tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210770072024-03-13T00:38:44.436-05:00Allie and JonWelcome to our lives.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-19308704503698375982011-12-17T22:07:00.002-06:002011-12-17T22:08:33.238-06:002011Can't let 2011 go by without at least ONE post. <br /><br />Should have more to write about soon...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZH3-ILVogsFwyB80w47j7POdXLZOTcO3ShTl3xkRNLs0O65cMDD9lHVhXZNfIC4ala9B-J0_N3AQmJywPeQinu3uP6kkTP5rYQ3pHRIjq4ubrPsESljzGE0xL1bl6NUy2Cml/s1600/baby.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZH3-ILVogsFwyB80w47j7POdXLZOTcO3ShTl3xkRNLs0O65cMDD9lHVhXZNfIC4ala9B-J0_N3AQmJywPeQinu3uP6kkTP5rYQ3pHRIjq4ubrPsESljzGE0xL1bl6NUy2Cml/s400/baby.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687315398430466770" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-68667411980769992562010-10-11T22:19:00.011-05:002010-10-12T08:41:51.632-05:00Fall CampingJon and I had a quick camping trip to <a href="http://www.mccormickscreekstatepark.com/">McCormick's Creek State Park</a> this weekend. It was a great park with tons of hiking. We also took Scruffy, which made it his first camping trip! <br /><br />Pretty fall trees. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRV9XC8n_eU504PpnoivQaHoSr7Nzggt5HUYuKPf9MgSQiVSLtiOMqRsyVGCsm93qgpZ5_7Grwbx3VKNzv1Zm6Svt4XLprDoqiRCx4fQ8ptQ1N3qyagIOUzqjF1h6kq-GkaB80/s1600/100_2893.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRV9XC8n_eU504PpnoivQaHoSr7Nzggt5HUYuKPf9MgSQiVSLtiOMqRsyVGCsm93qgpZ5_7Grwbx3VKNzv1Zm6Svt4XLprDoqiRCx4fQ8ptQ1N3qyagIOUzqjF1h6kq-GkaB80/s400/100_2893.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526994928983739778" /></a><br /><br />McCormick's Creek<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDysFLx5ye8qWbWh6luiwBVAiPqOjbWoUEEAScy3wk-g1qZOAYQPIhyoaITLIzs61fhq38u_i7P12gY7fmrDp83n9z4ioQx4dSJ8kBwPF8aiqeXZl_JMlTWW6cGHSt0MdiUKh_/s1600/100_2916.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDysFLx5ye8qWbWh6luiwBVAiPqOjbWoUEEAScy3wk-g1qZOAYQPIhyoaITLIzs61fhq38u_i7P12gY7fmrDp83n9z4ioQx4dSJ8kBwPF8aiqeXZl_JMlTWW6cGHSt0MdiUKh_/s400/100_2916.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526995354853271234" /></a><br /><br />Scruffy loves hiking!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_YivqIo34ibRKJaNX9C5UPqGDpMyVOUVQFDvWgpnUS9pbRZJVoslNKQZIFVR0twwBzLKF0gELUpyt1GnQRvrL-2guxJiMhhmzNkHL0Hig63_kiwMbRrn2vz5juqDbm2WlSvV/s1600/100_2920.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_YivqIo34ibRKJaNX9C5UPqGDpMyVOUVQFDvWgpnUS9pbRZJVoslNKQZIFVR0twwBzLKF0gELUpyt1GnQRvrL-2guxJiMhhmzNkHL0Hig63_kiwMbRrn2vz5juqDbm2WlSvV/s400/100_2920.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526995564421420738" /></a><br /><br />Wolf Cave<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w1Oin88dE_HjP9TELGQsS2I-9cv1Ufpss9RGlcU2DjPqoEYfM0xjOKOfLDsb73dJRWlXjTrx9A1E_6XSXCkueUmBawpwMXp5bFlmpnaTEduJv4HtaEsiJGuPrTXa4iNoGb8u/s1600/100_2947.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w1Oin88dE_HjP9TELGQsS2I-9cv1Ufpss9RGlcU2DjPqoEYfM0xjOKOfLDsb73dJRWlXjTrx9A1E_6XSXCkueUmBawpwMXp5bFlmpnaTEduJv4HtaEsiJGuPrTXa4iNoGb8u/s400/100_2947.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526996361593084114" /></a><br /><br />McCormick's Creek waterfall. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_-RGLsyIJaGQjGENQFf4wRJdJVidWrNy8O_ew9reBGNZALS3rRDieUjr3MxmHPDWImlGpeR51lQffBD9fQnGeXjSeg0AN-9rkr_P1YzUh4M24LPQqgmnoOpxUXz9yT0NItWT/s1600/100_2988.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_-RGLsyIJaGQjGENQFf4wRJdJVidWrNy8O_ew9reBGNZALS3rRDieUjr3MxmHPDWImlGpeR51lQffBD9fQnGeXjSeg0AN-9rkr_P1YzUh4M24LPQqgmnoOpxUXz9yT0NItWT/s400/100_2988.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526997115410227906" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbn96kSHyNeTXW8FgaRc7lZzVY8IOMthsQKdGzxubqibuqBV-2SpmKLTSraTuwsss6fxhREssDam2OcAT4NcZ1im8KcQHT_-FXYN0WnNCuOyF135uvgDCrCssVul1e3Fs9Yme/s1600/100_2984.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbn96kSHyNeTXW8FgaRc7lZzVY8IOMthsQKdGzxubqibuqBV-2SpmKLTSraTuwsss6fxhREssDam2OcAT4NcZ1im8KcQHT_-FXYN0WnNCuOyF135uvgDCrCssVul1e3Fs9Yme/s400/100_2984.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526996995971998226" /></a><br /><br />The park was FULL of different mushrooms!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBz17ZpasDQwpCo2LZIjbTe8EpqPp5XGynNtDedCuArcxWp7sv34aj5Q9AGq0WFNCfsYNKezQ21jBv-h48AJLuDcpYwSb3Z5mcytyuzlJRb35IxyQ9YO3M1AK5PTMeOw6ignAU/s1600/100_2904.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBz17ZpasDQwpCo2LZIjbTe8EpqPp5XGynNtDedCuArcxWp7sv34aj5Q9AGq0WFNCfsYNKezQ21jBv-h48AJLuDcpYwSb3Z5mcytyuzlJRb35IxyQ9YO3M1AK5PTMeOw6ignAU/s320/100_2904.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526995140201740130" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEkBUN5B4vGlIWru25Fn-z5x6vJbfjFwfTUw3ljhIv4c1UKPZas8aGzI5D2x3gtj7uZkbhhOZ28OPrirfW6n-DHrRw5zwbUHjaLGTx_AMWusIiPCHiuAiOtizohe6YpyPPK_j/s1600/100_2927.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlKJUhbMYiwvKHqLyfIBUbu_X5WaIF_VDMh_RHh05CMb1OmiwVSUovAMhWjxm1lENqvcEvmken7_8z3QlLd8i9wb8pIhayuPMba3564rzJFaj110gdbQ8cxi6WP39CGLb_iSK/s320/100_2955.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526996542240380498" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-10527578638587779392010-10-09T20:17:00.007-05:002010-10-09T20:23:15.867-05:00FlowersJon and I went to Indianapolis for our anniversary and while there we stopped at the <a href="http://www.garfield-conservatory.org/">Garfield Park Conservatory</a>. Some awesomely beautiful flowers there!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pIgfveIkw7ygJIVZkqNQ8tzMT-zTTgHhoSbuXw-6BX2eIsvw0XwEDcmCRWesBDLuJrmGg66FGHwPpE8T9-DZmuYwTQEdmfzSAqkLtRnpKUaI5cawzxgrGelXqX0-zWrTOFxa/s1600/100_2848.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pIgfveIkw7ygJIVZkqNQ8tzMT-zTTgHhoSbuXw-6BX2eIsvw0XwEDcmCRWesBDLuJrmGg66FGHwPpE8T9-DZmuYwTQEdmfzSAqkLtRnpKUaI5cawzxgrGelXqX0-zWrTOFxa/s400/100_2848.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526220723950124882" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_J47Yv9vkRjHXrINKPlyBBTGbfRMXbcaQUmUTaUcVqLVMzpZgEaWuwjgXWUB6GHXcbLTnfGAhzhaShnryx4BtS-XvbrWh_sFevhogOO_-1DwHsBPgDgRJFyM7qoSYhvbwUxb/s1600/100_2850.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVN9RHd6DFVWvh9RT8gLRTphpuaqjtmupTLQZFvrGb1VzG-QgUeM73_jgLn92xJRb5wXD1x8XujR_p8JL660HVKelTgJbNnt-DovlhxLqDwLP_JwIdmmT5vQULwjXXJCfj4n-/s400/100_2875.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526221552470196754" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEWwxpYV8gvjuuH6i2UIQiktREfBVZPFOQofSybrR7xLAuxevMB1Y5yAJASBynvAYmIfkx2nisbDOmL4bVs29T_1INFh0y3QBdiw9MBZJ1-HusB2mxH7CVJ_dUPUhEldAd9ll/s1600/100_2877.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEWwxpYV8gvjuuH6i2UIQiktREfBVZPFOQofSybrR7xLAuxevMB1Y5yAJASBynvAYmIfkx2nisbDOmL4bVs29T_1INFh0y3QBdiw9MBZJ1-HusB2mxH7CVJ_dUPUhEldAd9ll/s400/100_2877.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526221808225794962" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1lOffoqe1Lkmf3G1FJlfET2Da046bC1GOX3FULGrSZMTDM_9GBIOC0kNpEbg3B3iOSplQ6sLpmNi6hqEHowEKTcjejLigcaZzFDpvlxvx7RsVtDLDCbWjnBLiQowhVjnrzpg/s1600/100_2876.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1lOffoqe1Lkmf3G1FJlfET2Da046bC1GOX3FULGrSZMTDM_9GBIOC0kNpEbg3B3iOSplQ6sLpmNi6hqEHowEKTcjejLigcaZzFDpvlxvx7RsVtDLDCbWjnBLiQowhVjnrzpg/s400/100_2876.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526221711731990482" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-64548170223959962822010-10-09T19:47:00.011-05:002010-10-09T20:05:13.495-05:00California 2010I got to visit <a href="http://www.monolake.org/">Mono Lake</a>, California again this September. I just love it there. Here are some of the photos. <br /><br />Lee Vining Creek<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgZANfPLKmelb-FraA8C_syLj6QgruR_TZts47vrzRBAC4qOYOpnPcV_4zJ0Me8RpZK7VwjFmqm35VjBlDL1LmMRzFOH7W2xJMzB_9zrOYVfOmKXEbPJaf4LemMZIsX5yevdD/s1600/100_2660.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgZANfPLKmelb-FraA8C_syLj6QgruR_TZts47vrzRBAC4qOYOpnPcV_4zJ0Me8RpZK7VwjFmqm35VjBlDL1LmMRzFOH7W2xJMzB_9zrOYVfOmKXEbPJaf4LemMZIsX5yevdD/s400/100_2660.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526213512647359778" /></a><br /><br />Elin smelling some plants.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfK161uzYZZIq8znoQZ7OKPg_99ooqiNLZ5Z3Vo3pXVDuUpj-QHxG9X8pjT7DzGU0aoJj1H9Rvwr9mYJkWYLFtH6Djpm0mdUen8-XnrCxV2BunPO1veVNOSVlqJUesOnJXbjT_/s1600/100_2665.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfK161uzYZZIq8znoQZ7OKPg_99ooqiNLZ5Z3Vo3pXVDuUpj-QHxG9X8pjT7DzGU0aoJj1H9Rvwr9mYJkWYLFtH6Djpm0mdUen8-XnrCxV2BunPO1veVNOSVlqJUesOnJXbjT_/s320/100_2665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526213787007936530" /></a><br /><br />Blooming rabbit brush. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmvAe1-0SKgXwB8YAeES3CMGw8HDRJVxrIdNMRcXwRPUp0fIhO3Mx9y9z08q3ekzMS3hVc2xonS_HpXlt696Hf7tKqLbwkPa1S4SgAPIKnX9e_Fz8GQMLF0andDjoNXNWRAd_/s1600/100_2670.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmvAe1-0SKgXwB8YAeES3CMGw8HDRJVxrIdNMRcXwRPUp0fIhO3Mx9y9z08q3ekzMS3hVc2xonS_HpXlt696Hf7tKqLbwkPa1S4SgAPIKnX9e_Fz8GQMLF0andDjoNXNWRAd_/s400/100_2670.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526213951011064562" /></a><br /><br />Fluffy plants.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6NGg1OGDy2JIDr8DIzfdZ6xH5ktet8CJyWYvBLxURyjzNDGKHcQMKJJFXTeZJ8wgHnzjptlyWqaiN3wl-GBUwdrqxdYNdqkMoy2x6_RjzGkmKM4zbdDrMAr5aw8ZreMj0-EG/s1600/100_2692.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6NGg1OGDy2JIDr8DIzfdZ6xH5ktet8CJyWYvBLxURyjzNDGKHcQMKJJFXTeZJ8wgHnzjptlyWqaiN3wl-GBUwdrqxdYNdqkMoy2x6_RjzGkmKM4zbdDrMAr5aw8ZreMj0-EG/s400/100_2692.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526215786077991986" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa">Tufa</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7GC-Zh-uT_Q83dUnc8ZsHk0WsBOYm7Zt6AsCJWY2MDAuQjDec-1_rX_oGd99eObjYK-xRLRplsDAR3xlrd3YKO3KS1QQr33DmAYjWiZqMJdL3UdSnNrTOsBCC05lSGi3rkDA/s1600/100_2671.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7GC-Zh-uT_Q83dUnc8ZsHk0WsBOYm7Zt6AsCJWY2MDAuQjDec-1_rX_oGd99eObjYK-xRLRplsDAR3xlrd3YKO3KS1QQr33DmAYjWiZqMJdL3UdSnNrTOsBCC05lSGi3rkDA/s400/100_2671.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526214067503209874" /></a><br /><br />More tufa.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCejEFYnJMVse8S8Nq9rlT_D_oErmEu4XK_CJeYEv6UQ5K2H679NjWXndoPRrwhfdz2bZg028B9NTSVLVnxL1VgdwO1-MLlWaw6up5mWNwzLS6Buxr9gex0lkz5sA7L9xDXsYy/s1600/100_2679.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCejEFYnJMVse8S8Nq9rlT_D_oErmEu4XK_CJeYEv6UQ5K2H679NjWXndoPRrwhfdz2bZg028B9NTSVLVnxL1VgdwO1-MLlWaw6up5mWNwzLS6Buxr9gex0lkz5sA7L9xDXsYy/s400/100_2679.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526215057638425906" /></a><br /><br />Pirate ship tufa.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkEPT2v9MHnsT7p0sDZGu-Hj8FDE4xLmKR_Jub348l-y9HgM4nKGbI4xWOKsYEMqL0mpfUjOXmd30_EdwUAmqVxwXpwmEBQa7izCbdYT081T-eZm5W0nIVORgL2eaOfIPiGcP/s1600/100_2682.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkEPT2v9MHnsT7p0sDZGu-Hj8FDE4xLmKR_Jub348l-y9HgM4nKGbI4xWOKsYEMqL0mpfUjOXmd30_EdwUAmqVxwXpwmEBQa7izCbdYT081T-eZm5W0nIVORgL2eaOfIPiGcP/s400/100_2682.