Travel & Adventure

4000 miles to clear my head

August 10, 2009

It took me 5 weeks to detox from the internet.  While I didn’t do anything as drastic as shaving my head a la Brittney Spears, I did do a lot of playing and a lot of driving (4000+ miles ROAD TRIP) and only came back to the internet when I realized that I missed my [...]

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Communing with an Army of Frogs

April 9, 2009

As I stepped out the door, I was hit by the sun filtering through the clouds and a humidity that I was more accustomed to when living in the South. For a moment, the highway beside the trail cleared and in the brief quiet from road noise, I was surrounded by the soft croaking of [...]

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San Diego Zoo–Meeting a Baby Gorilla

March 18, 2009

Our last day in California was spent at the San Diego Zoo–world famous for its animal breeding program.  By random chance, dumb luck, and a little favor from God, we got to see the results of the famous animal breeding program. On Friday, March 6, Frank, a western lowland gorilla was introduced to the public [...]

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Body Worlds 2 & The Brain Our 3 Pound Gem

March 17, 2009

Normally, we never would have considered going to the San Diego Natural History Museum–too much “evolution is a fact” for my liking–but while we were vegging out on TV in the hotel, I saw a commercial for the Body Worlds Exhibit.  Body Worlds is the show  where the anatomist, Gunther Von Hagens, created plastination and [...]

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Mission San Luis Rey–The King of Missions

March 13, 2009

The Spanish Missions were founded in Alta California during the time period between 1769 and 1823. Basically, the Russians were threatening to take over the Spanish claimed lands on the West Coast of America. To strengthen the Spanish claim over these lands, Padres were sent to establish a Mission and teach the natives the Catholic [...]

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