been planning since the
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Southwest Colorado
May 2006 Frank Stanford came down from Calgary to conduct some business and stayed over the weekend. Since I left Denver for St. Louis in 1999, we had been talking about making a trip to Mesa Verde. This was our trip. We were to vist three (3)
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Monday, April 07, 2008
FLORIDA 2008
The Everglades are absolutely amazing. In the Spring, they are just teaming with wildlife, particularly birds. The pictures in this journal include Bald Eagles, Osprey, Herons (3 types), and of course Gators. My allergies went nuts and I found the p...
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Chicago 2008
Stayed in Chicago for a weekend between back-to-back business meetings. A really nasty cold front rolled in with daytime highs of 1 degree Farenheit. A friend, Valerie Karnes, and I decided to brave the cold and visit downtown Chicago. It was beauti...
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
MY Old Kentucky Home
The two years after Dad's death began a new tradition of going home to KY for Mom's Birthday (October 25th) and the beautiful colors of the Fall leaves. 2006 was "once in a decade" year with the conditions perfect for Fall foilage. I have d...
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Friday, February 08, 2008
Eagles at Barr Lake State Park, CO
Barr Lake State Park is north and east of Denver near the town of Brighton. We observed 2 mature Bald Eagles and 9 immature Bald Eagles. The six pictures are of 1 mature and 1 immature eagle that I was lucky enough to get within a 100 feet of their...
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
London 2007
London on New Year's Eve, a riot to say the least. The plan was to meet up with my friend, Melinda, down by the river Thames after going to the Theatre. Melinda was going to see a Midsummer's Night Dream. I had tickets to "We Will Rock You&
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a complex city. It is filled with history, disaster and scandle. History is evident in the St. Louis Cathedral, or the above ground cemeteries (Cities of the Dead), or one of America's oldest city parks. Jackson's Square, which is d
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
September 2007 This was a great visit to Calgary. I got early one morning and headed down to the bluffs east of Calgary in a community called Dover. My plan was to capture the rising sun as it struck the mirror windows of Calgary highrises. We...
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Friday, September 28, 2007
New York, New York, USA
This was my first trip to NYC since 1982. I traveled here for a convention for Financial Aid Administrators. While the trip was very busy, I had a chance to break away and do some personal touring for 2 half days. It was a great experience. Here ...
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Washington DC
Washington DC delivers on every visit, but July in DC is just amazingly hot and humid. I thought that I was going to die.... A friend, Deb Barker-Garcia, joined me for this photo taking adventure on the Washington Mall. Deb is from SoCal and she w
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Saturday, July 07, 2007
Florida 2007
This was my first true vacation in many years. I have had a few fast paced weekends, but was different. I actually slowed down and did something I have wanted to do for years....
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Philadelphia Freedom
Philadelphia Pennsylvania! I visited here in 1981, but those pictures were lost through the years. I was in Philadelphia to visit DeVry's Ft. Washington Campus. I arranged to arrive early so that I could spend a couple of hours visiting the Libert
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Miami Beach 2006
Miami, Florida Traveled down to Miami for a DeVry Training Event. I had the pleasure of being toured around Miami by two friends, Luis and Ruth. They were very patient as I fussed with the camera to get low light pictures of Ocean Drive's Art Deco
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Sunday, December 17, 2006
Columbia Icefields, Alberta, Canada
29August2006 Ever now and then you have the opportunity to share a day were memories are made. Jamie, Russell and I had such a day in August 2006. We started early because we wanted to go exploring along the Icefields Parkway. Russell gave us t...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington has been a regular stop for me when traveling for DeVry for years. However, I have never taken advantage of the city for sightseeing. This time, I traveled to Seattle for a convention and actually had time to slow down and see t
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Mount Rushmore
March 11, 2006 Heads ~ Mount Rushmore Tails ~ Carlsbad Caverns That is how we made the decision on whether to drive North or South on I25 from Denver. You never know what kind of weather March will bring to the Mountain West. Our trip to Moun...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Yosemite National Park, California
October 2005 This trip started as a business trip to visit DeVry's campus in Northern California and then attend a board meeting. I had decided to extend the weekend and go to Yosemite National Park. I have wanted to go there since I saw my first ...
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Saturday, October 15, 2005
Southern California Dreaming
When I first returned to DeVry, I was given a long term assignment in Southern California. It was quiet a learning experience. I developed friendships and memories that I hope to never lose. These pictures document some of those memories of a truly ...
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
Nova Scotia 1998
September 1998 DV sent me to Halifax to run a new student orientation which actually occured on the border with New Brunswick (but I can't find those pictures). It was a great adventure. To get me there on time for the event, I had to fly out a
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Friday, September 18, 1998