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526215550703333970" /></a><br /><br />Maggie shows off some <a href="http://www.monolake.org/about/ecoflies">kutzadika</a> (fly pupae).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-jjAjCDly7B1fNQBcSsLPAHkY0TjiisfPc3Ithd_lnQMT1h6fl1U2aWPDms72jVS65jLfJleN6IVybRmuX_cjOSPaF3qE8nuqp67QJPNbO1gBOelNNPbIsjB8IZJ9-X0Vfca/s1600/100_2676.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-jjAjCDly7B1fNQBcSsLPAHkY0TjiisfPc3Ithd_lnQMT1h6fl1U2aWPDms72jVS65jLfJleN6IVybRmuX_cjOSPaF3qE8nuqp67QJPNbO1gBOelNNPbIsjB8IZJ9-X0Vfca/s320/100_2676.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526214303829325074" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.monolake.org/images/bomgull.pdf">California gulls</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHN0556kQYMw6Qlrrdk_WfUC26r7nMOSf-ODdFI-gHm1TYVKUvMfQErSFCA_KoIIvOc5cJdVHp9najfokvojNIk1uKDKGOL6ZxjaWZUiqIzUu8jG4jaCebRo1oEFLPOLBCoZt/s1600/100_2680.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHN0556kQYMw6Qlrrdk_WfUC26r7nMOSf-ODdFI-gHm1TYVKUvMfQErSFCA_KoIIvOc5cJdVHp9najfokvojNIk1uKDKGOL6ZxjaWZUiqIzUu8jG4jaCebRo1oEFLPOLBCoZt/s320/100_2680.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526215238523141218" /></a><br /><br />Some cool rocks at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono-Inyo_Craters">Obsidian Dome</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6fJX_VyDGPG3UIEhcvo9iHdEg8u-vGRJOYyLy-wKLFMedp9jTxF3PyeJAu1xX9u595ZhH_CBPTCLv9hIaEX-auC_qz3T_kuawBn5wPB4o_AavJNJHGrpHCvp3Vg_VHOpLINg/s1600/100_2705.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6fJX_VyDGPG3UIEhcvo9iHdEg8u-vGRJOYyLy-wKLFMedp9jTxF3PyeJAu1xX9u595ZhH_CBPTCLv9hIaEX-auC_qz3T_kuawBn5wPB4o_AavJNJHGrpHCvp3Vg_VHOpLINg/s320/100_2705.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526216114167306866" /></a><br /><br />Looks like the moon up there on Obsidian Dome.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGDOtdNCCkhk8B6nO__1ixlgU82FO1qzcNmRWs5tgsr6pG3X65YjPZHfLSJNV501BZO9bqd8mX-ZUgAZ808NDENzq1Hy-I2t9kBmU98MK2hz6pmTuD1_Wr5Q6Cl7J9nV71S8Z/s1600/100_2710.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGDOtdNCCkhk8B6nO__1ixlgU82FO1qzcNmRWs5tgsr6pG3X65YjPZHfLSJNV501BZO9bqd8mX-ZUgAZ808NDENzq1Hy-I2t9kBmU98MK2hz6pmTuD1_Wr5Q6Cl7J9nV71S8Z/s320/100_2710.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526216552844460754" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://kevingong.com/Hiking/200406ParkerLake.html">Parker Lake</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSogT32riU8QvT2e8CgZ7Gb18t9miRX75GA_gqCwlSeAZsiQ_s82aOfAQBOocmt6C79irsmgFJYRdTPd6trkb_sfu9kheI-SgsoIxTwWJmHkMp8vzCmQg9_jUK-s9OGWmTAEQz/s1600/100_2730.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSogT32riU8QvT2e8CgZ7Gb18t9miRX75GA_gqCwlSeAZsiQ_s82aOfAQBOocmt6C79irsmgFJYRdTPd6trkb_sfu9kheI-SgsoIxTwWJmHkMp8vzCmQg9_jUK-s9OGWmTAEQz/s400/100_2730.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526216968498235442" /></a><br /><br /><br />"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John MuirAlliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-29996202724510633382010-07-01T22:04:00.014-05:002010-07-01T22:31:29.798-05:00Utah 2010Jon and I just got back from over a week spent out west in Utah. We had an amazing time and saw tons of cool things. We went with my Aunt Julie, Uncle Kermit, their two kids, and our friend Sam. <br /><br />To see all the photos from the trip, see the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2774545&id=1927929&l=5bcac57b84">Facebook album</a>.<br /><br />The first leg of our trip was spent camping at <a href="http://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm">Arches National Park</a> near Moab, UT. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4tGfCK9Z3aV2YL8tS4mDAvKWZCwaaBVPeIUJ3WyUYkVQS5mIP3SBtZKQbmXt60icI2ikDc5SdwUB_bnVHwBJmSOy1rFBESzbhdKITy1tvhp6R6s2D7mehxJSxCk1irx7UlDG/s1600/100_3519.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4tGfCK9Z3aV2YL8tS4mDAvKWZCwaaBVPeIUJ3WyUYkVQS5mIP3SBtZKQbmXt60icI2ikDc5SdwUB_bnVHwBJmSOy1rFBESzbhdKITy1tvhp6R6s2D7mehxJSxCk1irx7UlDG/s400/100_3519.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489140452124843986" /></a><br /><br />Arches is very dry, and very hot! Coming from central Illinois with humidity hovering around 80% on an average day, the total lack of humidity of the desert was great! It was much easier to cope with 95 – 100 degree temperatures that way. It actually got pretty chilly at night (upper 50s), so once the sun went down, things felt great. We camped at Devil's Garden camp ground – there were flush and pit toilets, but no showers. The campground was surrounded by beautiful red rocks, but no real trees to speak of. The campsite is also at around 5,600 feet elevation, which is about 80% of the usual amount of oxygen. When we first arrived we started setting up camp in the mid-day heat and the low oxygen, I got really dizzy and didn't feel well. I sat down to rest, and promptly passed out and fell to the ground! Luckily the ground was soft sand, and I came-to right away! I drank water and rested a little while, and felt much better afterwards! Such excitement to start off the trip!<br /><br />Our first day was spent exploring Arches National Park. We went to the visitor center, hiked a few trails, stopped at tons of viewpoints, and saw many of arches, of course! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6nJhMCbewYG5DuPmTeDlGUuihdNcQg8CwbUjIz4TQxeJONunbPwP52HCBUmPfRKCZ_xSGBDdbV4UMQimdce0jpeF7ucAeEtp26_QDwxDtVj7VdNa_O1tjczClDY8x2gXbmnW/s1600/100_3572.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6nJhMCbewYG5DuPmTeDlGUuihdNcQg8CwbUjIz4TQxeJONunbPwP52HCBUmPfRKCZ_xSGBDdbV4UMQimdce0jpeF7ucAeEtp26_QDwxDtVj7VdNa_O1tjczClDY8x2gXbmnW/s400/100_3572.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489140869211821314" /></a><br /><br /><br />Our second day was spent on a rafting trip down the Colorado River with <a href="http://www.redriveradventures.com/">Red River Adventures</a>. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqVfnq3KyeQu20yz16YlbnEV2HWESOxemi56dSpon0XKBGwzgfppMonAZT06x0Nkl_wI3VSlKYowro7gyNZCd-w8fRZqv-hHA5kM8ZSyuH8MKHIt6OA3JP_pDeK3yzZgrNBGR/s1600/GX0U2256.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqVfnq3KyeQu20yz16YlbnEV2HWESOxemi56dSpon0XKBGwzgfppMonAZT06x0Nkl_wI3VSlKYowro7gyNZCd-w8fRZqv-hHA5kM8ZSyuH8MKHIt6OA3JP_pDeK3yzZgrNBGR/s400/GX0U2256.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489141175338307826" /></a><br /><br />Our guide was great, and we had a blast. Although it was a mostly-mild stretch of river, we hit some rapids and everyone but the kids and one adult fell out of the boat! We lost Jon's shoes, two water bottles, and we almost lost Sam's swim trunks (which were saved in the nick of time!). They had folks out there taking pictures of us and we definitely had to buy them! Despite the overboard adventure, we all enjoyed the river and would do it again in a heart beat! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyLU2zorxi0UvkRkZTVhfaNkyseFx0pvN4YfnByhAxRXBUqiedx7KUcUNai-wdILB6_nCgAiT8Du75O3luUHEqsBMiw-H6YQitSGrdIPJjmLiagmdsqHrizsw8o7itZCu9mMd/s1600/IMG_2015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyLU2zorxi0UvkRkZTVhfaNkyseFx0pvN4YfnByhAxRXBUqiedx7KUcUNai-wdILB6_nCgAiT8Du75O3luUHEqsBMiw-H6YQitSGrdIPJjmLiagmdsqHrizsw8o7itZCu9mMd/s400/IMG_2015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489141430540761170" /></a><br /><br /><br />Day three was spent visiting <a href="http://www.nps.gov/cany/index.htm">Canyonlands National Park</a> and <a href="http://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/dead-horse">Dead Horse Point State Park</a>. Both places were amazing and full of more beautiful scenery. <br /><br />Canyonlands National Park<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrZ-4BVjQ4LcX831YjzoPWITywi5vxjDJ0UhNkAeNPsxy1Ubi7rfBX0oZin2NVv3-YzAtsZdMcKzRCvBmzXUKmqsexJEvDCnT8pSeqIGct23hrj5ptaY4cJpMETf3TU0vCdPJ/s1600/100_3687.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrZ-4BVjQ4LcX831YjzoPWITywi5vxjDJ0UhNkAeNPsxy1Ubi7rfBX0oZin2NVv3-YzAtsZdMcKzRCvBmzXUKmqsexJEvDCnT8pSeqIGct23hrj5ptaY4cJpMETf3TU0vCdPJ/s400/100_3687.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489142237343743714" /></a><br /><br />Dead Horse Point State Park<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LXKZQqJuaIAQKRZOLab8xxBAPUWo-GOwb_aJnBquQtPmnMsHxIx_2bMw4mGjTFjyinBdFkTCRW5jzdUwwL9dZMyuYuqGzjDuATwvvLok2QnspUHuJE6tRgnx_kCbY7XUQbRs/s1600/100_3663.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LXKZQqJuaIAQKRZOLab8xxBAPUWo-GOwb_aJnBquQtPmnMsHxIx_2bMw4mGjTFjyinBdFkTCRW5jzdUwwL9dZMyuYuqGzjDuATwvvLok2QnspUHuJE6tRgnx_kCbY7XUQbRs/s400/100_3663.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489141867407613442" /></a><br /><br /><br />Day four was spent traveling to the next site: Monument Valley. We stopped at <a href="http://www.nps.gov/nabr/index.htm">Natural Bridges National Monument</a> to check out some cool bridges along the way. The difference between an arch and a bridge, by the way, is that arches are formed by wind and rain, and bridges are formed by the meandering of a river. After Natural Bridges we made it to <a href="http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/monumentvalley.htm">Monument Valley</a>, which is on the border of Utah and Arizona on Navajo land, for a sunset jeep tour. The open-top jeep tour was great and an amazing way to explore the valley. We stayed the night at the brand new hotel right on the edge of Monument Valley called <a href="http://www.monumentvalleyview.com/">The View</a>. <br /><br />Natural Bridges<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBjbmVhoA2sFsdHo2Fl-opMmr3MebVfdxb_HxkF7CO2HbK7yNCYPjLOBm2NXDb1ZYBxCO9_yMgDkxZkT_28e5xZnqt4EAeuTYyl_WIP4rEykhIQyH8k8n5QG9z4qCRtB6hm7U/s1600/100_3701.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBjbmVhoA2sFsdHo2Fl-opMmr3MebVfdxb_HxkF7CO2HbK7yNCYPjLOBm2NXDb1ZYBxCO9_yMgDkxZkT_28e5xZnqt4EAeuTYyl_WIP4rEykhIQyH8k8n5QG9z4qCRtB6hm7U/s400/100_3701.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489143002650165506" /></a><br /><br />Monument Valley<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt3me49loLprAmCvrdhwmIr-TtKFtpzhBHBnDOnMdii5FB2douuwwVVQ3TKy4rfp2TQVI-UbYl4ay4PkRMfRhZyIqBQa1H0vTIqvMGKp8xYuRf_FUjIMN84l_CCIVO3aN6Cy-/s1600/100_3743.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt3me49loLprAmCvrdhwmIr-TtKFtpzhBHBnDOnMdii5FB2douuwwVVQ3TKy4rfp2TQVI-UbYl4ay4PkRMfRhZyIqBQa1H0vTIqvMGKp8xYuRf_FUjIMN84l_CCIVO3aN6Cy-/s400/100_3743.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489143336400699138" /></a><br /><br /><br />On day five we left Monument Valley to head to Page, Arizona for a tour of <a href="http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/antelopecanyon.htm">Antelope Canyon</a>. This was one of the most amazing parts of the trip. Another open-top jeep took us to the canyon for a beautiful hike through. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr3mzORsfb3l0hNy8gIKkKQmQat_2ZVcv5sN12Us4yRTtG2KA6QlrEwaLMS_a8gxDuhZ0UkgQHftwMmVmY28GgaWPZy3LY2ewdD6vWBUdQMmDoapL71_OsAS_wSWJbg58Tn35/s1600/100_2371.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr3mzORsfb3l0hNy8gIKkKQmQat_2ZVcv5sN12Us4yRTtG2KA6QlrEwaLMS_a8gxDuhZ0UkgQHftwMmVmY28GgaWPZy3LY2ewdD6vWBUdQMmDoapL71_OsAS_wSWJbg58Tn35/s400/100_2371.