Oh what a day

Oh what a day,

Which was a monday by the way!!

Monday I got up put my stuff in the car and I was off to Arizona. As soon as I got out of fresno the fog set in, visibility of around 200 feet id say. But that doesnt stop cars from slowing down. never has probrably never will.
It was a nice drive believe it or not to Arizona. It went by faster than I had expected, much due to the fact that I had an awesome intense suspenseful audio book to keep me company. It was London Bridges by James Patterson. (great book, listen to it every time I make this trip.) these books are what makes road trips bearable.

Anyways I stopped in Barstow and ate at In&Out burger. Really wasnt hungry but there wasnt much for many miles so deicided you know its past lunch and you only have had a bagel today, so i decided to eat. Later that evening after the sun had gone down I stopped at a small town called seligman stuck out in the middle of nowhere. Well being the smart person that I am after going on the round about trying to find my way back to the highway, got on going the wrong way. I didnt realize this till I saw the Los angeles in x amount of miles. So I thought to myself "this is not right" (you know in that mind thinking deep sounding voice in the back of your head)

Then I thought shoot when can I get back going on the other way. It wasnt for another 20 miles that before I had the oppurtunity to turn around. So I got to pass seligman twice yesterday.

As I passed through Flagstaff and up through Lake Mary Rd. I was able to be the only car traveling on it. The stars were so bright and illuminated the night sky with brilliance. I wanted to get out and look at the stars but I was in shorts and it was a woppin 28 degrees outside and I really wanted to get to my parents house, so onward I pressed. As I arrived the junction of Lake Mary Rd and Highway 87 there was a lovely Elk in the Middle of the rd. Just decided to stand there for another 30 seconds or so as i waited for him to move. Never saw one in person. They are quite big. Wish I could have got to my camera faster!

After about a twelve hour drive I safely rolled into my parents driveway. It felt great to get out of that seat.

When I woke up this morning I was greeted with breakfast which consisted of toast and boiled eggs. Then the next activity was my dad and I checking out the christmas lights. So we set those up which took a bit and two trips to Home Depot. It was a good day with the parents.
I just wonder what tomorrow will have in store for us!!
One thing is for sure must make pies for thanksgiving and play horse shoes with my padre!!

A long journey ahead

Well here it is Sunday and I am getting ready to depart to Arizona to what hopefully will be a great Thanksgiving with my family. It better be great cause a 12 hour drive alone is no fun. There is one good thing that I have in my arsenal to keep me going and that is my two most favorite books on tape. It has made these trips to Arizona bearable. Those are "Prey" by michael crichton (who just died on November 4th i believe it was. He was battling cancer. Also "London Bridges" by James Patterson. Those two books have kept me entertained for many many hours on these road trips, so much so that the radio only stays on from when I leave till i get onto the 99 and out of Fresno!!

There are a few new developments with My business plans. We now have 4 students willing to pay cash for all there training up front, thats 37,000$ per student, which makes my partner and I very happy. We have been working closely with the dealership of a light sport aircraft that has more technology in its cockpit than any flight school in the area, if not california. He has been very helpful with our planning of the flight school. We also have been working on a newer development of creating either a skypark, where people can land and taxi there aircraft to there own personal hanger attached to there houses, or a fly-in bed and breakfast. We know the owner of the area we wish to build on which already has a runway which is old but wouldnt take to much to get it to look new. The runway is there so all we would have to do is to resurface.

Things are always the Darkest Before they go completly black.

Life is going alright right now. I have many ideas swarming in my brain, wish I could A. Draw, so many of my ideas are things that are drawn not written.
B. Wish I had a place to build these things that I wish i could draw. All in time I guess right!

A weekend at the Millers

About two weeks ago I was able to go up to the Millers house (my adopted family) and spend a little bit of time with them. It was a peaceful afternoon. Here is a few pictures detailing a normal weekend at the Millers! Its a little slice of heaven that I can call my home away from home. A place where I almost always feel peace in my heart when I can't anywhere else.

Well as we drive up the driveway we must be sure to watch out for the Train that might be crossing (I love there silly signs)

Ahh yes the parking lot, be sure not to park on the very right spot, the farthest from the door, its a handicap parking only spot :)

Finally to the front of the house, This in itself it so nice to see. Even though its only an hour away, it takes you away from the world from the city life. to where all you hear is the wind as it flows through the tree.

As we see Summer is now gone, The leaves are changing, the water is now cold, and the air is quite brisk. Wake up in the morning and get bundled up and ready for the day, bring out the hot chocolate and wait for the first Snow to hit the Mile High Floor

As the day progresses on we make our way to the Climbing wall and try the different routes (they are really hard and challenging) atleast to me they are, Chase and Sam just scurry right up like it was nothing.

We make our way after climbing the wall and go sit by the fire pit, but since there has been no rain we just let it sit there with no fire lit, but come middle of winter its fire time.

Once rested from our climbing we will make our way into the shop and work on anything from Welding and Metal work to Wood work. And lets not forget the working on bikes or jeeps. They are a must!
Such fond memorys of installing all this equipment. Ive been able to learn so much along the way. Helped install the benches the lighting, and the crane which will be in a later picture, and much much more!

Once done with a long day of work and play there is nothing like coming up to the loft above the shop, where we will put a movie up on the projector, sit back, and relax for the remainder of the night, with drinks and popcorn ready for us.

That is a weekend at the Millers.
Its a weekend of fun, excitement, relaxation, and a joy of being up in the middle of the forest, with picture perfect mountains that can be seen from the living room window.
Stars that are bright and clear in the night sky.

Its been awhile

Well I figured since I haven't written here for awhile I thought I would throw a few things up here. Gene (my boss) and I went fishing up at Shaver Lake last week. We decided we wanted to go, so we packed up the boat with the rods and reels gassed it up and we were off.

It was a pretty successful day if you ask me. Started off a little slow but we were catching them pretty good by around 10:00 AM. We almost caught the limit for the two of us but we were shy just a few fish. Before this I had not been fishing in nearly 12 years! It was a lot of fun, in fact we are already planning the next trip.