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Entries for May, 2008

Hiking Camelback Mountain, Again

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My first hike of Camelback Mountain was surprising. Surprising how hard it was for me! Hiking Camelback clearly showed what over 10 years of sitting can do to you. So on Memorial Day, I decided to do the hike […]

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I Don’t care about your blog — T-shirt

In the spirit of cooperation and good humor, I showed my support for my friends favor of the I Don’t care about your Blog t-shirt. I actually wore while hiking Camelback Mountain on Monday, Memorial Day.

I was anticipating some kind of response as there were hundreds of hikers on the trail. No one said a […]

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Memorial Day: Freedom isn’t free

There has been a great price paid for freedom and today we remember that.

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Phoenix Mars Lander: Today is the day!

The Phoenix Mars Lander is just nine hours (at the time of this post) away from landing! The Lander is part of the Phoenix Mars Mission from the University of Arizona, in conjunction with NASA. It was launched August 2007 and is about to finish a 423 million mile trip. I have been […]

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Louisville, Kentucky: Final Thoughts

I have a few final comments and memories to share. I am posting a few pics which I will elaborate on as soon as my schedule allows (a couple of days). Here they are: (you can comment as to the story behind them if you want .. but the rest of the story will follow.)
Cigarman […]

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Steve Crawford: We Have Overcome, Lakewood Worship

Steve Crawford is part of the team that leads worship services at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. You may have heard more of the minister there, Joel Osteen. I have no doubt the worship music there has significantly helped produce the approximately 40,000 attendees this church has every weekend. Steve is from Columbus, Ohio and […]

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An Arizona Sunset

It has been over a couple of weeks since I got out to hike. Tonight, I went over to one of my favorite places, Shaw Butte. I was treated to an Arizona sunset. For anyone questioning the existence of the Creator, just be still and listen with your eyes. Here was tonight’s sunset from start […]

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