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489143814937247922" /></a><br /><br />After the tour, we continued on to <a href="http://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/kodachrome">Kodachrome Basin State Park</a>. This is where things got crazy. We followed the GPS to the park, and it took us through a few country roads. We went on a gravel road for a few miles, but we were only 20 more miles or so until we reached the park, so we continued on. The road quickly degraded to a rocky, windy, steep, washboard dirt road. Our little low lying Honda Fit should not have been driving on this rural backcountry road of Utah. Somehow, after only bottoming out once, we made it back to the highway and drove the remaining few miles to the campsite. We were too frightened to take any pictures or really appreciate any of the scenery! We later found out we were driving through <a href="http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante.html">Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument</a> on <a href="http://www.treknow.com/utah/backroads/southwest/skutumpah_road.htm">Skutumpah Road</a>. We literally forded at least two small creeks on the drive... enough said. My advice to you is BE YE NOT SO STUPID. NEVER GO ON SKUTUMPAH ROAD. Our campsite at Kodachrome was completely adorable with our own little bridge! Great place to camp, except the one month out of the year when the gnats are around... which was when we were there! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkiZEgDE_UTi5JPowma47q7u8FDrQ9gQ_QlEHTxd96deIY_s_3iMUhK8kvebitMTjdpgv5LEr-fcTTSIQasJktH1FhZ_EFdAuen3VQccWTbahzhLOoo8iBqW-DQ1FaK1TcxH9/s1600/100_2502.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkiZEgDE_UTi5JPowma47q7u8FDrQ9gQ_QlEHTxd96deIY_s_3iMUhK8kvebitMTjdpgv5LEr-fcTTSIQasJktH1FhZ_EFdAuen3VQccWTbahzhLOoo8iBqW-DQ1FaK1TcxH9/s400/100_2502.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489144207284341746" /></a><br /><br /><br />Our sixth day was spent exploring <a href="http://www.nps.gov/brca/index.htm">Bryce Canyon National Park</a>. Bryce was the park that inspired the entire trip, so needless to say, it is a strikingly beautiful place. Truly awe-inspiring. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZD6Qv_SVAYY4TdshmebysNWg_E3iX4cvN0jhr5MrxmFmGqpxY7B-IT5YwIE9gLssheBS7ziu5z6NqQR2iRVKg9b8pUzjmw0WznyZagPP7OrV_Ostg9S2-awmaynTwEjKfQHKC/s1600/100_2466.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZD6Qv_SVAYY4TdshmebysNWg_E3iX4cvN0jhr5MrxmFmGqpxY7B-IT5YwIE9gLssheBS7ziu5z6NqQR2iRVKg9b8pUzjmw0WznyZagPP7OrV_Ostg9S2-awmaynTwEjKfQHKC/s400/100_2466.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489144662466009202" /></a><br /><br /><br />The next morning we packed up everything and headed on home. The drive out and back was 24 hours each way, so it was two days of driving out, and another two days of driving until we made it home. After our long car rides, we were all grateful to be home!Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-83129455530516774262010-05-19T20:00:00.001-05:002010-05-19T20:00:12.818-05:00Multimedia message<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVpYR0mrznAFRzgzE8LLsLZlEr_4RqFLWz9JfgtN9YEQAywjqy8PWtz5TWRhd-hhLr4HT1Dk-Jivv-DWVYBjEj5J1CIIici6ckpoGZwlaURldg9E1RLDLT5KwpvJjlLLmgeqA/s1600/media1-712819.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVpYR0mrznAFRzgzE8LLsLZlEr_4RqFLWz9JfgtN9YEQAywjqy8PWtz5TWRhd-hhLr4HT1Dk-Jivv-DWVYBjEj5J1CIIici6ckpoGZwlaURldg9E1RLDLT5KwpvJjlLLmgeqA/s320/media1-712819.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473150753350134594" /></a></p>Csa week 2. Onions, radishes, asparagus, mixed greens, and dill.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-92007517941683616202010-05-12T21:04:00.002-05:002010-05-12T21:07:02.307-05:00Community Supported Agriculture<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhTObOkMKfcr95bRlCUGNmcN5Gt61P8Q3BdbsNJKhPsYwSi3W8vp_-ANHrmtb4109DF_AbnQKIffc0PpMu-sZNYatEj8NLAKhsthzwaoy-quekw3tHGQcxnukdfrQjTwx4MPp/s1600/media1-799302.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhTObOkMKfcr95bRlCUGNmcN5Gt61P8Q3BdbsNJKhPsYwSi3W8vp_-ANHrmtb4109DF_AbnQKIffc0PpMu-sZNYatEj8NLAKhsthzwaoy-quekw3tHGQcxnukdfrQjTwx4MPp/s320/media1-799302.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470569850523708578" /></a></p>Our first share of our CSA! Buying food directly from the farmer. <br />Thank you Moore Family Farms!<br />http://www.prairielandcsa.org/<br /><br />Also testing mobile blogging!Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-45732429984749619792010-05-02T09:53:00.004-05:002010-05-02T14:23:29.935-05:00Illinois Marathon** Updated with links/photos!! **<br /><br />Jon, Caty, Derek, and I ran on a relay team for the 2010 Illinois Marathon. A relay is the full marathon (26.2 miles) divided up by 4 people. Everyone ran between 6 and 7 miles each. We were Team STFU – Speed To Finish United! It was such a blast! The energy and excitement was great, with over 14,000 runners! The weather held off and although it was humid, it was a great run! <br /><br />There were so many funny moments, from both runners and spectators! My favorites: <br />-- A runner dressed as a banana (See <a href="http://www.facebook.com/illinoismarathon?v=photos#!/photo.php?pid=30877580&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=37658969678&id=1066176860&fbid=1344112877320">here</a>!)<br />-- A runner dressed as Abe Lincoln and carrying a giant Illinois flag (See <a href="http://www.facebook.com/illinoismarathon?v=photos#!/photo.php?pid=30877573&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=37658969678&id=1066176860&fbid=1344111237279">here</a>!)<br />-- A relay team dressed as pirates!<br />-- A guy who ran the entire marathon barefoot. <br />-- A couple running with shirts that said "Just Married" and the woman had a veil. <br />-- A spectator who got out his garden hose and provided a cooling stream of water for runners who needed it!<br />-- A spectator who created his own "aid station" to provide runners with "BEER" – and many runners actually took him up on it! <br />-- My Dad, who was in the stands watching us finish, said there was a proposal at the finish line (50 yard line at Memorial Stadium) right before we crossed!<br /><br />And my personal favorite...<br />-- A spectator within a mile of the finish who had a sign with a picture of Kanye West on it that said "Imma Let You Finish!" <br />(SEE <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lbprops/IllinoisMarathon2010?feat=directlink">HERE</a>!!!!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OoMkPNKJRvolp4LmoxM-cr0Eo6uU-nR4sl_JCIWTjGHYpARXtpXrnE7XAmgmqEsp28D7JwG5iQf9UWgdAdciuTI3Kk2OOO-hFldJbaQ2Ug7c1BautrZTz60zt-BC_mW1uv94/s1600/100_3222.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OoMkPNKJRvolp4LmoxM-cr0Eo6uU-nR4sl_JCIWTjGHYpARXtpXrnE7XAmgmqEsp28D7JwG5iQf9UWgdAdciuTI3Kk2OOO-hFldJbaQ2Ug7c1BautrZTz60zt-BC_mW1uv94/s400/100_3222.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466686096386487394" /></a><br /><br />Overall we had an amazing time! We had a celebratory pizza party at our house afterwards, which was also tons of fun! <br /><br />Happy Running!<br />(see all my pics from the day <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2744841&id=1927929&l=5843c1baf2">here</a>!!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1yM77K2v27-3gPh97DMfYcVIn5n-zGijsGewN1XYchV2dvHHEKoo9JcmiBTZwVkOQQZkn8PoUyl1tunPbC39hzySlOl358lAI1kqWneBWT0hpgvNYCVEhdlE9g9vJhV6CJxf/s1600/100_3188.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1yM77K2v27-3gPh97DMfYcVIn5n-zGijsGewN1XYchV2dvHHEKoo9JcmiBTZwVkOQQZkn8PoUyl1tunPbC39hzySlOl358lAI1kqWneBWT0hpgvNYCVEhdlE9g9vJhV6CJxf/s320/100_3188.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466686251378630658" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksTGUmSRB77JlILvMi-BfBOx_uqu7XcPNSWhrezSY4v_FMFDXcAdvh9ndL3G5QJOw2EmZBJTvvcLtf3L9dvY9-U3xJEYIPhwaMexjvufvo5iFuUzPnZAqc9i_ZtvIobFVS-wK/s1600/100_3206.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksTGUmSRB77JlILvMi-BfBOx_uqu7XcPNSWhrezSY4v_FMFDXcAdvh9ndL3G5QJOw2EmZBJTvvcLtf3L9dvY9-U3xJEYIPhwaMexjvufvo5iFuUzPnZAqc9i_ZtvIobFVS-wK/s320/100_3206.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466686409812904978" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1HXDgGDSSMsmH2Ywt1psQ6SVLExH7wsGPPXBfGSfUk03jt62JpDdQOXAJ4O3JvpBVDbUCNRXC_A2uuD0NIcpgzzTIyPWNSMs0iDo2uXfBI2fXE7_2M_SU2sz1kFAvBLQv0Qj/s1600/100_3216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1HXDgGDSSMsmH2Ywt1psQ6SVLExH7wsGPPXBfGSfUk03jt62JpDdQOXAJ4O3JvpBVDbUCNRXC_A2uuD0NIcpgzzTIyPWNSMs0iDo2uXfBI2fXE7_2M_SU2sz1kFAvBLQv0Qj/s320/100_3216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466686524151917602" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-72951499063308340512010-04-11T08:21:00.004-05:002010-04-11T08:30:20.264-05:00Tarklin Bayou Preserve State ParkA few more photos from the Florida trip last month.... <br /><br />We had a great hike out at <a href="http://www.floridastateparks.org/tarkilnbayou/default.cfm">Tarklin Bayou Preserve State Park</a> one afternoon. <br /><br />Looking up!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVfKjxd06JnUUawkf-dH_vMBVZYrr5N1WO14w9ORnYajaibKVi7NKkLqYwUiPNFTLTHhdr0ARYiLV60TnnvF_q1cXapZqCTx1Qp0XPfTwnrYqY0W8NbQmNt9lbBQyH6oeEs_J/s1600/100_2852.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVfKjxd06JnUUawkf-dH_vMBVZYrr5N1WO14w9ORnYajaibKVi7NKkLqYwUiPNFTLTHhdr0ARYiLV60TnnvF_q1cXapZqCTx1Qp0XPfTwnrYqY0W8NbQmNt9lbBQyH6oeEs_J/s400/100_2852.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458870294711068498" /></a><br /><br />Pretty flowers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a_NZ8deZVORMO6rv3yAS0RRof1by-OcesWJo5sFBOSzv-ULFM0zlurT4dEia1yFEw9DNA9Hl5W_e8SEBEGqB-LkV3DuPhSOiV-e055dYO4TObbmlKAo-HrEYlFs1wCZ_3kP5/s1600/100_2861.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a_NZ8deZVORMO6rv3yAS0RRof1by-OcesWJo5sFBOSzv-ULFM0zlurT4dEia1yFEw9DNA9Hl5W_e8SEBEGqB-LkV3DuPhSOiV-e055dYO4TObbmlKAo-HrEYlFs1wCZ_3kP5/s400/100_2861.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458870469963068386" /></a><br /><br />Cool boardwalk trail. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGa1YsVz3INK3YgIGdxBwzjYWUDxIHWF69BbrL6Tjzm3ykVJShUpqp4tYNqJdGV1BRLkBRZgjLymWmCTX1MY93O740i0XxawIZ7ENKwO2RM52jJhyphenhyphennIjAzZvj7oUOyKtYVuV2/s1600/100_2864.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGa1YsVz3INK3YgIGdxBwzjYWUDxIHWF69BbrL6Tjzm3ykVJShUpqp4tYNqJdGV1BRLkBRZgjLymWmCTX1MY93O740i0XxawIZ7ENKwO2RM52jJhyphenhyphennIjAzZvj7oUOyKtYVuV2/s320/100_2864.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458870893329713522" /></a><br /><br />A type of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant">pitcher plant</a> - they're carnivorous! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqF5WqZ_W2tDnZzPYHuT6lMaaHIQFK6q1Gvrpx60snmpvLWR8X943DtECl_4B9GNKUMNe6brREgoxwVCRhjH4fP_QuTpQ2LmlnD7PMSionWH2_a5iiOyOrNfqTSJsmiGBwLCX/s1600/100_2865.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqF5WqZ_W2tDnZzPYHuT6lMaaHIQFK6q1Gvrpx60snmpvLWR8X943DtECl_4B9GNKUMNe6brREgoxwVCRhjH4fP_QuTpQ2LmlnD7PMSionWH2_a5iiOyOrNfqTSJsmiGBwLCX/s400/100_2865.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458871109052329634" /></a><br /><br />Trees. