2014 colorado
Another beautiful day! More than one Nebraska native has commented on how incredibly nice the weather has been. One gentleman who was wearing a flannel and working the microfossil table today even called the cooler weather, “Unnatural.” Sorry, we can’t help it if we bring beautiful weather wherever we go. :-)
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2014 colorado
2014 colorado
Good Morning Iowa!
We started the day the perfect way with a little family snuggle time. Snuggle time today eventually ended the way most family snuggle time does these days, with a tickling and wrestling fest. Neither Scott nor I got up to exercise. I think Scott was politely waiting for me and I slept in way longer than my usual internal summertime clock of 5:30. That may have something to do with still being a little too sensitive to the sounds of passing freight trains, dogs barking, and the ranger asking the dogs to leave. As with all trips I will eventually get tired enough and learn to sleep through the new noises.
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Brooke enjoying the warming sun early in the morning.
The Discovery Center in downtown Springfield, MO. We love this place!
Digging for fossils of a dilphosaurus
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2011 missouri ozarks
We left home at 7:30am and drove until 5:30 pm. We had been excitedly anticipating seeing our family friends for months! We couldn’t wait to see them again! After arriving and unloading we played with some toys, ate some pizza, and happily collapsed into bed.
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Florida
Our tiny but mighty Mazada 2 rental. We took many walks enjoying leaving our heavy jackets at home.
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Woodworking
Finally fed up with filling a picnic table with my cooking gear and stove, I searched the web for chuck box designs. I settled on the Grubby 1 by Blue Sky Designs. The pictures below show some of the build process.
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This was a fun little project that I learned about from a TED talk. The basic concept is that 1 second of video is enough to trigger the memory of the event - which it seems to do quite well. I’m excited to see how this video affects my recollection in the future. For those of you who didn’t experience it first-hand the effect might be somewhat limited so I’ll create a longer highlights video when I get the time.
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2013 western us
2013 western us
Total Mileage: 8,190 miles Average Miles Per Day: 167 miles Total Cost for Gas: $2,332.14 Average Cost Per Gallon: $3.67 Average Cost of Gas Per Day: $47.59 Average Miles Per Gallon: 12.59 Highest Price Per Gallon Paid: $4.14 Lowest Price Per Gallon Paid: $3.12 outside of Albuquerque on July 3rd
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