We didn't get a chance to go sledding this winter so we waited until May to do our sledding. The temp was just right - about 75'. It was a little windy and conditions were a little uncomfortable but the children enjoyed it very much. "What might that white stuff be?" you ask. It is gypsum sand. For the End of the Year Trip we did something a little different. We took a 3 day trip. The students elected to forgo some trips earlier in the year to take a longer one at the end and see something farther from home. We decided to go to Carlsbad Caverns in SE New Mexico. On the way to and from Carlsbad we stoped at some sites. The one pictured above in White Sands National Monument. Nearby is also the White Sands Missle Range where the first Atom Bomb was tested during the Second World War. While there we were able to use the dunes to do some catching up on sledding. It was a little distressing trying to wash the sand out their hair that night but it was fun.Sunday, May 25, 2008
No Snow? No Problem!
We didn't get a chance to go sledding this winter so we waited until May to do our sledding. The temp was just right - about 75'. It was a little windy and conditions were a little uncomfortable but the children enjoyed it very much. "What might that white stuff be?" you ask. It is gypsum sand. For the End of the Year Trip we did something a little different. We took a 3 day trip. The students elected to forgo some trips earlier in the year to take a longer one at the end and see something farther from home. We decided to go to Carlsbad Caverns in SE New Mexico. On the way to and from Carlsbad we stoped at some sites. The one pictured above in White Sands National Monument. Nearby is also the White Sands Missle Range where the first Atom Bomb was tested during the Second World War. While there we were able to use the dunes to do some catching up on sledding. It was a little distressing trying to wash the sand out their hair that night but it was fun.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Signs
I enjoy taking signs and reading them literally or twisting them a bit. Here is one that is at the edge of my sisters yard. It reads:Speed Limit
20 Children
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Lost & Found
Who? What? Where? This is a little friend who was lost and now is found. I'm sure we have seen this little guy crawling around in the church sometime but suddenly disappeared. Then it was found a few weeks ago. A friend of ours cleaned out the furnace and what did he find. Yes it was "Lizzy" although not in any shape to do any harm to the insect population. Not really charred but surely dried. However it was still able to surprise folks. I decided to bring i=him home and forgot him in the car. Wakaine was going someplace with Melodie and found him. He carefully brought him in and said, "I don't think you really want this in the car, do you?" He was not sure he wanted to ride in the car with it. We had a good laugh.Extremes! of another kind
We have had quite the winter this year. It seems we have had unusual weather. I Looked at the almanac for our area and it was predicted that we were to have a mild dry winter. Well whoever was predicting that must have been from another continent.
It has been any thing but mild and certainly not dry. By the Way we are very grateful for the moisture. Temperatures were in the highs of the mid 20's and lows around the single digits a few nights even below zero. However this changed - rapidly! With about 6-8 inches of snow on the ground and the temp rising above 32 the once beautiful snow disappered. This happened in at least two cycles - 2 weeks of cold and snow then 1 week of thaw and melt.
Only the second time the ground didn't freeze and more snow then cold on a ground that was already saturated. This created quite a few problems in Western NM and Eastern AZ. I heard that the tribal President declared a state of emergency in some areas. Maybe a few pictures will help. 
It was on the way to pick up a student for school that I had this happen to me. The student called a 2nd time and asked, "Is Bro. Seth picking me up?" when Melodie started to look for me. I had already started to walk and was almost home when they started to look for me.
It has been any thing but mild and certainly not dry. By the Way we are very grateful for the moisture. Temperatures were in the highs of the mid 20's and lows around the single digits a few nights even below zero. However this changed - rapidly! With about 6-8 inches of snow on the ground and the temp rising above 32 the once beautiful snow disappered. This happened in at least two cycles - 2 weeks of cold and snow then 1 week of thaw and melt. Only the second time the ground didn't freeze and more snow then cold on a ground that was already saturated. This created quite a few problems in Western NM and Eastern AZ. I heard that the tribal President declared a state of emergency in some areas. Maybe a few pictures will help. It was on the way to pick up a student for school that I had this happen to me. The student called a 2nd time and asked, "Is Bro. Seth picking me up?" when Melodie started to look for me. I had already started to walk and was almost home when they started to look for me.Sunday, February 10, 2008
Extremes!
I was looking through some pictures I had taken on my cell phone and ran across these extremes. It's amazing how people seem to like the EXTREME. Its not only in vehicles - its seems to be anything.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Update!
The little church mentioned below is located in Western Nebraska north of Ogallala. The little village is a ranching community. It is nestled in a small valley among the sandhills and suddenly appears as you are rounding a curve in the road. There is an interesting welcome to the travelers. Starting about a half mile or more from "town" each fence post is topped with a worn out cowboy boot. Then suddenly as you round that last curve there is Arthur and a half mile later its behind you. I'll bet their crime rate is really low. Too busy working to get into much trouble.
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