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKmNPoGGYttELfJvbU3li4BwECNKkzxPOS_yn0oibXlI75NzXBOMT3lmyq4CPX9-krdMph_N_6Mhfmq92JJR-HN4DYx-31Raf5vu-eX8HvTCa1WjToHAewijQYeL3x1RHidn3/s1600/100_2868.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKmNPoGGYttELfJvbU3li4BwECNKkzxPOS_yn0oibXlI75NzXBOMT3lmyq4CPX9-krdMph_N_6Mhfmq92JJR-HN4DYx-31Raf5vu-eX8HvTCa1WjToHAewijQYeL3x1RHidn3/s400/100_2868.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458871500475831154" /></a><br /><br />The bayou!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGprVi-kVaKMAoMgp0xMZ_angwbbE-meS5SYXSGwh_BqQdRGu4WG8auHYp0KIwGaqBkFnihwP0lMy96PECqtCRGr5Kyj6Kj_NdozE_Gjhd4bkkgJesxVGr8mOkqDdtIyc6SKl/s1600/100_2873.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGprVi-kVaKMAoMgp0xMZ_angwbbE-meS5SYXSGwh_BqQdRGu4WG8auHYp0KIwGaqBkFnihwP0lMy96PECqtCRGr5Kyj6Kj_NdozE_Gjhd4bkkgJesxVGr8mOkqDdtIyc6SKl/s400/100_2873.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458871619391766162" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-33773203356650030152010-03-23T22:02:00.014-05:002010-03-23T22:17:03.185-05:00Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest FloridaJon and I also visited the <a href="http://98.173.19.72/">Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida</a>. It wasn't a huge operation and it was right in the center of town. But they care for a lot of injured birds and some mammals too. It seemed like a really great organization and they really cared for the animals. <br /><br />Hard to see behind the cage, but a cute little owl!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTU4bEaEW-kaHOj-QSOOGdLcn2BDqUSzCSUoNrEHyyvKWjQ4iYf1G5mgTyxEhfgdG_-WU7dMldrZcfHbrrp7Yxmp2koA7Aw3R3Ah7PpjhIfCehpJ8GGVOkdjqbrvW_r6gdxky-/s1600-h/100_2815.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTU4bEaEW-kaHOj-QSOOGdLcn2BDqUSzCSUoNrEHyyvKWjQ4iYf1G5mgTyxEhfgdG_-WU7dMldrZcfHbrrp7Yxmp2koA7Aw3R3Ah7PpjhIfCehpJ8GGVOkdjqbrvW_r6gdxky-/s320/100_2815.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452031039556957250" /></a><br /><br />An albino vulture!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWO4DJ4sZ5LBCZS6EcUryLStg058h-9dQV_Jmp1blqa8gc3_37ChzWhwN3-BJ6H3lnju_eRoDj-0a4oH4u09T6ZuQls7T9EHzTMtyFeTayW91YIz5NGvdzLwjndz_glkuFjtN/s1600-h/100_2817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWO4DJ4sZ5LBCZS6EcUryLStg058h-9dQV_Jmp1blqa8gc3_37ChzWhwN3-BJ6H3lnju_eRoDj-0a4oH4u09T6ZuQls7T9EHzTMtyFeTayW91YIz5NGvdzLwjndz_glkuFjtN/s320/100_2817.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452031296989086466" /></a><br /><br />Jon's not quite as big as a bald eagle!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmpDdUXpUWGwAhf-kpJqVTMcDbyymG84S2-53QknRP9KV3bPeiIzJ0GLbSys4WDzrjMOd2SoJ3DxtaxdjWSa-7N2S3YmykojDcr8FlBMa3TqBo64jO_DjL8h-uxHhvCarQpS1/s1600-h/100_2820.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmpDdUXpUWGwAhf-kpJqVTMcDbyymG84S2-53QknRP9KV3bPeiIzJ0GLbSys4WDzrjMOd2SoJ3DxtaxdjWSa-7N2S3YmykojDcr8FlBMa3TqBo64jO_DjL8h-uxHhvCarQpS1/s320/100_2820.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452031463181656050" /></a><br /><br />A very silly goose!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbIgaO7K27tN1hafJChIcKDBsAINSxwW-ZMgfI6pk8MVjVosR5RCWF72B-CoxU5JS9NKwKk-rZrhfgk7kjbfR0jMYn4gZEOVVh2rukPrhXsIDoUmpWUyOfQKxri5GuERbz8Cl/s1600-h/100_2824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbIgaO7K27tN1hafJChIcKDBsAINSxwW-ZMgfI6pk8MVjVosR5RCWF72B-CoxU5JS9NKwKk-rZrhfgk7kjbfR0jMYn4gZEOVVh2rukPrhXsIDoUmpWUyOfQKxri5GuERbz8Cl/s400/100_2824.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452031641769249106" /></a><br /><br />Jon is the goose whisperer!! I don't know what it is with him and birds...<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UukJSySeYzc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UukJSySeYzc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Pelican!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0smWeQsaLGwf5udiiE3OZDyfQDIYbkd9Y6nSjyUff0mwLHSeYZFtNyjsme7ugoTwShy03sfPAUW4eU7vM5G8Sq1QmWNK5hkKANvXzKLJaKEqm1weTQ7rp2ugYMTbBmpz3CA0h/s1600-h/100_2830.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0smWeQsaLGwf5udiiE3OZDyfQDIYbkd9Y6nSjyUff0mwLHSeYZFtNyjsme7ugoTwShy03sfPAUW4eU7vM5G8Sq1QmWNK5hkKANvXzKLJaKEqm1weTQ7rp2ugYMTbBmpz3CA0h/s400/100_2830.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452032015369726562" /></a><br /><br />Pelican hangout. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37TC2rK-P9rvyVQNdOSiNl-AbYYhfErZbAu17rTIrHJh2SXVI-BkXNFH1LfOd4knpCFjy-FvxZ1TAC06qs8eoxsIVn2UOhrQiwci_peuldFVxPosyPOFlPQQ0d9vn8EhCAfgE/s1600-h/100_2834.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37TC2rK-P9rvyVQNdOSiNl-AbYYhfErZbAu17rTIrHJh2SXVI-BkXNFH1LfOd4knpCFjy-FvxZ1TAC06qs8eoxsIVn2UOhrQiwci_peuldFVxPosyPOFlPQQ0d9vn8EhCAfgE/s400/100_2834.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452032257727367746" /></a><br /><br />We arrived during feeding time, and boy was that interesting! Pelicans are serious about fish!! The poor girl was nearly mauled!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVBvb4Jdz18WTUvKEFPany8juv8MUVTCaZ7ryo96CcqKOk-c5XyjTtmy6yhvkBpk9GWES8_T1JY_utt5Y0PAuNituBUr7KH94UVXWpV5drzdUm1EmPcEbC-rcZeyIKGOZeb8S/s1600-h/100_2838.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVBvb4Jdz18WTUvKEFPany8juv8MUVTCaZ7ryo96CcqKOk-c5XyjTtmy6yhvkBpk9GWES8_T1JY_utt5Y0PAuNituBUr7KH94UVXWpV5drzdUm1EmPcEbC-rcZeyIKGOZeb8S/s320/100_2838.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452032653566667762" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXR1ZHfBZMsHqMJ8rATTKSVFDW5fxY3UlnrglYP4dVnU1AvC3bfh0XIZIlQOUAwgbRccJuG8cPyPrUtFxJkW2YH1ZhIl3AZHWwkVYY-Ric7_aECGh-fuV_gYU-kB3brfZYTmh/s1600-h/100_2839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXR1ZHfBZMsHqMJ8rATTKSVFDW5fxY3UlnrglYP4dVnU1AvC3bfh0XIZIlQOUAwgbRccJuG8cPyPrUtFxJkW2YH1ZhIl3AZHWwkVYY-Ric7_aECGh-fuV_gYU-kB3brfZYTmh/s320/100_2839.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452032863302111026" /></a><br /><br />THE SWARM.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzxJu80ivstb8inqYEhCo8ATl380xq9_6XsDfgAYBxmFs1pQkVCiKVOp4Tt_EVV9t24AourzRpRdmL38npdLgZ9wdwn3_0dYFbxSjcBw3fG2Yw-fPyMqQevCJKqGUiY642z9r/s1600-h/100_2841.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzxJu80ivstb8inqYEhCo8ATl380xq9_6XsDfgAYBxmFs1pQkVCiKVOp4Tt_EVV9t24AourzRpRdmL38npdLgZ9wdwn3_0dYFbxSjcBw3fG2Yw-fPyMqQevCJKqGUiY642z9r/s400/100_2841.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452033049444698082" /></a><br /><br />Thievery!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiHPfwJK8y1ml6xsEpMluwXdgV2CNKM-B_wyQdrqGhRtmIgzZDEsPlnWOO_ZnJra3QU4p_VadN20kZzjzD-W-bwhqezv1Ga96QSnsmtxgbuUeYFnCJsxwpeTfC8KR3RPbOSRV/s1600-h/100_2843.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiHPfwJK8y1ml6xsEpMluwXdgV2CNKM-B_wyQdrqGhRtmIgzZDEsPlnWOO_ZnJra3QU4p_VadN20kZzjzD-W-bwhqezv1Ga96QSnsmtxgbuUeYFnCJsxwpeTfC8KR3RPbOSRV/s320/100_2843.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452033207053646402" /></a><br /><br />Fight!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWASVqrTrzcjmQI6KIZ0YQa3flbKVpruOJyUkxZ483i5LTxTynIG4M8JBtWojPDwJ1v3XTWvI8SFUntzHrrxUi_IoFuIpcN6hnw9WJ44u_TRrN8ToMRMIJbCyaJd4KHQ6spH3H/s1600-h/100_2848.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWASVqrTrzcjmQI6KIZ0YQa3flbKVpruOJyUkxZ483i5LTxTynIG4M8JBtWojPDwJ1v3XTWvI8SFUntzHrrxUi_IoFuIpcN6hnw9WJ44u_TRrN8ToMRMIJbCyaJd4KHQ6spH3H/s320/100_2848.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452033832214892274" /></a><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DbzD4BB496U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DbzD4BB496U&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />The heron and muscovy look on with desire... and also disdain for the pelicans!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dujAbpDSa5TKzQKWewpZ1JFrfAWHnC0KxJovOCDRq2JxerZt0KcgEgx8bkM2fj0RrXCtnozmnj-F9qcjEweAuW-EowTLJQd5CqfLW5Sogqk_yqVaznuUu9IzdgkidtMVm_gT/s1600-h/100_2847.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dujAbpDSa5TKzQKWewpZ1JFrfAWHnC0KxJovOCDRq2JxerZt0KcgEgx8bkM2fj0RrXCtnozmnj-F9qcjEweAuW-EowTLJQd5CqfLW5Sogqk_yqVaznuUu9IzdgkidtMVm_gT/s400/100_2847.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452033494214746706" /></a><br /><br />A very cool place to visit!Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-3586999500597553242010-03-23T21:29:00.005-05:002010-03-23T21:38:26.798-05:00Memorial ParkOne afternoon in Pensacola we visited Memorial Park where they have <a href="http://www.pensacolawallsouth.org/home.html">The Wall South</a>. Memorial Park has different memorials for WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and missing children. The Wall South is a similar wall to the one in Washington DC with the names of Vietnam vets who died in the war. It was a gloomy day and was all pretty moving. <br /><br />Dad and Jon checking out the Vietnam era Marine helicopter. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrph3tDTt3fd-j3RARIj0HXDpAJzDp4uquKIJiMH4UQR_iaiU0K2VbXqpLPVDA6sudM68Cx1WT7_qAAHdNwKKX2HlgfUbCqTzTvIWnMigKQ7wVF3RV5tGm0ncYLyWVQaVCHRFM/s1600-h/100_2798.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrph3tDTt3fd-j3RARIj0HXDpAJzDp4uquKIJiMH4UQR_iaiU0K2VbXqpLPVDA6sudM68Cx1WT7_qAAHdNwKKX2HlgfUbCqTzTvIWnMigKQ7wVF3RV5tGm0ncYLyWVQaVCHRFM/s320/100_2798.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452022856344269090" /></a><br /><br />A view of The Wall South. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhhIXkIxc__BHAJObYNA_tXFu5NzvJcSkFZvX2XB_z-Bg7Q1X322uMKhkbWJtHiuBqkgPX6cxj7HFwd8Wg4aNm1m9yz2-saIjE-uS6YJP3VbKolbjz6A2sJjFQLWNcBeERFWK/s1600-h/100_2799.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhhIXkIxc__BHAJObYNA_tXFu5NzvJcSkFZvX2XB_z-Bg7Q1X322uMKhkbWJtHiuBqkgPX6cxj7HFwd8Wg4aNm1m9yz2-saIjE-uS6YJP3VbKolbjz6A2sJjFQLWNcBeERFWK/s320/100_2799.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452023068896795330" /></a><br /><br />Up close. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5Tf___RBhgyjbOyJIrxEA7SNQcRp6NVGMyi7AztYPpEStK_AIHVR3Jm_o0AG72bmvwUs8HuNCI4nfiHAnbA8-U6Gu78_mpaxRcpMcfX7sJjLIESTSd2cR50qfsBJjL0_Jofe/s1600-h/100_2800.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5Tf___RBhgyjbOyJIrxEA7SNQcRp6NVGMyi7AztYPpEStK_AIHVR3Jm_o0AG72bmvwUs8HuNCI4nfiHAnbA8-U6Gu78_mpaxRcpMcfX7sJjLIESTSd2cR50qfsBJjL0_Jofe/s400/100_2800.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452023206477516818" /></a><br /><br />WWI memorial. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg3XzHJLIFNEjFm2kphmxzSUpmTBpcPa8haJaTSOciCeKUTjLb2eI-XllWLQ4gSiuunyy0SniK_Zbn2IQM1-erqhdjUZY4yxQYvh7t1w-1KZepK7-dbHx4FDAjj8QkR3CZWri/s1600-h/100_2801.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg3XzHJLIFNEjFm2kphmxzSUpmTBpcPa8haJaTSOciCeKUTjLb2eI-XllWLQ4gSiuunyy0SniK_Zbn2IQM1-erqhdjUZY4yxQYvh7t1w-1KZepK7-dbHx4FDAjj8QkR3CZWri/s320/100_2801.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452023383808650130" /></a><br /><br />Korea. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEtUsx1FJmAgi5yBqZoqpbjuPu5hf_xGIgsIGeTr4j1ht5aAPCz0QwDFBFjNU99i4X6e1SHCBd3PSa7pAwjZzicbasvmOBEATufppD_sy6A8LokdtQkLz2-eDwDhBCeNxAp-3/s1600-h/100_2810.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEtUsx1FJmAgi5yBqZoqpbjuPu5hf_xGIgsIGeTr4j1ht5aAPCz0QwDFBFjNU99i4X6e1SHCBd3PSa7pAwjZzicbasvmOBEATufppD_sy6A8LokdtQkLz2-eDwDhBCeNxAp-3/s320/100_2810.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452023587032316450" /></a><br /><br />WWII. