Archive for Travel

WordPress iPhone App Test

// July 23rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Apple, Miscellaneous, Travel

Testing out the new iPhone App by WordPress. Hopefully this will create a post with a picture I took with the WordPress iPhone App.

If it works, we may be doing some good old fashion photo-blogging during our vacation to Texas over the next week.

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Getting Robbed in a Foreign Country

// July 23rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Christianity, Economy, Health, Ministry, Travel

I have a former employee at my current church who quit working for us to go on a one-year round the world missions excursion on a bare bones budget. Read his commentary on this trip blog.

The crazy news is that he was robbed at gunpoint in Johannesburg last night and all his possessions were taken. If you can send a few extra dollars his way, instructions are below on how to do it. Here is his story on the robbery:

Swamp Buggy

// April 30th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Design, Environment, Family, Hunting, Outdoors, Parenting, Travel

When mom and dad were over here in West Palm Beach a few weeks back, we went out to the South Florida Shooting Sports gun club where I am a member for some shooting. We took the whole family because Lily just loves to go out and watch me shoot. An incredible storm came up out of nowhere, so the shooting didn’t last long. We even were hailed on.

We Crossed the Florida State Line

// September 2nd, 2007 // 3 Comments » // Career, Family, Relationships, Travel

After three days of travel, we crossed the Florida line on Friday and stayed in Pensacola Florida in a Howard Johnson Express Inn. Let me say, when they say 2 stars on Hotwire.com, they mean it. Don’t fall for the $57 special. While the room was clean, the area and parking lot were really rough. Some guns were left in the car with the things we didn’t unpack and some where in the room with us, that is all I am saying.

What is RAGBRAI?

// August 24th, 2007 // No Comments » // Community, Cooking, Environment, Family, Learning, Outdoors, Personal, Relationships, Travel

“What is RAGBRAI” is a question worth answering. I will be riding it at the end of next July. Wikipedia says one thing and the RAGBRAI web site says another, but let me give you my version.