Summer Biking

We've had several nice rides on the bikes this summer. I'll try to add some pictures!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

We had a great time with Kristie in Atlanta during Christmas. Except for Christmas Day the weather was great. So Christmas Day we spent eating, playing cards and watching football. Dan drove down a few days early for a 3 day hike in the Georgia hills with some friends. They had great weather & a great time. I added a couple Christmas pictures. Happy New Year!!

Dan & Adam Deer Hunt

Dan & Adam had a successful hunt at the farm this year. Check out the pictures!

Dan's Pictures

Dan put some pictures on Webshots of his Colorado experience; click on the link below if you’d like to view them. The kids from the 1st session left yesterday and the kids from the 2nd session arrive tomorrow. Dan will be going to the Denver Airport to help pick them up. The camp charters about 5 busses to transport the kids. Dan is enjoying his time there and fishing every chance he gets. We’ll be leaving August 10th to pick him up & plan to return on August 20th.

http://community.webshots.com/album/552057235tAKhIg/0

B-93 Birthday Bash 2006

We had a GREAT time at the B-93 Birthday Bash 2006 in Ionia, Michigan with Mike, Linda, Mike, Amy, Shana, Adam, Josh & Friends. It was 3 days of GREAT concerts.

Friday we saw:
Rockit King
Outer Vibe
The Tubes
REO Speedwagon

Saturday we saw:
Branded
Bomshel
Megan Mullins
Trent Tomlinson
Jason Aldean
Billy Currington
Trace Adkins

Sunday we saw:
I Am
Luke Galloway
Eric Church
Jake Owen
Little Big Town
Jamie O’Neal
Blake Shelton

You can see more pictures along with a video of the "Flying Tent" at the following B-93 website: http://www.b93.com/main.html

I've added a few pictures also.

Dan's in Colorado

Dan is having a great time in Colorado. We left on May 11 and arrived in Estes Park on May 12. We spent several days playing in the Rocky Mountains & Estes Park before dropping Dan off at the camp on Tuesday evening, May 16. Russ & Deb then went to South Dakota and played around Custer, Deadwood, Sturgis, Mt. Rushmore and the Bad Lands. The camp Dan is working at this summer is Cheley Colorado Camps & the website is: http://www.cheley.com. His pre-camp work was finished on Wednesday. Thursday he had off & spent it fishing, hiking & sledding in the Mountains. Yesterday & today he has “Wilderness Training”. He has tomorrow off then his pre-camp training begins. The pre-camp work was only for a few counselors that wanted some extra $$ for coming early to work and the Wilderness Training is only for those who haven’t had it before & want to accompany the campers on over-night hikes. Next week the training is for all counselors so the remainder of the counselors should be arriving this weekend. There are over 200 counselors from all over the country. We met about a half dozen boys Dan’s age when we dropped him off and none of them were from Colorado. Memorial weekend Dan had Sunday & Monday off. Sunday he scheduled a 6 hour fly fishing guide & he caught a lot & learned a lot. After fishing he & 3 other guys attempted to climb Longs Peak – the highest in Colorado at over 14,000 feet. They planned to climb to a certain level, pitch the tents, then climb the rest of the way on Monday. Climbers have to be back below the tree line before 1:30 pm because of lightening strikes. They weren’t able to get as far as they wanted on Sunday to pitch the tents because of a blizzard with over 60 mile per hour winds and temps below 0. Dan did climb about 6.5 miles of the 7.5 mile hike when he & Cecil decided that was as far as they wanted to go. They were the 2 beginner hikers – the other 2 were more experienced. Dan & Cecil played on the snow & ice & waited for the other two to return. Dan said it was “an experience”. The campers arrive on June 14. Dan loves being there – he misses Jackie but he said he is able to talk with her on the phone more than he thought he would since his phone doesn’t work at the camp. Camp is only 4 miles from Estes Park where his phone works great. A few pictures of our trip to Colorado, South Dakota and Dan’s fishing & hiking experience have been added.

Florida here we Come!!

We’re (Russ, Deb, Dan Kristie & Joe) looking forward to heading to Florida Thursday 3/2/06!!!
We leave Flint at 8:20 pm on Flight # 259 to Atlanta.
We leave Atlanta at 10:55 pm on Flight # 129 & arrive in Tampa at 12:18 pm.
Thursday night we’re staying at the Marriott in downtown Tampa.
Friday we’ll visit friends in Orlando then on to Daytona Beach.
Friday & Saturday night we’re staying at the Sunterra Daytona Beach Regency.
Saturday we’ll pickup Rogor & Ed at the Daytona Airport arriving on Continental Flight # 3010 at 12:09 pm. They’re staying until Wednesday.
Sunday Tom & Pat will make the trip from Tampa to Daytona for a day at Bike Week.
Sunday night we’ll take the rental car back to the Sarasota Airport where Dad & Mom will pick us up & take us to their Venice Villa.
We’re looking forward to spending the rest of the week hunting for shark’s teeth.
We’ll head back to Michigan on Sunday 3/12/06. We’ll leave Tampa on Northwest flight # 1599 for a direct flight back to Flint arriving at 9:18 pm.

We just added some Christmas pictures taken in Atlanta.

Hopefully we’ll add some Florida pictures soon!