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Lake Powell – Day 5
What used to be my favorite Lake Powell activity, early morning water skiing, had lost some of its appeal over the years – I rarely get to water ski, I’m out of shape, and most of my siblings are no longer interested in skiing. Only my brother Mark and sister-in-law Kristen were interested. So we…
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Lake Powell – Day 4
(Note: I forgot to mention the science outing on Day 3 when I originally posted it. You may want to go back and read about our ant war experiment.) We felt well rested after a nice night of sleep in our tent. We started the day with a slightly longer hike, climbing all the way…
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Lake Powell – Day 3
I left off yesterday’s story with Debi and I sleeping on the roof of the houseboat under the canopy hoping the rain wouldn’t be a problem. As you’ve probably guessed by me telling this story, the rain didn’t ease up. It got worse, much worse. We were situated to protect us from the rain from…
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Lake Powell – Day 2
This was a relatively calm day. I went out on one of the ski boats with my brother and some of the grandkids and rode the tube with Trey, my nephew. We also pulled out another nephew’s XBox 360 (Corbin’s) and started playing the hit game of the trip – Guitar Hero. I’m not sure…
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Lake Powell – Day 1 (and what came before)
We flew into Utah on July 30th. We spent the 31st just getting settled and hanging out with family (we went out to eat with my sister, Wendy, and her husband, Mario, and son, Ethan, before they moved to Purdue for graduate school). I then left for New Mexico early on August 1st for my…
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NM-Wheeler Peak
Summit Date August 2nd, 2008; around 12:00 pm Party Ryan Cragun, Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett Trip Report We chose New Mexico this year as we were unable to get a permit to hike Mt. Whitney in California. We left Salt Lake on August 1st, headed for Taos Ski Valley. We planned on camping in one…
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Mount Dora, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Palatka
We spent the weekend in Jacksonville, FL visiting with a colleague. On the way there on Friday we stopped by Mt. Dora, Florida, a cute little hamlet north of Orlando. It was recommended in a little travel book our neighbor gave us. It does have a small, resort town feel with lots of cute shops…
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The UFC Diet
Most people probably don’t know this about me, but I’m a fan of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). I wouldn’t say I’m an over-the-top fan; I have yet to go to a live event (and probably won’t). But I do watch the events I can and even read news about the UFC online. So, after a…
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politics and meat
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks buried in my research (some of which is getting published, but I’ll post about that when it actually comes out, which will be in a few months), so I haven’t had much to blog about on here. But two news stories caught my eye today. First is this…
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4th of July in Florida
We decided to take a day off yesterday for the 4th and spend the day at the beach. We’ve been to Fort de Soto’s two beaches so we figured we’d try another beach. This time we went to Honeymoon Island. It’s a state park and costs $5.00 per car to get in. It was pretty…