by Tim Thompson | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
[ Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash] (This is really a set of tales from all over Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Iowa and Oklahoma) I’ve had many occasions to deal with snakes in my life. Partially because I lived in the country quite a...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Maddie Vaughan on Unsplash] I’ve loved motorcycles since I was a little kid. I’ve had dirt bikes as a kid and as an adult. One of my earliest childhood memories is when I was about two years old (1969 for context); we were walking...
by Tim Thompson | Jul 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo by Yurii-Khimanin-on-Unsplash] While living in Kentucky, we had several friends with boats. After enjoying theirs on several occasions, my wife started to warm up to the idea of having one of our own. We discussed budgets and types of boats for...
by Tim Thompson | Jun 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
[Photo above by Eric Welch on Unsplash] Never agree to go out just one more time. Certainly not when doing something with an element of risk like skiing, motocross, parachuting, etc. I’ve seen it happen so many times. The day is going great. ...
by Tim Thompson | May 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
As with the extremes in winter, so go the extremes in spring. When there’s been plenty of snow in the winter, plenty of water follows in the spring. Spring of 1967 came with some serious flooding in Fairbanks, Alaska. The state had some warning and sent...