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• The Deep, Travel

  Remember D-Day

  06.06.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Today, June 6, is the 63rd anniversary of D-Day; the Battle of Normandy Beach. I’m not a military history buff by any stretch of the imagination, but I do know what June 6 means, and can’t think of the sacrifice made by so many men without getting choked up. Almost 1.5 million Allied forces involved […]

• Just Stuff, Travel

  The Cows-Line?

  06.04.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s a slightly funny photo; newborn calves hanging on a fence! Get it? Cows-Line — Clothes-Line! (ok, bad joke.) And in case you’re wondering, the calves are not dead; they are just fine.

• Fun!, The Kids, Travel

  The Famous Maurice Fire Escape Slide

  05.17.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  We spent Mother’s Day in the thriving metropolis that is Maurice, IA. And a day in Maurice (pronounced “mawr-is”, as in “morris”) isn’t worth much if you don’t visit the park and take a ride down The Famous Maurice Fire Escape Slide.

  The Famous Fire Escape Slide can’t be terribly famous; a Google search comes up […]

• Cameroon, Travel

  Cameroon Lava Flow

  08.01.05 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Here is a Google Maps satellite image of the lava flow in Cameroon we saw when there in January, 2004.

  Mount Cameroon erupted last in 1999, and left this huge lava flow. While the flow is a mightily impressive sight, the really strange thing is that the lava flow stopped just a few meters after crossing […]

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