Raptor Recovery

A few years ago I found an injured hawk in my front yard. I called the police and we probably made a pretty funny sight trying to capture the little guy! The cop was going to just take the bird out in the country and leave it! Fortunately I remembered hearing about Raptor Recovery on my scanner. They pick up injured birds from anywhere in the state and nurse them back to health. When the bird can fly again it is released near where it was found. If it is too badly injured to fly it can live out its life at their site. They have an "Adopt-a-bird" program that has sent me two awesome 8 X 10 photos, the first is a Merlin Falcon, the same type that was in my yard. Her name is "Sandy." The second is a Peregrine Falcon, named "Calypso." Check out Raptor Recovery here: http://www.raptorrecoverynebr.org/

Floating By... by geaners : Weather Underground

Floating By... by geaners : Weather Underground

Click on the small title above for a cool picture from Weather Underground, it was taken at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

AMAZING!!

Sunrise at Camp Comeca

You have to get up pretty early for pictures like this! After watching this great show, I walked 4.6 miles around Eustis (didn't know it was that big!), 1.8 miles around Elwood, 3 miles around Elwood Reservoir, and 2.4 miles around Johnson Lake! Found 14 geocaches.....

Spare change? Wash your windows? Check your oil?

Trip to North Platte

Did some geocaching & sightseeing in North Platte today. The highlight of the day was to be the "Golden Spike Tower," and, yes, it was awesome. The big surprise was the wonder that was the Veteran's Memorial Wall!! Everywhere you look, it was just incredible! I'll put up a few pics, and a video.... Also cool was a research farm south of town, it's part of the UNL extension service. They do this for you & me, it said so in several places! There was even a suggestion box if you wanted them to try something in their garden, or if you wanted help with yours. Very cool! Walked 9.2 miles around town, had a great day!

Here's a shot of the wall! I didn't know you could carve brick like that!!

This is a house on the research farm south of town. Do you suppose they have to make it that pretty, or they want to?

There are lots and lots of names, all they way around the center part of the memorial.

About to enter the tower and visitor center. This should be fun!!

And, how about some videos?

Bet you didn't know North Platte had a waterfall, did you?

Who really won (or will win) the Olympics?

Math geeks like me will enjoy this awesome website. The info used is mine, just trying to figure out who won the Olympics!!

The trip home

Took a different route home, we stopped at Breckenridge and Silverthorne. Here's Mom & Dad in Breckenridge. What a beautiful place! I wonder what it costs to live in those apartments???

Google Earth view of hike

Anyone else use Google Earth? I think it's awesome!! (Less so if you have slow Internet, sorry Mom & Dad!)

Here is a file of our hike, it should open up Google Earth if you click on it:

http://marshallmd.tripod.com/GPS_device.kmz

(Hmm....looks like it got zipped, don't know why. Still, you can get it from the .zip file.)