One of the fascinating sidelights of our visit to Glacier National Park was the ubiquitous red tour bus. Since I was driving my own rented vehicle, I did not actually get to…
Category: Journal
My journey
KNN Up; Church Notes category closing
Our church webmaster, Steven Sgroi, has just finished putting up our newly formatted blog-style Kirkville News and Notes. As readers of my blog have known, this has been in process over the…
Why I Signed the Manhattan Declaration (Sep 8, 2010)
Today I decided to sign the Manhattan Declaration. The time has come for Christians to speak out strongly in unison about these values that are essential without clouding the picture with…
The animals
Everyone wants to see the animals when they go west, and we were no exception. One warning, you never know when you will see them. It might be in a park and…
Children’s water party
The annual children’s water party this past Sunday was special. But the day was also important as we celebrated two other things; the work of our dedicated teaching staff and the important…
For fun — the best and the worst chart for vacation 2010
When you go on a long travel vacation, you just can’t resist rating things sometimes. You know–what did you like best? Well, here’s a for-fun chart of some the best and worst…
Mountain Pass Hiking (written Aug 23)
I may be a little sore tomorrow, but what an exhilarating feeling. It was too cold for JoAnne up at the Logan Pass Visitor Center. The wind was blowing hard and the…
An abundance of blessings
We have just felt so blessed on our trip west. So I decided to make a list of some of the special blessings we have noted. The messianic blessing promised to Israel and…
A Rural Railroad Surprise
We had stopped to get gas in the middle of nowhere. As I pumped gas, I looked to the left of the station and noticed a small railroad station and yard, only…
Hell’s Canyon – the scariest drive
Let’s just say that we figured out why they call it Hell’s Canyon. Getting down in and back up the other side, even one branch of it took hours and involved the…