Rim Rock Classic

Run at The University of Kansas home course the Rim Rock Classic includes top runners from Kansas and neighboring states.  My daughters race included 282 great competitors.

The Rim Rock course features two covered bridges, several big hills (including suicide hill with a steep downhill incline and a turn just before you get to the bottom) and is the toughest course area high school runners will face in any year.  It is also the site of our state cross country meet.

Varsity Blue girls race start line.

My daughter (left side of the red group) finished in the 103rd spot in the field of 282.

Varsity Blue boys race start line.

Hometown Hero's

In small towns all across our country

people give of themselves

to serve their communities.

The service they provide

is often free

but the danger and challenges

are very real.

Jody retired from firefighting in 2012 after 46 years of service to his community and still continues to serve on the fire board. His dedication to the fire department is inspiring to those of us who have had the opportunity to serve with him.

According to the U.S. Fire Administration website 71% of the fire departments in the United States are fully volunteer and another 16% are mostly volunteer. 

These volunteers are your friends, neighbors, and family members who train on their own time to provide services including; fire fighting, search and rescue, emergency medical services, hazmat response, and public education.  They are on call every day and every night and they and their families make many sacrifices for the good of others.

Left to Right - Retired Chief Buenger, Retired Chief Earhart, Chief Romine,
Retired Firefighter Getsinger

Boston Harbor

Coming into Boston on a high speed ferry,

they lined me up for this photo.  

I don’t have a panoramic camera, 

simply cropped a normal photo 

into what you see.

Meet the Indians

Fall sports have arrived!
Time for my favorite XC runner to show her stuff!

Drive, commitment, teamwork,

always giving her best, even if

she’s just crashing the pep band party!

Alright....My thirty words are above but that's not near enough to describe the pride I have in my daughter.  Bright, beautiful, loving, and forever giving her very best. Always putting others first, she's a lot like her older siblings and yet she shines as her own person.

She gave up being in the band as of last year to make her class schedule work 

but she still likes to jump in with the pep band when she gets the chance.

Buildings of Boston

Last week I discovered a collage really doesn’t give you a true taste of Boston 

so please bear with me as I share several photos these next couple of weeks.

The Streets of Boston/Salem

A recent family trip means you’re about to 

get a taste of Boston over the next few weeks.  

Hope you enjoy my perspective of 

the sights of the Boston area.

Some of the individual shots from the collage.

Go Navy! - Thirty Word Thursday

I suppose that if one was joining the Navy

they’d be thinking about foreign ports, 

destroyers, submarines, and aircraft carriers.

Not a little bitty one man tug to ride in!

At the USS Constitution in Boston, MA