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVNez4qC-9EMtkDtwt6Y1QMZAsSBPhGNFK39lqvXt7SniDy0SWjsK-12LvcUSVk-1iSmAP4SK-rcUyEP8_YVDEJuOoZLBdR2SDAuEfxDyxKjU5JROq5zSR1Ivp3LyKTsQs6tb/s1600-h/100_2812.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVNez4qC-9EMtkDtwt6Y1QMZAsSBPhGNFK39lqvXt7SniDy0SWjsK-12LvcUSVk-1iSmAP4SK-rcUyEP8_YVDEJuOoZLBdR2SDAuEfxDyxKjU5JROq5zSR1Ivp3LyKTsQs6tb/s320/100_2812.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452023747716924850" /></a><br /><br />Memorial for soldiers who earned a Purple Heart. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcVd1NPeFymShyphenhyphenrTW-r6z36hfm8eSQClnB0zfy1tTo7iOHIExL9V6R4v6zDGdPzwAi9enPL4-ItDzojgXgleAKDXaQXmpmwpmTUyT5aztRzWhT2mP2GdXd8PgNWRvr9Mm0PmV/s1600-h/100_2809.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcVd1NPeFymShyphenhyphenrTW-r6z36hfm8eSQClnB0zfy1tTo7iOHIExL9V6R4v6zDGdPzwAi9enPL4-ItDzojgXgleAKDXaQXmpmwpmTUyT5aztRzWhT2mP2GdXd8PgNWRvr9Mm0PmV/s320/100_2809.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452023991318727234" /></a><br /><br />Memorial for missing children. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ6c-r-AcbCdaJezbyWB-IuC_yyLRnDHOLI1TIulvTB3BOJu3JzdpHrrRuLrcWZw3AkRYEFWBxRA_vHEVGf_WZaJp9IJW2wHJP-EKr3iy9gqWiTm5-H-lo-YQ5vhC57C98Oxn/s1600-h/100_2808.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ6c-r-AcbCdaJezbyWB-IuC_yyLRnDHOLI1TIulvTB3BOJu3JzdpHrrRuLrcWZw3AkRYEFWBxRA_vHEVGf_WZaJp9IJW2wHJP-EKr3iy9gqWiTm5-H-lo-YQ5vhC57C98Oxn/s320/100_2808.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452024153507648818" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-28047165502842772192010-03-21T21:26:00.005-05:002010-03-21T21:32:36.276-05:00FunSome random pics from Pensacola that are just funny!<br /><br />Graffiti<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HmIdeWnriP7As_hv-iImWYJ0CY93AGlMN3MsRT0u8M9S-jIytcPtSP_hnBFLv5KXIxtwPzsAO6OJLh_eWfiQvmq2qAiy9QeR8-IDaw-pQUDU2S68qKnvJbdf2boQy8cKvohg/s1600-h/100_2764.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HmIdeWnriP7As_hv-iImWYJ0CY93AGlMN3MsRT0u8M9S-jIytcPtSP_hnBFLv5KXIxtwPzsAO6OJLh_eWfiQvmq2qAiy9QeR8-IDaw-pQUDU2S68qKnvJbdf2boQy8cKvohg/s400/100_2764.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451279304018444162" /></a><br />"Sara <3's (loves) Ben"<br />response:<br />"Sara's prego Ben<br /><br />Jon's future boat. You hve to love the band Rush to understand. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBYSKTgh8zoAejrseD9nYw8eeM51U6onoxUfTMMR7J_R3b3q2Y53mAAxNFg9vrZAWzf_k4u_UDWaJa4aQnJELeFBeq5mgr5LHRinXpFwL7hFcsMAkbIdpjfFjySpf2ivw6Na5/s1600-h/100_2765.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBYSKTgh8zoAejrseD9nYw8eeM51U6onoxUfTMMR7J_R3b3q2Y53mAAxNFg9vrZAWzf_k4u_UDWaJa4aQnJELeFBeq5mgr5LHRinXpFwL7hFcsMAkbIdpjfFjySpf2ivw6Na5/s400/100_2765.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451279746710176754" /></a><br /><br />Jon finds an <a href="http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS318&tbs=isch:1&q=attention+dogs&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20&social=false">internet meme</a>!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17V6BJB7jyAvKV_g6uirQNnNSbPoXmnd8nH85XX16PDfRcMPEWhezGvcrjbz1eC3eH12JOyXiEq4LzsWQhD9Y0i2AsTyNnvnJIPeldbfWFgsDR0XNX_CgZ13JdIseTj_aLxJC/s1600-h/100_2797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17V6BJB7jyAvKV_g6uirQNnNSbPoXmnd8nH85XX16PDfRcMPEWhezGvcrjbz1eC3eH12JOyXiEq4LzsWQhD9Y0i2AsTyNnvnJIPeldbfWFgsDR0XNX_CgZ13JdIseTj_aLxJC/s400/100_2797.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451280059273900786" /></a><br /><br />The sun blinds me!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsElGtDDHFdXW_lmCbaWM7eQCydMbSarP8YvQbiqhs_vmSKOqZYWsXt_jl6HPT67ndrSPkjQUbZ6Q-vNepcfJpetWYK4d0Z7_eIDm0wgrRrfa_jPFinNoD-7k6_nOVhUHyD-n/s1600-h/100_2928.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsElGtDDHFdXW_lmCbaWM7eQCydMbSarP8YvQbiqhs_vmSKOqZYWsXt_jl6HPT67ndrSPkjQUbZ6Q-vNepcfJpetWYK4d0Z7_eIDm0wgrRrfa_jPFinNoD-7k6_nOVhUHyD-n/s320/100_2928.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451280489699166754" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-84326258413762808092010-03-21T21:11:00.001-05:002010-03-21T21:15:09.882-05:00BirdsSome of the many birds in downtown Pensacola!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj-YLR2kJ_cH0tgslSYVLWZLt9WGb1EFlqQEUmPOPHXr2oWVdjF20tWXioa8GuImUgHjwg5-Tz4XBYqcVIzKLEJxzZPBC8K-muK8Vc3-gMSVeCD3fdoICA4i0wOgvuEiiCXz-/s1600-h/100_2753.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj-YLR2kJ_cH0tgslSYVLWZLt9WGb1EFlqQEUmPOPHXr2oWVdjF20tWXioa8GuImUgHjwg5-Tz4XBYqcVIzKLEJxzZPBC8K-muK8Vc3-gMSVeCD3fdoICA4i0wOgvuEiiCXz-/s320/100_2753.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451275275617560770" /></a><br /><br />Just a couple of great blue herons!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQVH2FufdgQih4rSS119t1E1WRkEd9VfOE4pA3M5h-g_zAZQKn4_T1CenfnEGiBJnSXZRxYGNfbUuS8Xo1PJp-906jqI5XKKeFXa1fcatLBsiC-gEusXcOeX_LrgrRy8avc0X/s1600-h/100_2758.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQVH2FufdgQih4rSS119t1E1WRkEd9VfOE4pA3M5h-g_zAZQKn4_T1CenfnEGiBJnSXZRxYGNfbUuS8Xo1PJp-906jqI5XKKeFXa1fcatLBsiC-gEusXcOeX_LrgrRy8avc0X/s320/100_2758.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451275596064910242" /></a><br /><br />The odd couple. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc1SFkuOenD24zFs9xMCB1a_kqvixjruhb33muW2DpD2uo7VZ16OADIwHHjajJ2AyheHiC2-MHZBBOVsr5ZskapHoxBDmysHBNpSa1yBMPdgjvmxLaumLAchw_m49wC0H3Ils/s1600-h/100_2762.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc1SFkuOenD24zFs9xMCB1a_kqvixjruhb33muW2DpD2uo7VZ16OADIwHHjajJ2AyheHiC2-MHZBBOVsr5ZskapHoxBDmysHBNpSa1yBMPdgjvmxLaumLAchw_m49wC0H3Ils/s400/100_2762.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451275974449456194" /></a><br /><br /><br />Jon creeps up on birds. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4HXwCmkJxPOB9hFmbzdmPDeCdGSAPZMg_aj2ldGVC611Ynk85T9ZH5-yYszxix4zc5jRjUJqXzJTPPz6cKsPMA36JaEOf1dXYEJt218Sfn_lvPW5crQubSwIAcD2PqB6Um9n/s1600-h/100_2754.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4HXwCmkJxPOB9hFmbzdmPDeCdGSAPZMg_aj2ldGVC611Ynk85T9ZH5-yYszxix4zc5jRjUJqXzJTPPz6cKsPMA36JaEOf1dXYEJt218Sfn_lvPW5crQubSwIAcD2PqB6Um9n/s400/100_2754.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451275433416119122" /></a><br /><br />Again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkwQpyvS2TnEDQusqpjaFugF3U4J6Ol8TzB0FkIKR5X7cldh3WcgcSU9UFmzVkKSscpSc75LNsbXi-oow1KPw_2mwrCfOuzxo9BfZ5RAMWECpgJ1owxIhly7MoKOM4WRSrHVT/s1600-h/100_2760.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkwQpyvS2TnEDQusqpjaFugF3U4J6Ol8TzB0FkIKR5X7cldh3WcgcSU9UFmzVkKSscpSc75LNsbXi-oow1KPw_2mwrCfOuzxo9BfZ5RAMWECpgJ1owxIhly7MoKOM4WRSrHVT/s400/100_2760.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451275766949972610" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-52655976457646591312010-03-21T20:59:00.006-05:002010-03-21T21:07:50.671-05:00Running on the beachJon and I are training for the Illinois Marathon (relay) race coming up in May, so we kept up our running while in Florida and got a lovely change of scenery!! We jogged long Johnson's Beach on Perdido Key. This is the same beach we camped on last year. <br /><br />Go Jon go!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCruqhon2sK6SgIAJrAeJMBXNd-qyh5VjlM9gHgsfIegkaKnMumuG_OxOLqdUb8HluRcmBqK7BRMmu5CTuHcfXZKTgS-P4Y10485hK0tayQ0HMhayiHWT98L-DPdgboyhBng2Z/s1600-h/100_2733.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCruqhon2sK6SgIAJrAeJMBXNd-qyh5VjlM9gHgsfIegkaKnMumuG_OxOLqdUb8HluRcmBqK7BRMmu5CTuHcfXZKTgS-P4Y10485hK0tayQ0HMhayiHWT98L-DPdgboyhBng2Z/s400/100_2733.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451272806567561218" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavh0T6bZJZ5Jwdd0BhYGYfLxagiSQTUcCtkCr286KivG9h2BKbvdbxbeuuZ1x7NLWZlACmi7Pq_uTrJNgN33bsseI3k6URlZoQqDOQGT6ThM1s_RbBy7U3l4RcwtLxI7IARVg/s1600-h/100_2735.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavh0T6bZJZ5Jwdd0BhYGYfLxagiSQTUcCtkCr286KivG9h2BKbvdbxbeuuZ1x7NLWZlACmi7Pq_uTrJNgN33bsseI3k6URlZoQqDOQGT6ThM1s_RbBy7U3l4RcwtLxI7IARVg/s320/100_2735.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451272944427856242" /></a><br /><br />Love the Sea Oats!!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXlmIGHoovrIDLoWfaYPsrrsS60IGZlUPAeTm6Xe12iHzDE2Ih686QQxxPX6WqA1gf6J1Tj73TY29eisHNPcV4OHDOXKpE-H70GzhSPSnhZk9SxFP8do6P8T3OoOZ79vrCBXx/s1600-h/100_2736.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXlmIGHoovrIDLoWfaYPsrrsS60IGZlUPAeTm6Xe12iHzDE2Ih686QQxxPX6WqA1gf6J1Tj73TY29eisHNPcV4OHDOXKpE-H70GzhSPSnhZk9SxFP8do6P8T3OoOZ79vrCBXx/s400/100_2736.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451273096749909938" /></a><br /><br />After our run we walked the nature trail on the beach. <br /><br />An osprey nest with two adults! I don't know how to identify many birds, especially ones not in Illinois, but I know osprey from my time at Mono Lake. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFybo27N1f53oSOhmHeabZHgdbapOzaEbaziHoKGo-MK__iE9XYPFTsiUZ7brikZk41zPdgtd5ng1o-Wgo1q6MxHfxzEp9EE5dCXExuzzV3106wU3FfahuJsNYNHDFTV0JMEb_/s1600-h/100_2738.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFybo27N1f53oSOhmHeabZHgdbapOzaEbaziHoKGo-MK__iE9XYPFTsiUZ7brikZk41zPdgtd5ng1o-Wgo1q6MxHfxzEp9EE5dCXExuzzV3106wU3FfahuJsNYNHDFTV0JMEb_/s400/100_2738.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451273485074654530" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusY3DbGvvyIAdsPYEQSHygKjqX6f7Slfa7x2jQAheqzJASw502AJyaCE76e-mgAfBYqGtYR-B_bq8n18aRgY3SIfbXT3atRBtUqrwLQ-_haDqNKHXASGDavPflbAWMDqaqCQn/s1600-h/100_2745.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusY3DbGvvyIAdsPYEQSHygKjqX6f7Slfa7x2jQAheqzJASw502AJyaCE76e-mgAfBYqGtYR-B_bq8n18aRgY3SIfbXT3atRBtUqrwLQ-_haDqNKHXASGDavPflbAWMDqaqCQn/s320/100_2745.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451273867657948850" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaJOnsLhz3BRBEr0kyb9WFYN7SHVN4AjiDqCu5PiISLtKXZjH5yFntSXeUIvsFarJzTAiBW4oLr8ST8PrRJ3t_g-6HDqFf2fInlLapdh6clzKhCpQMsBxJEya9V4fIOp9dhRO/s1600-h/100_2741.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaJOnsLhz3BRBEr0kyb9WFYN7SHVN4AjiDqCu5PiISLtKXZjH5yFntSXeUIvsFarJzTAiBW4oLr8ST8PrRJ3t_g-6HDqFf2fInlLapdh6clzKhCpQMsBxJEya9V4fIOp9dhRO/s320/100_2741.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451274098097380818" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-15321390739619220692010-03-21T20:06:00.006-05:002010-03-21T20:21:12.552-05:00Fort BarrancasOne of the sites we visited in Pensacola was <a href="http://www.nps.gov/guis/planyourvisit/fort-barrancas.htm">Fort Barrancas</a>, which is part of the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/guis/index.htm">Gulf Islands National Seashore</a>. This fort was used by the Spanish, British, and US & Confederate armies throughout the 1700 & 1800s to guard the entrance to Pensacola Bay. <br /><br />The Fort's dry moat. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEECb2FBm2OfML-X4cJtV5QAwg9sUOLAxofV-UNVwR9ON1MGvM4NJz9wLCUtNKt4CL83-LPMw3B9L1HCJcSFHjz91UBltrOOGCbAdICTJHA_1AY4o5Pk2z_i8nFxL5UDhrqoU/s1600-h/100_2689.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEECb2FBm2OfML-X4cJtV5QAwg9sUOLAxofV-UNVwR9ON1MGvM4NJz9wLCUtNKt4CL83-LPMw3B9L1HCJcSFHjz91UBltrOOGCbAdICTJHA_1AY4o5Pk2z_i8nFxL5UDhrqoU/s200/100_2689.