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About Us
We've been blessed with two of the best kids anyone could ask for. They've chosen their lifetime partners wisely. They've given us three precious little boys ranging in age from two months to three years old. The grand kids are so much fun to observe and play with! Combine a little boy and a frisky puppy and sit back and watch the show! We've included a section for family photos. Feel free to visit our family.
Over the years we've traveled and camped through 30 states in our car, in our van, and on our other love - touring motorcycles. We've pursued the elusive iron horse, ridden tourist railroads, and chased and photographed all types of trains. In the early years we took our kids along on our annual trips to the American Southwest. We are looking forward to taking our grandchildren to see the choo - choo trains also.
We relocated to the deserts of Arizona for a few years so we could observe the "War bonnets, Kodachromes, and Yellow bonnets" of the Santa Fe in their natural environments. I'll never forget my feeling of awe the first time I saw a colorful Santa Fe consist running alongside of us on Interstate 40 in New Mexico. We must enjoy them while we still can. The merger of Santa Fe and Burlington Northern will eventually relegate all of these brilliant colors to the ranks of the "fallen flags," gone forever!
Our traveling weather hasn't always been ideal. We've traveled on our motorcycle through the Arizona - California desert in August with temperatures well over 100 degrees, and we've gone over Red Mountain Pass in Colorado in snow. We've slept in a tent on the ground with temperatures below freezing. We've cleaned snow off the bike and from our tent in the morning before we could pack up and leave our camp site.
Yellowstone Park is interesting on a motorcycle when it's raining, you are towing a trailer, and the temperature is 34 degrees and falling! There aren't too many modes of travel that are colder or more unsettling than that!
We always thought that the old iron horse waiting at the end of the line made all of our discomforts worthwhile. Would we do it today? No way! We think we're gotten smarter, not just older. Enjoy your tour of our web page. Let us know if you like it.
