Sea Lions all around us - from Santa Cruz trip

From Kayak trip to Santa Cruz Island

The boy loves to Jump

From Kayak trip to Santa Cruz Island

Debi and Heather in CNN video on Prop. *

Blue Harring

Take off

Going up river

A slow beautiful ride up river

Dean shows a bit too much leg - scary!

Afer having lunch we made a stop at the north end of Upper Priest lake and got a show.

Young Moose in the river between upper and lower Priest lake

This guy just want to eat, eat, eat. He didn't care that we were floating by.

A week with Marty

We went up to Sand Point, Idaho again this
year. It is in the most norhtern part of Idaho
and is very pretty up there. We have a great time
with some of our good friends. Marty and Dawn
Downen are our gracious hosts. Tris and Stefanie
Cannon, and Dean and Rochelle Bloomquist also go up.

145 miles an hour around a real race track

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It is pretty cool driving one of these monsters around the track at that speed. I prayed alot that those tires would hold in the turns. We went as fast as they are allowed to take us. Definitely worth doing at least once.

Richard Petty Racing Experiance

For my brother's 40th birthday, his wife sent him to the Richard Petty Racing Experiance. She asked if I would go with him. I jumped at the chance. My brother-in-law Dana had done it a few years before and he loved it. I have to agree, we had a great time. We had to go twice because I beat Brian the first time. The highlight of his day was when they told me I had beat my son. So we negociated for a 2nd run. He beat me on the 2nd run.

The stream behind the cabin

We are on the north side of the stream. Randy's cabin is on the south side a few hundred yards up stream. To the right of this is the rail road bridge that denotes where you are allowed to get in the water.

It's very small but has potential

My sister Shirl called one day back in June and asked if I was interested in going in on a cabin with her up in Island Park Idaho. It sits along the the river just down stream from Big Springs head water spring. Just behing those trees lies the crystal clear stream. Moose wander through the forest.

A lazy big old Elk

As we were winding or way up the road this old guy wandered accross the road into the field and sat himself down. He stayed there for a few hours. We figured it was his day for photo opts. He was still there on our way back after seeing old faithful.

Fall Colors

Along the drive up into West Yellowstone there were many beautiful sites to see

Buffalo wondering through the stream

On our way up to see old Faithful we came across this guy. He spent about 15 minutes drinking and crossing then he ran over to a field and grazed for hours.

Old Faithful

We had a quick trip up to see our tiny cabin in Island Park Idaho. It was raining on Saturday so we took a drive up to Yellowstone. Old Faithful is about an hour away. I fall colors where amazing.