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451259370323619298" /></a><br /><br />The Fort's one and only entrance. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLt2DWU5cA15lr-7zN0l4tRqeqFlgAwiKn3CokUTVjHvJ9yxB2ZettvaLZ1cLkFOmkpYBjlFdEn1EXYYtz6iR_uHKyX06AIyUwePlQNuCI-udlWnAYkui8oD9mqR9hfqXsxZZ/s1600-h/100_2692.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLt2DWU5cA15lr-7zN0l4tRqeqFlgAwiKn3CokUTVjHvJ9yxB2ZettvaLZ1cLkFOmkpYBjlFdEn1EXYYtz6iR_uHKyX06AIyUwePlQNuCI-udlWnAYkui8oD9mqR9hfqXsxZZ/s320/100_2692.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451259561489513042" /></a><br /><br />Inside.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKBbxcM3FgcFZDfnjYMCG27hJujFZ31dSr1h6l3zdNiHKYgLp5MIjoLgGGg_w9NjmZxnksXB3T6VJLdQnoqi5180vfbv-30eClvMvbukU3lmy7C7zJV96O6SyRmsL9A38sWXU/s1600-h/100_2699.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKBbxcM3FgcFZDfnjYMCG27hJujFZ31dSr1h6l3zdNiHKYgLp5MIjoLgGGg_w9NjmZxnksXB3T6VJLdQnoqi5180vfbv-30eClvMvbukU3lmy7C7zJV96O6SyRmsL9A38sWXU/s320/100_2699.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451259772304526482" /></a><br /><br />The parts of the Fort that the Spanish built called the Water Battery. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aa2cmZ7w7DkmCNLIHb9fo4ZJl8-HsMOndMJihnDedVO2ygaSIiEShQ-C2-44y5Y2smaahmgXb91syt6OaEcSHQWSllHcFgd_iksZCLpneVroAeG0qzMx5qUsjeSkvKA-EjWr/s1600-h/100_2704.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aa2cmZ7w7DkmCNLIHb9fo4ZJl8-HsMOndMJihnDedVO2ygaSIiEShQ-C2-44y5Y2smaahmgXb91syt6OaEcSHQWSllHcFgd_iksZCLpneVroAeG0qzMx5qUsjeSkvKA-EjWr/s320/100_2704.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451261394472586626" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuA6JeTSwW3ggpuSMxKWPj3Ruy7WERf1Dl8TAXe4JDKT0iu95ZDR-xjjP4J3WgADnIIMqZRh1zOd0unJVbdlyN6DxthNObeYyxhw_xwZAQFfqNcv3vBgr6G2ke3AdjQU7v-Nl/s1600-h/100_2705.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuA6JeTSwW3ggpuSMxKWPj3Ruy7WERf1Dl8TAXe4JDKT0iu95ZDR-xjjP4J3WgADnIIMqZRh1zOd0unJVbdlyN6DxthNObeYyxhw_xwZAQFfqNcv3vBgr6G2ke3AdjQU7v-Nl/s320/100_2705.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451261533562702578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmY__tQbVr023ejTZkEZqQdyjT2BSaBKC52w0eAUMA2HFrZYxOoFY1nAz2xDAdEHfb9mO1DFyBd63GPpXwSNlrpXTOPXfgEKAcJ9YHJYJHCnSnhVDML1OgQzungqdCFxGyWij/s1600-h/100_2706.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmY__tQbVr023ejTZkEZqQdyjT2BSaBKC52w0eAUMA2HFrZYxOoFY1nAz2xDAdEHfb9mO1DFyBd63GPpXwSNlrpXTOPXfgEKAcJ9YHJYJHCnSnhVDML1OgQzungqdCFxGyWij/s320/100_2706.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451261652785758738" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fqZlIIik3SNTmz19xeJOh_2ZKe6dTUMILRM8REm768-v__lNhj8Ib-ofrP9c0s4zkbwCKrjEaKSy8bzT3TrCCQ1RHDfTW5f9ZA-ArahrYPbx9X7tvSvHiILb20I0EM0CbtOK/s1600-h/100_2711.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fqZlIIik3SNTmz19xeJOh_2ZKe6dTUMILRM8REm768-v__lNhj8Ib-ofrP9c0s4zkbwCKrjEaKSy8bzT3TrCCQ1RHDfTW5f9ZA-ArahrYPbx9X7tvSvHiILb20I0EM0CbtOK/s320/100_2711.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451261759786513170" /></a><br /><br />Lots of cool arches throughout the Fort. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8sMkvFTMrjIZKtV-XHvLj5w02lrQ2n_YehCDxQZaLno5GyR2TJGqEjdhjrt2EpB3MNZWxrVmaJssRwT6Ljv6ay4soKeq6NC-QGd4bBuGrgmUgegqOSdy0bslFhEeP2ATSGOB/s1600-h/100_2720.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8sMkvFTMrjIZKtV-XHvLj5w02lrQ2n_YehCDxQZaLno5GyR2TJGqEjdhjrt2EpB3MNZWxrVmaJssRwT6Ljv6ay4soKeq6NC-QGd4bBuGrgmUgegqOSdy0bslFhEeP2ATSGOB/s320/100_2720.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451262063996536946" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-35788008720071061622010-03-21T19:44:00.009-05:002010-03-23T21:39:19.676-05:00Pensacola, FLJon and I went to Pensacola, Florida last week, along with my Dad, to see my little sister Megan's softball tournament with <a href="http://your.parkland.edu/athletics/softball">Parkland College</a>. We went last year (<a href="http://allieandjon.blogspot.com/2009/03/jellyfish.html">here</a>, <a href="http://allieandjon.blogspot.com/2009/04/camping.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://allieandjon.blogspot.com/2009/04/blue-heron.html">here</a>) and had a great time, so definitely had to go this year as well!<br /><br />We had a great time and visited many cool sites. I feel I know the Pensacola area like the back of my hand! <br /><br /><br />Megan getting ready to bat. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-nRyJ6Ke4mhDrwAk4hlvMRuj3XsJ0WI7pwahZaVLGbe1n36joDqvjAO92vt9JEtSwxvGQBQIQRgh14RZpVkE4R15f-zX2vxRimAsFh600g-_c_PeCuDQpusNPsrN488bCGbW/s1600-h/100_2725.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-nRyJ6Ke4mhDrwAk4hlvMRuj3XsJ0WI7pwahZaVLGbe1n36joDqvjAO92vt9JEtSwxvGQBQIQRgh14RZpVkE4R15f-zX2vxRimAsFh600g-_c_PeCuDQpusNPsrN488bCGbW/s320/100_2725.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451255151457352914" /></a><br /><br />The star pitcher. Usuall not a belly itcher.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbV62baaBjPKvalVNcv1INHUH7iUoT5GWOMZ2KsnyxrMhusZ4N9tTTqTxmA3LaemH6YhK3_TrR9dgTWmKfECY3h_4tRussElYgr2sZWOC6FWxgBWgnB428z5nPmwj_bVQvsUbs/s1600-h/100_2728.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbV62baaBjPKvalVNcv1INHUH7iUoT5GWOMZ2KsnyxrMhusZ4N9tTTqTxmA3LaemH6YhK3_TrR9dgTWmKfECY3h_4tRussElYgr2sZWOC6FWxgBWgnB428z5nPmwj_bVQvsUbs/s320/100_2728.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451255354433131682" /></a><br /><br />Here's Meg and Dad at <a href="http://thesurfburger.com/">The Surf Burger</a> on Pensacola Beach. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VyrD9s8xyCvr5OfxgmtwSopBCgdBdUMbM3gtbofYSW3gmX4gcTIaNSle0UgyELbmN83uQiQq31ybU4DELBEvOlcXfv1GmfcFrPZCa41ssfuzdC6_6IT4a4iq4KOPyYiLLJOl/s1600-h/100_2934.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VyrD9s8xyCvr5OfxgmtwSopBCgdBdUMbM3gtbofYSW3gmX4gcTIaNSle0UgyELbmN83uQiQq31ybU4DELBEvOlcXfv1GmfcFrPZCa41ssfuzdC6_6IT4a4iq4KOPyYiLLJOl/s320/100_2934.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451255743023749362" /></a><br /><br />Here is our adorable condo at the <a href="http://www.perdidokeyresortmanagement.com/">Purple Parrot</a>!<br />Living room.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHQAXb_fVQP5BnA99fSi3yrnQ5Iu04QbKcJIK1CrbbksChD5ZC_SPt-NCPVLLvLLvr-QMIXa6qdMXRmQPGp3an6ahBMd3cIbp7ZYptVzOmSRzuAb6FTNgiCEAlO1GOT5xnLfZ/s1600-h/100_2775.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHQAXb_fVQP5BnA99fSi3yrnQ5Iu04QbKcJIK1CrbbksChD5ZC_SPt-NCPVLLvLLvr-QMIXa6qdMXRmQPGp3an6ahBMd3cIbp7ZYptVzOmSRzuAb6FTNgiCEAlO1GOT5xnLfZ/s200/100_2775.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451256217601498370" /></a><br /><br />Dining room. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMDend-O8pubBkiIS5Noe3jXH6Z5aVypcFeFMfQ4TAcVs60DX93YPS5i64f0dFwvEyT38uFL24xjX-nnEEICb7hyR8UttoEuCxb0ZgcOYwmn3veUtEh4Yc09EgQsfh7vZw6T2/s1600-h/100_2777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMDend-O8pubBkiIS5Noe3jXH6Z5aVypcFeFMfQ4TAcVs60DX93YPS5i64f0dFwvEyT38uFL24xjX-nnEEICb7hyR8UttoEuCxb0ZgcOYwmn3veUtEh4Yc09EgQsfh7vZw6T2/s200/100_2777.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451256564323447762" /></a><br /><br />Bedroom.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgze115yT4EJxmKxRwXz4DlCiY-fafG9qO2JTnHfzwGKfFjHoP7J-jyH8l0C1Db5SoyiVVPX46QQRD1L8k7ihIX-npvVoftlbyICrOrrqavsSxQdnTfVEbyXGiLTzieDPvcgNGE/s1600-h/100_2774.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgze115yT4EJxmKxRwXz4DlCiY-fafG9qO2JTnHfzwGKfFjHoP7J-jyH8l0C1Db5SoyiVVPX46QQRD1L8k7ihIX-npvVoftlbyICrOrrqavsSxQdnTfVEbyXGiLTzieDPvcgNGE/s200/100_2774.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451256726152103234" /></a><br /><br />Ladder to Dad's loft. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9xMlWOl8M7F3Gi7xihGnIKSYpTAbaaSZSOxPluwYQuL2R_wC9Lxz4ZCEK8hePgOh3wSDYRCfK7TxbZhEGrrBV52Wn7D0iLfKYbAEyfEodgfDFwy9tnOCzoIZNaLCsrHqQZtu/s1600-h/100_2776.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9xMlWOl8M7F3Gi7xihGnIKSYpTAbaaSZSOxPluwYQuL2R_wC9Lxz4ZCEK8hePgOh3wSDYRCfK7TxbZhEGrrBV52Wn7D0iLfKYbAEyfEodgfDFwy9tnOCzoIZNaLCsrHqQZtu/s200/100_2776.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451256884453775106" /></a><br /><br />View from the loft. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgik7SGkBKy-jyHE8fIPfGgDQOuCf3T9mIpd4effPB47u2sjUMCmYcTM2ALzE5slYLjNXu_ZsD7QYC-cTZN8Uk9HFuK6kL-zWIFKZ8KPxAJcuaYrp3ROV6D7wkXfg9Yh-A-Bw-6/s1600-h/100_2779.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgik7SGkBKy-jyHE8fIPfGgDQOuCf3T9mIpd4effPB47u2sjUMCmYcTM2ALzE5slYLjNXu_ZsD7QYC-cTZN8Uk9HFuK6kL-zWIFKZ8KPxAJcuaYrp3ROV6D7wkXfg9Yh-A-Bw-6/s200/100_2779.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451257159217919122" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-77101210547162953902010-03-08T18:51:00.003-06:002010-03-08T19:04:35.655-06:008K for H20A quick cross-post update!<br /><br />Jon and I went to visit Jenny in Charleston, SC where she is working on her masters at the College of Charleston. She is involved in a student group that puts on an 8K race each year to benefit a local environmental/water conservation group. Jon and I went down to visit her and participate in the race. So we ran in the annual <a href="http://spinner.cofc.edu/~messa/8k4h2o/8k4h2o.htm?referrer=webcluster&">8K for H20</a>. This year's race benefactor was <a href="http://www.scleep.org/">LEEP – the Lowcountry Environmental Education Program</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93lwyonV65fbGT-U8h0p8ZBcZOfvqBm1QU8Fz0zT4F-u6zRYvooL6cDWdC9uBxwpNF3A9WERs_SKYwDhWqKNOpbneyuZ4SVMYekMYIJ2ns1EqblzCNu0szDLksV7ac_X3sw3f/s1600-h/8k_logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93lwyonV65fbGT-U8h0p8ZBcZOfvqBm1QU8Fz0zT4F-u6zRYvooL6cDWdC9uBxwpNF3A9WERs_SKYwDhWqKNOpbneyuZ4SVMYekMYIJ2ns1EqblzCNu0szDLksV7ac_X3sw3f/s320/8k_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446433308806491618" /></a><br /><br />8K is the furthest I've ever run in my life!! It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. There were 200 participants in the race and it was good practice for our big run coming up in May. I wasn't quite ready for the distance, so didn't do great, but I'm just so happy that I finished. I was originally going to only run the 5K, but I'm glad I bit the bullet and went for the full 8. I was second to last (literally – <a href="http://actioncarolina.com/ms10res.html">199/200</a>) at 1:11:12, and Jon did great at 51:28. <br /><br />Woo hoo!!Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-29454142367630687722010-02-14T22:23:00.005-06:002010-02-14T22:53:26.939-06:00FamilySpent some time with the family this weekend.<br /><br />Played some peek-a-boo with <s>4.5</s> <strong>5.5</strong> month old Ashton!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50IuZuMF9GB0p_Cuf_cDF-OTVwQA-F0vbSFG0Zwb4AB_ImhqEHQwIRMcu3rO5f5RsBscxszEJkpE21QPaEGjLHclf084_yOZKTLzw8MYOwUVCETSslFJvdK5R3eemtLR-IUin/s1600-h/100_2476.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50IuZuMF9GB0p_Cuf_cDF-OTVwQA-F0vbSFG0Zwb4AB_ImhqEHQwIRMcu3rO5f5RsBscxszEJkpE21QPaEGjLHclf084_yOZKTLzw8MYOwUVCETSslFJvdK5R3eemtLR-IUin/s320/100_2476.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438321538598256562" /></a><br /><br />GIMME!