Well reality arrived and the time for the fun things - like blog updates - just evaporated. Life is some sleep, dog-walking, full-time employment for L and I, traveling to and from swim practice & meets, trying to help with homework... lather, rinse repeat. I'm really not complaining... Hardly travel at all now that we're stateside, though we did make it to Sallie's over Christmas. On the left are the girls and Sallie standing on the Buffalo Soldier Monument on Ft. Leavenworth. And there was snow!

Linda went on a "field trip" to the Panama Canal. Here's a shot of what I think are the Miraflores Locks. I was there way back in the Fall of 88, I think it was... Not sure who the guy with the beer is. He is rather tall... In the Fall we drove up to Harper's Ferry, a gorgeous place. Hard to not take a great picture... in the near-background (right) is the Shenandoah River. A bit past the steeple, it joins with and becomes the Potomac which continues on its way to the Chesapeake.

An old friend, and sometime JetBlue pilot, Tim, was in town the other day. He has several sons, near in age to our two, hence the this picture... (note the State of the Union address going on in the background)

Not really a coherent narrative, but in the absence of a unifying theme, it's as good as it gets...