/blog/gambiteer49/?pid=p9814 Just random ramblings. :) /blog/1018/post_139681.html?pid=p9814&m= Back on February 2nd, 2004, I was feeling lonely and lost and really wondering how to change the direction of my life. I was bored and tired of sitting at home doing nothing. I had been actively inv Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:23:29 -0800 /blog/1018/post_139681.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_139519.html?pid=p9814&m= I can't speak for other people but for me they are a regular occurrence and always have been. I'm talking about synchronicities those totally bizarre coincidences that occur often hundreds or even th Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:21:33 -0800 /blog/1018/post_139519.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_139257.html?pid=p9814&m= July-July was one of the busiest Summer travel months I've ever had. In early July, Heath and I decided to go one of our monster camping-road trips. Instead of going to the northern Rockies we went Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:02:12 -0800 /blog/1018/post_139257.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_139121.html?pid=p9814&m= I haven't posted here for awhile so here goes. It's the end of the year and time for me to reflect on the many things that have gone on in my life since last end of December. So let's start with a m Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:50:35 -0800 /blog/1018/post_139121.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_136721.html?pid=p9814&m= Wednesday July 6thToday we had a very short drive as we were going only from Taos to our final National Park destination of the trip called Sand Dunes National park which is about 70 miles west of Pue Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:31:11 -0800 /blog/1018/post_136721.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_136616.html?pid=p9814&m= Monday July 4thFirst time ever on the road on vacation on the 4th of July. We drove to the Canyon Village in the early morning so we could find a campsite. After arriving we ate breakfast at a resta Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:43:37 -0800 /blog/1018/post_136616.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_136486.html?pid=p9814&m= Saturday July 2ndAfter breaking camp about 6:30 AM we drove back to Estes Park to grab a bite of breakfast at McDonalds before heading to the top of Rocky Mountain National Park. The Stanley Hotel wh Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:55:04 -0800 /blog/1018/post_136486.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_136423.html?pid=p9814&m= For one reason or another in the odd numbered years, my son and I always try to go on a big camping trip usually to the western Rockies. This year we decided to go over the 4th of July weekend which Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:43:16 -0800 /blog/1018/post_136423.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_136202.html?pid=p9814&m= On Monday June 20th I drove to the airport to fly to Dallas TX for a 5 day workshop for teachers. The plane took off right on time and I arrived in Dallas Fort Worth at about 10:00 AM. There were th Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:05:13 -0800 /blog/1018/post_136202.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_136096.html?pid=p9814&m= This will be one of my most active travel Summers since 2009, when I went on three major trips. This year it all starts tomorrow when I leave for Dallas, Texas for 5 days to attend a business/trainin Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:45:15 -0800 /blog/1018/post_136096.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_136028.html?pid=p9814&m= Every two years I go through the phone upgrade thing which is sort of a bringer of both joy and pain. Joy in the sense that every two years my provider gives me a brand new state of the art cellphone Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:34:28 -0800 /blog/1018/post_136028.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_135754.html?pid=p9814&m= The school year ended for me on Tuesday May 24th. Kids were all finished last week on Friday but we had to come back for two days to clean up our rooms and check out. This year went fine for me alth Thu, 26 May 2011 08:58:15 -0800 /blog/1018/post_135754.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_134765.html?pid=p9814&m= On Friday March 25th I decided to go on a little mini-adventure to one of my favorite places, St. Louis, Missouri. I usually go with Heath but in this case he wasn't able to go because he had to work Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:37:13 -0800 /blog/1018/post_134765.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_134508.html?pid=p9814&m= Well it's the last major vacation of the year before Summer. We finally made it to Spring Break which incidently falls during....... Spring as Spring began over the weekend. The early part of the we Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:04:54 -0800 /blog/1018/post_134508.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_133788.html?pid=p9814&m= Well, another birthday has come and gone for yours truly. Mine was officially Saturday night. I went singing but then again I usually go singing every weekend on both Friday and Saturday night. I di Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:47:05 -0800 /blog/1018/post_133788.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_131388.html?pid=p9814&m= Wow can't believe I haven't written a blog on here since early August. So what's been happening? Well school has started back up and we have a ton of changes going on this year, some of them are goo Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:32:25 -0800 /blog/1018/post_131388.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_129165.html?pid=p9814&m= Lmao, okay finally got tired of all the hissing coming from the Sexy Woods, so I went and sold the yellow tongie (yes the original one that I stole from Spudrina when she was drunl at karaoke the one Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:53:45 -0800 /blog/1018/post_129165.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_129114.html?pid=p9814&m= Wednesday July 21st-I spent the night at a reasonably price but comfortable hotel. I only was planning to make the outskirts of Lexington, Kentucky today, so I spent the entire morning talking to a f Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:32:29 -0800 /blog/1018/post_129114.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_129083.html?pid=p9814&m= Monday July 19th-A full day of stuff to do on my last full day here in DC. I had a lunch date with a friend so I went down into the mall adjoining the hotel to shop for family and friends. She arriv Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:33:24 -0800 /blog/1018/post_129083.html?pid=p9814&m= /blog/1018/post_128994.html?pid=p9814&m= Saturday July 17, 2010-Today I spent the entire morning at Gettybsurg battlefield where the decisive battle of the Civil War took place in 1863 in south central Pennsylvania. I started the auto tour Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:38:51 -0800 /blog/1018/post_128994.html?pid=p9814&m=