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuENDmKLIS-0dB6J3EMfKam2SCmnrzMpxafONii1AuudBLJ90-vA4wBRCvYk3ldLqeTEwVvhSpmsito7S1HgY7vksSMnNB1HVB15HJoFUn7x4l4lhGCOc_6VfoSA3jfiVJmMsI/s1600-h/100_2475.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuENDmKLIS-0dB6J3EMfKam2SCmnrzMpxafONii1AuudBLJ90-vA4wBRCvYk3ldLqeTEwVvhSpmsito7S1HgY7vksSMnNB1HVB15HJoFUn7x4l4lhGCOc_6VfoSA3jfiVJmMsI/s320/100_2475.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438321893601999538" /></a><br /><br />Hanging out with uncle Jon. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcl6HEHLqG1jp9XXLjLNTeh56wtqGSdQGoDo929iCGOJA2dAhc7qq9qJvIAYqUDJrpoEgC64Mh9A-mmKmPdrMLxbQRfikgumUOS_-RMmfsOmTBCfxqWI5_36_zGAegy9gjpjO/s1600-h/100_2495.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcl6HEHLqG1jp9XXLjLNTeh56wtqGSdQGoDo929iCGOJA2dAhc7qq9qJvIAYqUDJrpoEgC64Mh9A-mmKmPdrMLxbQRfikgumUOS_-RMmfsOmTBCfxqWI5_36_zGAegy9gjpjO/s320/100_2495.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438322123265991378" /></a><br /><br />So sad! Oh no!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnKORTh3tKTcpjPCBlc-77r2nonPvy2X-IJGMdzCGrmmWicwFqwhb-QoWdV8dXWF8R0PScZsKKgRoBwCEpWAWr9WVtH0wKf8hi9vSYaHSy6GF8OlZH6s3EQNaFfAjswCjBGNk/s1600-h/100_2496.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnKORTh3tKTcpjPCBlc-77r2nonPvy2X-IJGMdzCGrmmWicwFqwhb-QoWdV8dXWF8R0PScZsKKgRoBwCEpWAWr9WVtH0wKf8hi9vSYaHSy6GF8OlZH6s3EQNaFfAjswCjBGNk/s400/100_2496.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438322278210254498" /></a><br /><br />Big brother Shea joins in the fun. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFStTU19iNVfhLhRqdZk_YGdpFn6lhe72uNihqbJ7322V8o026NrGk6YBZuSbIbTO2FkRuSt6HiWChkRimKEjETyffGlxN3nBH75CZAEmXEGD6Ek4z2u6da4pl-Miogyr8NSO4/s1600-h/100_2497.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFStTU19iNVfhLhRqdZk_YGdpFn6lhe72uNihqbJ7322V8o026NrGk6YBZuSbIbTO2FkRuSt6HiWChkRimKEjETyffGlxN3nBH75CZAEmXEGD6Ek4z2u6da4pl-Miogyr8NSO4/s400/100_2497.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438322549173391730" /></a><br /><br />Love those boys!Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-1857184471250626292010-02-07T09:06:00.003-06:002010-02-07T09:11:17.161-06:00Goofy DogWink!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoOlP-moASbf2nMrqFajHUaZPfODzz3YaLpN1whX6QTkb3rijTo3xUPvse9Zt50jYVPJ7cI1uxvlrp8mry126weq9GNTyR2bMiTK4gdn0BLHcGVBwPLR_hm0ebekCYgVbmWaV/s1600-h/100_2440.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoOlP-moASbf2nMrqFajHUaZPfODzz3YaLpN1whX6QTkb3rijTo3xUPvse9Zt50jYVPJ7cI1uxvlrp8mry126weq9GNTyR2bMiTK4gdn0BLHcGVBwPLR_hm0ebekCYgVbmWaV/s320/100_2440.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435518794087415650" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGexd2faiHxbb0b7KB1sy5Kq9m-4ptAvIxZruJwg6JVnreO8yrmZgIQhHmykuNSp_X9lXeZGKZkJMtFeLF__2uRonmC4G-RbDxHlx14at-D34qIvyi1ruRZodC_dc_kiaoX2g3/s1600-h/100_2442.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGexd2faiHxbb0b7KB1sy5Kq9m-4ptAvIxZruJwg6JVnreO8yrmZgIQhHmykuNSp_X9lXeZGKZkJMtFeLF__2uRonmC4G-RbDxHlx14at-D34qIvyi1ruRZodC_dc_kiaoX2g3/s400/100_2442.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435518940300231762" /></a><br /><br /><br />Peek!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4FKtg-3HuDzuFc6DgtrZDyUl95OFCOxVSEQtbCWSHXxjbXHrdl10TP54YXCN2uMAByyUSkwAfnOhCbCa0vyFf3rHpke2UxFHXiJgup77ophyCGo7G_Jf6MKDOT_kfvPIPQ-i/s1600-h/100_2443.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4FKtg-3HuDzuFc6DgtrZDyUl95OFCOxVSEQtbCWSHXxjbXHrdl10TP54YXCN2uMAByyUSkwAfnOhCbCa0vyFf3rHpke2UxFHXiJgup77ophyCGo7G_Jf6MKDOT_kfvPIPQ-i/s200/100_2443.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435519105137001650" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgev-cPn12aNQEaqO2NC3GJDNpyt4NVPad8MsfJG_pj2_w3TCiixkoNQjEczRZ6dIXzUbMHFpq4UzRjpQDel0vXaHh1blHhv77E_Q7BukXvz1nWthV3RyLEZcLiHfEzeuMv5ih4/s1600-h/100_2445.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgev-cPn12aNQEaqO2NC3GJDNpyt4NVPad8MsfJG_pj2_w3TCiixkoNQjEczRZ6dIXzUbMHFpq4UzRjpQDel0vXaHh1blHhv77E_Q7BukXvz1nWthV3RyLEZcLiHfEzeuMv5ih4/s400/100_2445.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435519320752982962" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-15012938881935567452010-02-01T21:19:00.007-06:002010-02-01T21:34:32.783-06:00Washington DC 2010I spent the last few days in Washington DC at a <a href="http://www.familiesusa.org/conference/">conference</a>. Despite coming down with a cold, I had a really great time and learned a lot. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzca3qnHOSSExj9syUPQBIcBhVNS_3SToUAVHGbJyF0nOoNd1qTIbd_XB_X3MCdD-jR8zXjGiUWcUNemd1fNDC_MDa4U11TEAeiCmyUUDdHSJAQ7A4HrgizXh36DMXIsp6AA_n/s1600-h/100_2363.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzca3qnHOSSExj9syUPQBIcBhVNS_3SToUAVHGbJyF0nOoNd1qTIbd_XB_X3MCdD-jR8zXjGiUWcUNemd1fNDC_MDa4U11TEAeiCmyUUDdHSJAQ7A4HrgizXh36DMXIsp6AA_n/s320/100_2363.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482327288737058" /></a><br />My great co-workers. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KdvE2kxKR0jY_Msc2XeEKSnluUa_X4EUDAv2Tz_ps9wiJ0XHY4BqKO6uUKCG5t15KZIM56pZzQ1dyOH64LLFqYmENBC28dQ1FhHmHYvTvEVCj4j8ZrReCLHZe4Krif1__AKl/s1600-h/100_2379.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KdvE2kxKR0jY_Msc2XeEKSnluUa_X4EUDAv2Tz_ps9wiJ0XHY4BqKO6uUKCG5t15KZIM56pZzQ1dyOH64LLFqYmENBC28dQ1FhHmHYvTvEVCj4j8ZrReCLHZe4Krif1__AKl/s320/100_2379.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433482637385683410" /></a><br />Health reform now!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Yige2n3PNH6MGEoqhneuVHrtTO68cFzlu-cC6TXJxot6DmrwKoBq7TzAoJt4teqowWz_ReJaE0EGjRhWsrnFu1SJA-6KVhqTJcfrnoY33U4gD89TivNRuBjfrhCboK0JZGNV/s1600-h/100_2419.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Yige2n3PNH6MGEoqhneuVHrtTO68cFzlu-cC6TXJxot6DmrwKoBq7TzAoJt4teqowWz_ReJaE0EGjRhWsrnFu1SJA-6KVhqTJcfrnoY33U4gD89TivNRuBjfrhCboK0JZGNV/s320/100_2419.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483331199742754" /></a><br />Who is the monkey??<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7kNQfKAbtKeRv62xt1_cj7-IKsKqq0Cqwt3sPxatVr-verRmyTd57uC394vT-wd7qAm9STQZSaoxXKX9ZyHEln-OfkEo-xXtG_fmgz-YPPVkR2t3396A_nJWheGB3yaXWXF1/s1600-h/100_2421.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7kNQfKAbtKeRv62xt1_cj7-IKsKqq0Cqwt3sPxatVr-verRmyTd57uC394vT-wd7qAm9STQZSaoxXKX9ZyHEln-OfkEo-xXtG_fmgz-YPPVkR2t3396A_nJWheGB3yaXWXF1/s320/100_2421.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433483648002890498" /></a><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond">Hope Diamond</a> at the Smithsonian. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPEZQQ-CId5kf53GSxLtqXQbzhQjg1c5B_PUO5XLOS5otmFL02msXB-99pXpUdSAGSHLgGXKcLdX-RgBTSKkyLgE06V0TXYY1S1KmroYCHwGLGhPYTUCFYLirre45lr5Mh7ct/s1600-h/100_2426.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPEZQQ-CId5kf53GSxLtqXQbzhQjg1c5B_PUO5XLOS5otmFL02msXB-99pXpUdSAGSHLgGXKcLdX-RgBTSKkyLgE06V0TXYY1S1KmroYCHwGLGhPYTUCFYLirre45lr5Mh7ct/s320/100_2426.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433484019158946626" /></a><br />Me and Yadi!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39SJ-MQw7nYyRPI1C7TLcMAQPIHMJEJE3_GJCzxyGQyyP6NM1fOrZYNm5WHxO9oXE4E053R7R3AOno9OB6FVY4D4at_fOlRQZiwVyRGuAhD0_8sxGSowNQuxjvehYkIRGbZXT/s1600-h/100_2429.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39SJ-MQw7nYyRPI1C7TLcMAQPIHMJEJE3_GJCzxyGQyyP6NM1fOrZYNm5WHxO9oXE4E053R7R3AOno9OB6FVY4D4at_fOlRQZiwVyRGuAhD0_8sxGSowNQuxjvehYkIRGbZXT/s400/100_2429.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433484271019296274" /></a><br />Capitol Building.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-29835841561388063192010-01-22T14:37:00.004-06:002010-01-22T14:43:14.933-06:00Happy 2010!I'm going to try to do some more blogging this year, but I have to start somewhere. So let's begin with something stupid. <br /><br />I got a Snuggie for Christmas!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr3M-NQL3SbkOWSQAZpXB7O-EKI-bW3OeT-Z9ZmMbmhIKECKEa1enbVEVL0s1NNTmpIk18rtS8DPDn7AdTXw1XE1Pw8HUoSKuXKwy-ay2-c08oocuN6xPokgJccesJ3kTDPcF/s1600-h/100_2264.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr3M-NQL3SbkOWSQAZpXB7O-EKI-bW3OeT-Z9ZmMbmhIKECKEa1enbVEVL0s1NNTmpIk18rtS8DPDn7AdTXw1XE1Pw8HUoSKuXKwy-ay2-c08oocuN6xPokgJccesJ3kTDPcF/s320/100_2264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429666785962509010" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSf3ziwCuaCDaCuFEE6_BVYCayxde8LuJ1zpuVv8631OBKJhfWO38vKvFwb3TV5LMBwHPJXEPf9XU_Sr-yeOWwFkSATnwsFJSvD7-q44FENxjVWy5XbMumJve3xVOBDzSpqdP/s1600-h/100_2266.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSf3ziwCuaCDaCuFEE6_BVYCayxde8LuJ1zpuVv8631OBKJhfWO38vKvFwb3TV5LMBwHPJXEPf9XU_Sr-yeOWwFkSATnwsFJSvD7-q44FENxjVWy5XbMumJve3xVOBDzSpqdP/s320/100_2266.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429667197223194594" /></a><br /><br />Good times.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-48717206395771523552009-07-22T23:42:00.007-05:002009-07-22T23:48:19.477-05:00MexicoI've been posting a lot of pictures from South Dakota the last month, so I thought I'd change it up a bit and put some photos up from the other trip I took... Mexico! My Mom took my three sisters and I down to the Cancun area for a long weekend over the 4th of July holiday. I had a really great time, and we stayed at a SUPER nice resort - <a href="http://www.iberostar.com/EN/EN/Riviera-Maya-hotels/Iberostar-Paraiso-del-Mar_3_71.html">Iberostar Paraiso del Mar</a>. I've never stayed at an all inclusive hotel before, and it was crazy beautiful!<br /><br />Beautiful lobby. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0u8qvCP2mG0vG70xtBNzP8gibtIaPk4Ui5r9YhcUPBNBMm2f3ufA010AJ2_rPqjLbkxCObcVl9IWtUO8DIsbPpb4XF5neIjO3SDpeCzXczUnW9DB8n7F1hIc-AvPu27O1fDM/s1600-h/100_1229.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0u8qvCP2mG0vG70xtBNzP8gibtIaPk4Ui5r9YhcUPBNBMm2f3ufA010AJ2_rPqjLbkxCObcVl9IWtUO8DIsbPpb4XF5neIjO3SDpeCzXczUnW9DB8n7F1hIc-AvPu27O1fDM/s400/100_1229.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361512082267515602" /></a><br /><br />Flamingos just haning out. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlwiVK812mysqopyRZNVAAVRsqnfn13p6429WrPcYLj2E4qsztY7G2QRagYyfkies8i1DC_F7PeVLrIugcyuCxBq-kmARdxbypAoNUYSAvgHaF85vVHUQ_h1u0bFcSoaGJdUN/s1600-h/100_1237.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlwiVK812mysqopyRZNVAAVRsqnfn13p6429WrPcYLj2E4qsztY7G2QRagYyfkies8i1DC_F7PeVLrIugcyuCxBq-kmARdxbypAoNUYSAvgHaF85vVHUQ_h1u0bFcSoaGJdUN/s320/100_1237.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361512250656564530" /></a><br /><br />Hammocks at the beach.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrorZ6BRJUpT9qTVDqOqtZjiOxYKjK5LOj_y-w0Quj5RbbUmR0Coc7cp7TW3sHf94u9v5p8l2V7flOZM1X-wnJzqWPGXttuEdTmSpowPDD0hSX-xkvf6ub-ZLO9bsmvuzkZdJi/s1600-h/100_1248.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrorZ6BRJUpT9qTVDqOqtZjiOxYKjK5LOj_y-w0Quj5RbbUmR0Coc7cp7TW3sHf94u9v5p8l2V7flOZM1X-wnJzqWPGXttuEdTmSpowPDD0hSX-xkvf6ub-ZLO9bsmvuzkZdJi/s400/100_1248.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361512456588138002" /></a><br /><br />Beautiful swimming pool. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFQ6Tis29CEj1YqVT1wjhRyzzao2OnzCPMZFOAXUPfAysGgQHwjW61spo8wd85UXe9Z48yhdzLJK49Stj0hTfqo-sOKlZ6Dxc40c50Ch8vjeB1UCjx7I0uS7eZyWC5_2W2sR8/s1600-h/100_1261.