StraightAhead

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Big Trip

I’m pumped.  Tomorrow morning we leave on a trip to England and Scotland.  We land in Manchester on Saturday morning by way of Atlanta.  We lose six hours and I hate jet lag but it will be worth it.  I will be learning to drive on the other side of the road over there.  That [...]

More Travel

Here is yet another place I would love to travel to.

An Adventure

Whew! What an adventure. I’d love to go see this. There are some great photographs here and the idea of going through the highest drivable pass on earth is just amazing.

Wish I was Here

IMG_1676 Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe. I’m back at work today for a two day stent. I would much rather be in the Rockies hiking. I took this shot when we were in Alberta, Canada. I’ve had just one call so far, another suicide, this one suceeded too. I didn’t really need to be there, [...]

Leipers creek

Lieper’s creek  Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe. this is a test. this is my favorite creek.

Me in South Lake Tahoe

Me on the main Drag Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe. We just recently took a trip to lake Tahoe . We were there for three days and four nights. I did a lot of skiing and my wife hung out at the lodge until I would meet her for lunch. This is me on the [...]

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 [...]

On the Trail

IMG_1691 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. [...]

Ruff

I didn’t mention Ruff, who is also in that picture. She is a great border collie who is on in years and has arthuritis pretty badly. Her partner’s name was Tumble but he is gone.

Mollie and me

IMG_1687 Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe. I needs me a dog. This is one of the dogs that we met and hiked with when we took our canadian rocky trip. She was great in every way. A good bear dog, among other things. I miss having a dog, but i don’t miss the loss of [...]

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