A bridge to Eternity...

Our long Journey began, as Charlene headed off to her Quilting Class. We headed to return Library books to keep down our ever mounting fines. Braden said, I want to go to the Carousel.

So,

We went to the Salem Riverfront Carousel for Lexi's first ride on a horsey! She was having fun when someone pressed "go" and the the horse started galloping up and down.

She gave that sort of "ouunh!" sound she makes when she's not so sure this is going to be so fun.

But, before long, she was relaxing and enjoying the ride, so I could loosen up and try to get a few shots of all three of us. (That's braden tipping his head back with the red stripe on his pants behind me.)

And some shots missed some of us...

And, after the ride came to a complete stop...

I could send Braden out front a ways to capture Lexi's Moment. I think she's giving you a little wave.

And some shots around the Carousel:

Um, Hello, Lexi, Over Here!!

There We Go!!



Whew!! Who knew Blogging took so much time, it's been over an hour, 3 failed attempts (Blogger crashed) At least I realized where the autosaved drafts are... Guess you'll have to wait until next episode to see our next stop on our Journey, our trip to the Bridge to Eternity!!

A bridge to Eternity (Part II)

A special Bridge exists...



In the memory of our Children...

Braden, Lexi and I walked across an old railroad bridge...

Built in 1912 by the Union Pacific Railroad.


Salem, OR converted it into a walking pathway between the two parks-The Waterfront and Riverfront.



It's Great, you can see up and down the river! Feel the clean Oregon Breeze!!

Wow, look at that Oregon Duck, Oh, wait a second, it's an Oregon Goose. Thank Goodness for Zoom!!




Lots of people crossing, and it's been open less than a week.


This Guy was trying to Lighten the Mood with his excellent Snare Drum Music.

These are neat little out-croppings on the Bridge with a great view!
There are four of them.



Aren't these children adorable in the Out of doors?!


Well, I'll be absent from posting for a while, I've got a Seminar in San Diego. Oh, yeah, got an uncle to call there and see if the temple is close to my hotel. I'll try to take pictures of the beautiful temple.


Isn't it amazing how many marshmallow Bunnies you can eat while waiting for Google to upload pictures??

Click Sputter Tap Tap Tap

My poor little honda has been sputtering along sounding worse as time goes on. It's been guzzling oil for months. I took it to a mechanic who told me he couldn't see any build-up in the Cylinder area, so I should drive it until it dies or sell it before it starts to smoke.

Well, someone else, namely John Palmer, my employer, pointed out it sounds like the rods or the lifters are sticking. Perhaps it's been a while since I last tuned it up. Why yes, last I tuned it up, (two years ago) I couldn't get one of the spark plugs out, so I just left it in. I bet that's the Cylinder that is not firing! Well, after I drive the car over 10 minutes, it frees up and sounds like it's running well. Since the office is 2 miles away, I drive 7 minutes each way. I drive over 10 minutes about once a week.

John also informed me that small engines like mine like to run fast. In other words, I change gears too early. So, Charlene, I guess it's good that I don't shift into 5th Gear too soon. Tractors, and large Deisil trucks run at low RPM's, larger engines, I need to run mine more quickly though.

Our lives are similar, with Tune-ups needed regularly in all areas of life, physical, health, spiritual, mental, social, financial, emotional. This weekend, we are listening to General Conference, council of Prophets and Apostles of our day. I am finding a lot I can do to tune up my life and the lives of my family. Here is a link to the archive: http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,49-1-1032,00.html (corrected)