StraightAhead

Things I do , Places I go, Things I see and hear, Independent thoughts, if I have any

Archive for February, 2006

The Sun & Ski Tour

My wife and I just got back from another great trip. This time we flew from Houston to Phoenix to visit my nephew and his family and then four days later we flew to Reno to go skiing at Heavenly on Lake Tahoe. What a fantastic time we had. In Phoenix we were loaned a [...]

Free the Land

There’s this place along the “Big Island Slough” pronounced slew, in my town where I love to hike and take bike rides. It’s really pretty, but it is owned by the plants and the Exxon pipeline company which has rights of way along the slough which is really just a drainage or flood control ditch. [...]

On the Trail

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Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.
This is a shot of one of the trails we hiked in Alberta, Canada. We will go back to this area one of these days.
I haven’t posted in a long time. Apologies. I am about to move into my new fire station and I’m looking forward to that.
My wife [...]