How A Teacher Impacted My Life
Trust me when I say, each of us is capable of achieving almost anything if only one will reach high for their goals.
Continue Reading 'How A Teacher Impacted My Life'Trust me when I say, each of us is capable of achieving almost anything if only one will reach high for their goals.
Continue Reading 'How A Teacher Impacted My Life'A year ago, Astrid was working with the 1,500-pound cow when a quick move on its part accidently smashed her right hand into an unyielding metal pipe. The injury to her middle finger was harsh.
Continue Reading 'Injured Middle Finger (Ouch!)'My son Travis had gotten permission from his college rock-climbing instructor to allow me to climb Devils Tower with my son. The blood rushed from my face as I screamed back at Travis, “I’m a 53 year-old fat guy and you Dad is not capable of that kind of difficult technical climb anymore! Be careful what you promise your kids when they are little….
Continue Reading 'Climbing Devils Tower (Father & Son)'The effervescent smiles from those six grandchildren, all under the age of six was priceless because of their fun-filled ride on their Grandpa Scott and Grandma Astrid’s 1926 Model T Ford pickup truck snowmobile.
Continue Reading 'Gottschalk Family Christmas with a 1926 Ford Model T Snowmobile'The beautiful machine lie dormant exactly where it had been parked nearly 4 decades ago by it’s now 86-year-old owner. Through some keen investigative work, I’d recently discovered an amazing piece of motorcycling history. I ventured down into the dark cellar of a 100-year-old home, and became one of only three to have viewed the all original 1946 Harley-Davidson motorcycle after more than 40 years of being hidden from sight. It still sat proudly although covered in cob-webs and eons of dust masked it’s once defining red paint theme.
Continue Reading 'Discovering a 1946 One Owner Harley Knucklehead'On my “Bucket List” was the goal to set foot on all seven continents of the world before I kicked the bucket. My dream was fulfilled when I reached my seventh and final continent by sleeping in a tent in Antarctica on Christmas Eve of 2013. Oh, yes, it was COLD!
Continue Reading 'Antarctica The Last Frontier'It’s hard to even imagine what the heroes from World War II sacrificed to serve their country. I’ve had the honor and the privilege to know Bruce Cottington for nearly four decades. This humble, 90-year-old man who has recently suffered a few debilitating strokes, demonstrated an amazing act of bravery in his youth on behalf of the United States of America.
Continue Reading 'Honoring A True Hero From World War II'At 51 years of age, this unfortunately is my friend’s second struggle with cancer. In 1993 he fought a year-long battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and won that fight! Now recently in August of 2016, Kevin was admitted to the hospital suffering from severe pneumonia, only to discover he was in the later stages of a rare form of leukemia that has only a 25% chance of survival.
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