Dolores and I ventured out to the open pit mine where Lyal is an operator driving coal trains as they are loaded with coal. Campbell County, where we live, produces coal that provides electric power for much of the nation. Quite a thing for a kid just out of high school to be given responsibility […]
What an interesting Fathers Day. My children all went in together and got me a Blu Ray DVD player. Holy Cow, does it improve a movie, even a standard disc. My kids know I am a real movie buff, this came as a complete surprise. Not only did I get the player but also a […]
The first text message came in from Courtney at 1:30 on today; “There is a tornado warning here they have everyone in the back (of the WalMart store where she works).”
She reported the power went out at 1pm, then by 4 pm she was heading back to work to help dispose of refrigerated food that […]
It is two o’clock in the afternoon & the Wyoming sky overhead is angry. Its been thunder & lightning for over half an hour alternating with rain & hail. Nothing like a wild Wyoming spring thunderstorm to scare us all to death. The thunder sounds like its right in our back yard, the result of […]
I just found out that Liz was offered a scholarship by the UWYO engineering department. She wants to learn computer programming & the school is offering to help pay for that. Way cool.
Liz has always been very smart, even if she did not want people to know that. She prefers to ‘fly under the radar.’ […]
Troy (Tina & Bruce’s oldest) on YouTube with a video message for his Aunt Courtney.
Here is a YouTube video of Hunter singing! Too cute.
Permit me a moment of pride as I tell you about Lyal’s latest project. Last year he purchased a used 1997 Dodge Ram pickup, part of which was a graduation present from his mother. I previously wrote about his engine failure and the deer I hit towing his truck home. So for the last four […]
I sent some grandpa valentines to Heidi, Jon, & Tina’s kids, enclosing a few dollar bills in each one of them. (I remember how exciting it was when I was their age to have my Grandmother [Sarah Ruth Hannah] Mortensen press a quarter or half-dollar into my hand.) Times have changed but money still seems […]
I decided to resurrect an old police/fire radio scanner that resurfaced while I was going through a box of stuff in my closet. It is a Realistic (Radio Shack) Pro-30 w/16 channel VHF & UHF scanning capability. It will not handle the 800Mhz stuff, but is plenty good for this remote corner of Wyoming.
After looking […]
