After joining a team last year and having NO organization or communication with rides and events, Curtis Thacker and I thought we could do better. We are getting a cycling club together to ride and participate in local events this summer. Please go to our site and check it out. If you are interested in supporting us with a donation or would like to purchase a jersey or shorts please contact us.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Trip to Austin
Every year I attend a conference for work and every year it is in a different place. this year I was able o go back to my hometown in Austin and see some of the things and people that I love most. Here are some of them.
This is my other family in Austin. Poppy and Stan Hodge. they are just like a brother and sister to me.
This is the O'Henry House. My uncle took me here when I was only about 7 or 8 years old and I rememnber that he wanted to buy me a book. I really didnt have any interest in the book at the time but since have come to love the stories taht O'Henry told so it was neat to go back again in a different mindset to experience it again.
The Driskill Hotel is a very fancy hotel built in the late 1800's. It was owned by Driskill who lost it in a card game... wouldn't it be interesting to know who held what cards when the last person called?
Some Stained Glass inside of the Hotel. Pretty amazing work!
This is probably one of the most historic and well known places in Texas. The Alamo! Contrary to popular belief there is no basement in the Alamo but there are thousands of ways to prepare corn, none of which I will tell you about right now. If you need some ideas, please contact Kaye, I seem to remember her having a large coffee table book about the delectable vegetable.
The Riverwalk. As always this is a very pretty place and a favorite place to visit.
How could I go to Texas and not see Bevo? For those that don't know who Bevo is the picture should explain it all.
Lance Armstrong, probably one of the greatest athletes to every compete, has a bike shop about 12 blocks from the hotel that I stayed in. Most of you know that I love cycling and to get the opportunity to go to this bike shop was really neat. Lance just finished 29th in the Tour Down Under in Australia and shipped his bike to the shop. I was lucky enough to get to see and touch it and take some pictures with it. The other bike is his team bike that he will be riding this year with team Astana. He will be using a combination of these bike as well as a few more during the season and hopefully in the 2009 Tour De France for an unprecedented 8th tour win!
The whole trip was great and I did learn some great things at the conference as well. Other than the pictures shown we went to the capitol building, Ironworks BBQ, 6th street to see some really interesting people, SOCO, my old house and a ton more. We were tired by the end and ready to come home but I was glad taht we made the effort to see all of the great things taht there are to see in Austin and Texas.
This is my other family in Austin. Poppy and Stan Hodge. they are just like a brother and sister to me.
This is the O'Henry House. My uncle took me here when I was only about 7 or 8 years old and I rememnber that he wanted to buy me a book. I really didnt have any interest in the book at the time but since have come to love the stories taht O'Henry told so it was neat to go back again in a different mindset to experience it again.
The Driskill Hotel is a very fancy hotel built in the late 1800's. It was owned by Driskill who lost it in a card game... wouldn't it be interesting to know who held what cards when the last person called?
Some Stained Glass inside of the Hotel. Pretty amazing work!
This is probably one of the most historic and well known places in Texas. The Alamo! Contrary to popular belief there is no basement in the Alamo but there are thousands of ways to prepare corn, none of which I will tell you about right now. If you need some ideas, please contact Kaye, I seem to remember her having a large coffee table book about the delectable vegetable.
The Riverwalk. As always this is a very pretty place and a favorite place to visit.
How could I go to Texas and not see Bevo? For those that don't know who Bevo is the picture should explain it all.
Lance Armstrong, probably one of the greatest athletes to every compete, has a bike shop about 12 blocks from the hotel that I stayed in. Most of you know that I love cycling and to get the opportunity to go to this bike shop was really neat. Lance just finished 29th in the Tour Down Under in Australia and shipped his bike to the shop. I was lucky enough to get to see and touch it and take some pictures with it. The other bike is his team bike that he will be riding this year with team Astana. He will be using a combination of these bike as well as a few more during the season and hopefully in the 2009 Tour De France for an unprecedented 8th tour win!
The whole trip was great and I did learn some great things at the conference as well. Other than the pictures shown we went to the capitol building, Ironworks BBQ, 6th street to see some really interesting people, SOCO, my old house and a ton more. We were tired by the end and ready to come home but I was glad taht we made the effort to see all of the great things taht there are to see in Austin and Texas.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Amateur Extra
Many of you know that I enjoy amateur Radio. Well the above image shows that I have achieved the highest nerdhood possible in ham radio. I took my Amateur Extra class exam this morning and passed, only missing 2 questions. For those of you that do not know how this works, there is a question pool of 750 questions that they could possibly ask you. You are given a test with 50 of those questions and you have to get a 73% to pass. I never thought that I would be able to do this but I have. It was hard but worth it. I passed my 5 words per minute Morse code test back in 2003 and I have to say that this test today was more anxiety ridden than that.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The "I miss my Logan Man Post"
Logan and Kris have been away for a couple of days now and I have been missing both of them. I was looking through some pictures that we haven't filed yet and i saw this one. I love this little man and I think you can see why. His smile ALWAYS makes me smile!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
My First Confirmed Country
As many of you know I enjoy Amateur radio. As a short explanation you use a radio wave to contact others in far away places. It is kind of like an internet chat room but over the radio. I enjoy talking with others and seeing how far I can get my signal to go. The other day I was on seeing who I could talk to and a station right below me started to call for someone as well. So I moved down and it was a man by the name of Ken. His call sign was JO7CVU and he was in JAPAN! This is not very far and pretty easy for most people to get but I had only ever talked with someone in Japan 1 other time. We exchanged information and I sent off a card confirming our contact. He replied yesterday with his card confirming our conversation and I have included it here for you to see. It may not look like much to you but I am very proud of this contact!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
My Hero: "Lucky"
Many people have hero's in their lives like Michael Jordon, Abe Lincoln, President Hinckley and many others. One of my hero's since I was a child is Larry "Lucky" Chesley. WHO?!?!?!?!? Well, Larry Chesley. There is not much on the internet on him and it is hard to find the details of his heroics. One of the coolest things about my relationship with Larry is that I actually got to meet my hero. Many people never do. Larry was a top gun F-4 Fantom fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. He was a good pilot and flew many successful missions. On one particular mission he was shot down and taken prisoner. He spent the next Seven years in various POW camps and has wonderful and inspiring stories of his time there. 
I am writing about my experience meeting him because it was a life changing experience to meet one of the people that you look up to. While talking with one of my friends, who is a Chaplin, she mentioned that she knew Larry and that he should come speak to the students at The school where I work. The plans were made and he was to come. I had the opportunity to introduce him to the student body and also to go to dinner with him and his wife. He is as engaging in person as he is in his book or tapes. If you would like to read more about his experiences you can check out his book here. While talking with him it is evident that he is a man of integrity and values. He also gave me a copy of his book and wrote a special dedication to me. I hope everyone has a hero and can meet them one day. Who is your Hero and why?
I am writing about my experience meeting him because it was a life changing experience to meet one of the people that you look up to. While talking with one of my friends, who is a Chaplin, she mentioned that she knew Larry and that he should come speak to the students at The school where I work. The plans were made and he was to come. I had the opportunity to introduce him to the student body and also to go to dinner with him and his wife. He is as engaging in person as he is in his book or tapes. If you would like to read more about his experiences you can check out his book here. While talking with him it is evident that he is a man of integrity and values. He also gave me a copy of his book and wrote a special dedication to me. I hope everyone has a hero and can meet them one day. Who is your Hero and why?
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