I left home on June 1st and will return Monday the 21st. Such is the life of a tech rep, but I\u2019m not complaining, in fact it has been a great three weeks! Just consider this, in the last three weeks I
\nhung out with Moose Peterson, Joe McNally, Jay Miller and some of the world\u2019s greatest aviation photographers while photographing all kinds of great military aircraft all around San Diego. A day later I was joined by my wife, Sherelene, my boss, Scott Diussa and the great folks of Bio Communications to tour Lower Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park,
\nand the Paria Wilderness Area. After the big group left. Sherelene and I spent a few great days together, just kicking around the region and she got to see Arches and Canyonlands for the first time. What a hoot to see her experience this great red rock region.<\/p>\n
Then Sherelene flew home and I flew on to
\nReno and met up with Richard Small and
\nwe went down to Bridgeport, California
\nfor an afternoon and morning at Bodie
\nState Park. Tuesday morning we shot back
\nup to Reno to start getting ready for the rest
\nof our gang, Bill Pekala, Scott Diussa, Mike
\nAnskat, and David Lee to join us for the Reno
\nPylon School for air racers. As usual we
\nphotographed lots of great airplanes, every-
\none got a chance to take a ride in a war
\nbird and we also did some air to air still
\nand video work. We shut the operation
\ndown on Saturday afternoon, packed the
\nfour giant cases of gear and spent the
\nafternoon letting our motors spin down.
\nThanks to Delta\u2019s increasingly poor service
\nand lack of concern for their professional
\ntravelers, I still will not fly home until Monday.
\n(They wanted over $400. for a change of
\nticket) I\u2019ll be picking a new air carrier on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
So I will get a little rest on Sunday before I can
\nreturn home very late Monday night. A very small price to pay for such a great whirlwind trip.<\/p>\n
So here comes the spiritual part, if all this were not enough, on Wednesday I got the honor of being the guest blogger on Scott Kelby\u2019s blog. The response was overwhelming, I\u2019m still trying to get my mind around it. So once again God has blessed me beyond belief. What and honor to serve Him and have so much fun in the process. Not everything in the Christian walk is a bowl of cherries, but I can\u2019t imagine life any other way. Have a blessed Sunday.<\/p>\n
the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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