Oneshotww's Musings

From My Soldier

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:54:00 GMT

Talked to my son in Iraq the other day. He was finally able to give me some details of the conditions in Iraq. He told me they are down to four working showers and because they operate on different shifts, it’s adequate. When more soldiers arrive he’s not so sure how it will be. He told me that all the washing machines are broken. He found a 12 quart cooler and fills it with 5 gallons of water and that’s how he does his laundry and I quote, “mom, I do my...
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Autumn Is Best!!!

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:59:00 GMT

Took so many photos out in Colorado that I’m still trying to get a look at ALL of them. I had uploaded a few favorites but now I’m finding more. I’ve always been head over heels in love with Fall. In my opinion the colors are best in the Northeast, however, the Aspens in Colorado sure do give them a run for the money. Have not see the colors in Great Lakes area so will have to put that on my list of places to visit and do some comparison. Thrilled to get ...
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Autumn in Colorado

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:44:00 GMT

Colorado was spectacular, awesome and breathtakingly beautiful!!!!!!Day 1 Early morning flight into Denver, it’s direct from Austin and only takes an hour and 45 minutes. I love traveling west, since you pick up an hour. From Denver we drove to Leadville - about a 2.5 hour drive. Leadville is at 10,000 ft. in elevation. There we boarded a train that went up another 1,500 ft. and stopped a couple of times for photo ops – the aspens were spectacular. After th...
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Finally...

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:40:00 GMT

… headed to Colorado tomorrow for a week to photo the aspens in gold. It’s been high on my list of “must photo” for a long time. Had a hard time finding foliage reports. One said that lots of trees were hit by the bug infestations and also some trees had already lost their leaves. The upcoming week is supposed to be peak, so hopefully we will get lucky. Our plans are to be in different areas so we should have plenty of photo ops.From our visit to CO in ...
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Big Bend Balloon Bash

Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:38:00 GMT

After work on Friday we headed out to Alpine, TX to attend the annual Big Bend Balloon Bash. Alpine is about 400 miles from Austin, so we broke up the drive and spent the night in Ozona, which is a little more than half way. We stayed in a cheap motel - $45 a night – good thing too ‘cause we were only there for eight hours. Got back on the road at 4:30 am Saturday morning and drove the rest of the way. The morning was bit chilly, which was a huge blessing a...
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