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFQ6Tis29CEj1YqVT1wjhRyzzao2OnzCPMZFOAXUPfAysGgQHwjW61spo8wd85UXe9Z48yhdzLJK49Stj0hTfqo-sOKlZ6Dxc40c50Ch8vjeB1UCjx7I0uS7eZyWC5_2W2sR8/s320/100_1261.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361512621727242770" /></a><br /><br />Different dining areas of the hotel.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPc7DYJUnp4LByAqFMcwnfptoqci-nauAzUDLRuDV5Tuqcz44H6F_k70zoQgizaVe15nsIcjpx-qNUltzE6XoUTqIvvPT16Tx22ESVDzLTtGrJjLrBz4904zt3ldoBSMuN5mGH/s1600-h/100_1264.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPc7DYJUnp4LByAqFMcwnfptoqci-nauAzUDLRuDV5Tuqcz44H6F_k70zoQgizaVe15nsIcjpx-qNUltzE6XoUTqIvvPT16Tx22ESVDzLTtGrJjLrBz4904zt3ldoBSMuN5mGH/s400/100_1264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361512754649087330" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-2421228167768784862009-07-16T21:47:00.005-05:002009-07-16T21:54:53.831-05:00Prairie DogsOne of the cutest part of South Dakota was all the prairie dogs everywhere! They used to be endangered at one point, but now they're doing better. Yay doggies!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvKVRvAOkWhkm_y_2B3BwJdmp96Ry-UI7nfsXHOD6gw92Gnus-XYb3lfdqeXxqelZEnAIwFhUmTtqlR4AYDFoazhIr71kUCtGMBdAqWRycnG2H0nHNfH4c2MvBHsrnm67F0tZ/s1600-h/100_0914.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvKVRvAOkWhkm_y_2B3BwJdmp96Ry-UI7nfsXHOD6gw92Gnus-XYb3lfdqeXxqelZEnAIwFhUmTtqlR4AYDFoazhIr71kUCtGMBdAqWRycnG2H0nHNfH4c2MvBHsrnm67F0tZ/s400/100_0914.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359256435805382194" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgya334gdO_YC-9nix-VhQ1E9sRGosnH5AVMQgV9wu3JgUjS_TfTFhfpA2CrnDyQWpPydL6f7B6p5tmJd1B4bZ2QI7vDDQvOTj1g9qsCzcg7S-rI10Yw2I42GuCVpAc9rAe9Hqe/s1600-h/100_0916.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgya334gdO_YC-9nix-VhQ1E9sRGosnH5AVMQgV9wu3JgUjS_TfTFhfpA2CrnDyQWpPydL6f7B6p5tmJd1B4bZ2QI7vDDQvOTj1g9qsCzcg7S-rI10Yw2I42GuCVpAc9rAe9Hqe/s400/100_0916.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359256620357869234" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t2hc4pqcYQy9j4yhiiifRrg9kmE2tnWb_aVcNVDE-Rzyhik2jUJl05uLm5tjB4ZcKvhZH9865pfuZrUdVmYiIcIHQrNnlmaDdenhf5QvW65R2zEWH5jiEv2UdWSG48Q3FSSQ/s1600-h/100_0942.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t2hc4pqcYQy9j4yhiiifRrg9kmE2tnWb_aVcNVDE-Rzyhik2jUJl05uLm5tjB4ZcKvhZH9865pfuZrUdVmYiIcIHQrNnlmaDdenhf5QvW65R2zEWH5jiEv2UdWSG48Q3FSSQ/s400/100_0942.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359256824051924930" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-6j7DKAUVBbe2RlSnqZNwGLCUZzuX4YPHHpMSr4tDY2k0H6aDfx-AeaQSuarlzwqQhY2OFRpJDM7wz_QdmcB0dljR7e3O7WQ_5oaXAxmbyewlXkcZyd2EAx2cYhceQ49N-9K/s1600-h/100_0950.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-6j7DKAUVBbe2RlSnqZNwGLCUZzuX4YPHHpMSr4tDY2k0H6aDfx-AeaQSuarlzwqQhY2OFRpJDM7wz_QdmcB0dljR7e3O7WQ_5oaXAxmbyewlXkcZyd2EAx2cYhceQ49N-9K/s400/100_0950.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359256948801281138" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-46465563542218385672009-07-12T19:29:00.010-05:002009-07-12T19:49:32.377-05:00Badlands, SDOne of the most beautiful places we visited in South Dakota was the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/badl/">Badlands</a>. The soil around the rock formations is being constantly eroded, leaving behind the exposed buttes, gullies, and ridges that we see. There are many fossils found throughout the Badlands. It was really, really hot the day we went, and there are no trees for shade. But the sky was clear, and that makes for beautiful photograph!<br /><br />It is so hard to get a sense of depth in these photos, but these rocks stretch on for MILES.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOyYdxiBmLXG7_gsW49G0qvN_IIoDS34Ip0ATXgt_3ZxleaXFKbGEYVRWQ-af-DJYkPCDPJlGXE26vHalH5NBcvztk8vIvQ7hadYzak9_x-vyabKU_Z17q0Xh6K83fnphErGs/s1600-h/100_0820.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOyYdxiBmLXG7_gsW49G0qvN_IIoDS34Ip0ATXgt_3ZxleaXFKbGEYVRWQ-af-DJYkPCDPJlGXE26vHalH5NBcvztk8vIvQ7hadYzak9_x-vyabKU_Z17q0Xh6K83fnphErGs/s400/100_0820.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357737550197069634" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVETsvMLpqO_RuYv5ZQ7h1ziayFJzfjqL18StMf2-uzVt-MP52P3hBufUt8GVwtjkMHPzONkHFFY2XbecxuAKIoVfzun7XbrsD6JoBYnFqcsbH632Hk816HOGDRoQVsvcFyDG/s1600-h/100_0827.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVETsvMLpqO_RuYv5ZQ7h1ziayFJzfjqL18StMf2-uzVt-MP52P3hBufUt8GVwtjkMHPzONkHFFY2XbecxuAKIoVfzun7XbrsD6JoBYnFqcsbH632Hk816HOGDRoQVsvcFyDG/s320/100_0827.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357737935347453858" /></a><br /><br /><br />I love these next two pictures because they were taken from a moving car. So they're a bit funky, but still show off the beautiful scenery!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhdtzaemsKh-akEQz_l4FV2Bb5s3LZNvzdQatY7eyYljkZ28mIU3Xcji4XemXJXayreyM48ebPYm2INeIXu-g9BWDE38YOPLKUgnTZFvTzk5IniaVLVSj-ZxQ7Tz9FFBC1lIy/s1600-h/100_0838.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhdtzaemsKh-akEQz_l4FV2Bb5s3LZNvzdQatY7eyYljkZ28mIU3Xcji4XemXJXayreyM48ebPYm2INeIXu-g9BWDE38YOPLKUgnTZFvTzk5IniaVLVSj-ZxQ7Tz9FFBC1lIy/s400/100_0838.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357738506856014930" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEBM83Jm4A6E15GbwxtDDYANLRkSz2PwRM69oNo9t2ZHEgQnh_u7lqChN9ZMwIqlMp4yvIQwOVbdYFJ6sdYb-oZZOjKJYepFp6MRVvAsadxwVhRaZLVd0yn5LOuwhIWgwf20w/s1600-h/100_0846.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEBM83Jm4A6E15GbwxtDDYANLRkSz2PwRM69oNo9t2ZHEgQnh_u7lqChN9ZMwIqlMp4yvIQwOVbdYFJ6sdYb-oZZOjKJYepFp6MRVvAsadxwVhRaZLVd0yn5LOuwhIWgwf20w/s400/100_0846.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357738664815817522" /></a><br /><br />The color of the rocks is so amazing!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65ka54nRkE1WhVDYD5qAlxrVgQDjHjRlCVJpHqzE6U5NThVXxk0sr-MsmfKsL-HmHWXZ9ARqM2qetWrWLwGexLKyQVciOlRsuqVai6-kyZVykNvspOAocoPAPtPJ6yelU9ZlS/s1600-h/100_0849.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65ka54nRkE1WhVDYD5qAlxrVgQDjHjRlCVJpHqzE6U5NThVXxk0sr-MsmfKsL-HmHWXZ9ARqM2qetWrWLwGexLKyQVciOlRsuqVai6-kyZVykNvspOAocoPAPtPJ6yelU9ZlS/s320/100_0849.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357739035934422706" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz05zvBud6BS1OsY_c_tkzjCNuMZHCfSNOahNNxYlk8SRvLdQd0hIndnGxnxhtIUfjUNpk-Kc3Z8rLtA1yCnjq143kfG1CUrKnhA2-oVpKUqCvq3Ox-nu9GQWIp5-dWZNZFGDk/s1600-h/100_0850.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz05zvBud6BS1OsY_c_tkzjCNuMZHCfSNOahNNxYlk8SRvLdQd0hIndnGxnxhtIUfjUNpk-Kc3Z8rLtA1yCnjq143kfG1CUrKnhA2-oVpKUqCvq3Ox-nu9GQWIp5-dWZNZFGDk/s320/100_0850.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357739249275361794" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzRYWmUxa_jJl-SF9kDDoS7GQ4M3zNtwf5n5pm2OYYQOrZBfdMKBspA8lGJInKjig_dzg9UvXam5EvjeA8L44FMb0Tso2VFQyumNRLlVtmUW6mdUMftjatv-ygavqtOI9YPig/s1600-h/100_0854.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzRYWmUxa_jJl-SF9kDDoS7GQ4M3zNtwf5n5pm2OYYQOrZBfdMKBspA8lGJInKjig_dzg9UvXam5EvjeA8L44FMb0Tso2VFQyumNRLlVtmUW6mdUMftjatv-ygavqtOI9YPig/s320/100_0854.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357739413649025170" /></a><br /><br />Just beautiful. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1LrzaX9Lke2iFE-x2zS1QyGfeJYyM7bL7PXgosdHBhE9HNt5xqSm_cJwijmzWlzBjFb9u5UhZca8htLW6UzIdMKfYDJN6RQHQtmO3QNmMmcSdaauwpVuRiVK2djEin3NjDiC/s1600-h/100_0872.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1LrzaX9Lke2iFE-x2zS1QyGfeJYyM7bL7PXgosdHBhE9HNt5xqSm_cJwijmzWlzBjFb9u5UhZca8htLW6UzIdMKfYDJN6RQHQtmO3QNmMmcSdaauwpVuRiVK2djEin3NjDiC/s400/100_0872.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357739707647046530" /></a><br /><br />You are allowed to climb on the rocks, so of course, we did! Here are my cousins Jordan and Cory hanging out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSzBLSpj4s_oxjIXRVEnKBPP-bBG-9VMJdaKhd84oJ36VuujjPlESqnCW2xMQMXZ2BZxQgYeBQP2j4DpLoSLnf0jmoC2SN36A7ghW9Qq6f18ch2MdBRBNl5A2dGWdHjpgAhPI/s1600-h/100_0882.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSzBLSpj4s_oxjIXRVEnKBPP-bBG-9VMJdaKhd84oJ36VuujjPlESqnCW2xMQMXZ2BZxQgYeBQP2j4DpLoSLnf0jmoC2SN36A7ghW9Qq6f18ch2MdBRBNl5A2dGWdHjpgAhPI/s400/100_0882.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357740412285554834" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21077007.post-21859120971587689642009-07-10T21:31:00.007-05:002009-07-10T21:40:03.216-05:00Devils TowerSome more South Dakota pictures here... although the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/deto/">Devils Tower</a> is actually in Wyoming. <br /><br />Beautiful sky that day!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuqz_QMviDb9YyIwzt-ggK_oCLZPtI1oY2A7QInczUaH6I51gtQBjKyPnqXARyvXx4BcsWOubu80RPiL41ubVMT8Q18Z2aoYhe8EN_08FB70BEuOeWuxZAJ-AwpxdZo6eojLk/s1600-h/100_1098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuqz_QMviDb9YyIwzt-ggK_oCLZPtI1oY2A7QInczUaH6I51gtQBjKyPnqXARyvXx4BcsWOubu80RPiL41ubVMT8Q18Z2aoYhe8EN_08FB70BEuOeWuxZAJ-AwpxdZo6eojLk/s320/100_1098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357025678056212658" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8D8Xyil4Otj5u1CLG_hkeVHtBaoEY6b9HuBd6T4FOV5rPa1417VfYBw3TJD1beS0kwdipHiXoTxHOiGmfuDZL22CIvL4jjq1vth1MmAWb25HKIgEtHPOU6m7oe22-gzi0qqp/s1600-h/100_1108.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8D8Xyil4Otj5u1CLG_hkeVHtBaoEY6b9HuBd6T4FOV5rPa1417VfYBw3TJD1beS0kwdipHiXoTxHOiGmfuDZL22CIvL4jjq1vth1MmAWb25HKIgEtHPOU6m7oe22-gzi0qqp/s400/100_1108.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357025968664744226" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpnY6L9ba_g4-76-day6Q6mC2N70OCKU5oXxR8zw9_oYEMHJmFchpRLaEjXIA8sVId2W_3ZsjLeeZvbTYSwriyZJRwOfvVfPCc7jy3TJiGlgBXlUI0wzRoZJhYwhrRI3qRMCI/s1600-h/100_1126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpnY6L9ba_g4-76-day6Q6mC2N70OCKU5oXxR8zw9_oYEMHJmFchpRLaEjXIA8sVId2W_3ZsjLeeZvbTYSwriyZJRwOfvVfPCc7jy3TJiGlgBXlUI0wzRoZJhYwhrRI3qRMCI/s320/100_1126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357026276519515074" /></a><br /><br />Close up of the rock formations. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXCMsYSaHZSftjbDTAReyfwKLhv_qZXZQH8PYebtKZhz8LIEAQCBDP019-DlgMWbRWWZmJ4FAug86m4G14awaIJu47rSN7fsxC39SBA-wTEKhj6Otp7Bv4CsJGhyphenhyphen7Kdk4JA57/s1600-h/100_1117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXCMsYSaHZSftjbDTAReyfwKLhv_qZXZQH8PYebtKZhz8LIEAQCBDP019-DlgMWbRWWZmJ4FAug86m4G14awaIJu47rSN7fsxC39SBA-wTEKhj6Otp7Bv4CsJGhyphenhyphen7Kdk4JA57/s400/100_1117.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357026508390326770" /></a><br /><br />My Dad and I being hardcore. Forgive the blury photo... it was taken by a 6 year old!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTcrZMIuYR8LHKhXCuy-DrqtPjqxiln2mGFMA47CPyLYIxtq2bgC2gkwIWAJh08nSACaNGR9bqK4qIEwUQJOa5mweBivNl6aoGY-O_pR91JloC896i_JV_qBvnL9j3llbuto5/s1600-h/100_1123.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTcrZMIuYR8LHKhXCuy-DrqtPjqxiln2mGFMA47CPyLYIxtq2bgC2gkwIWAJh08nSACaNGR9bqK4qIEwUQJOa5mweBivNl6aoGY-O_pR91JloC896i_JV_qBvnL9j3llbuto5/s320/100_1123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357026650069588738" /></a>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521532653422516114noreply@blogger.com0