this is gonna be short. i went to hamilton montana on wednesday and spent the day with bob gingrich jr. and his wife deb. he took me out to see the largest live, wild deer in my life. it was mind blowing. i then went over to stan and onita gingrich's house for supper and to spend the night. it was great getting to know the people who had been such good friends of my parents and grandparents. in the morning i went over to bob sr.'s house and he took me around the ...

whew, i never did know how physically exhausting elk hunting was. tom, preston (their adopted son) and i headed down to alder montana, where toms son tell lives, for a four day elk slaying adventure. one of toms friends drove us down in his camper toting rig*, and he taught us the thrilling game of car wars. as youre driving down the road, you go in order and each person gets a car going down the road. if the car is in bad shape or is just plain ugly you ge...

oh my. i havent updated this in ages and i dont have a lot of time now so i will be semi brief. well, my train ride to Montana went very well. i was able to get a good amount of sleep. i had some very interesting, and frustrating, conversations with this baptist guy who thought my pastor should be repremanded for allowing our church to have a female pastor and that all the women in the church should basically shutup because they dont understand the ways of God li...

thursday the 18th i got to say hello to the golden gate bridge. however, it was going to be an adventure for sure because to get there i had to drive over an hour on 5 californian highways and i had to drive stick, of which i was a bit rusty. but nontheless i headed off, and i got to see some great scenery and i had a glimpse of the san quentin prison (for all you johnny cash fans, he really did play a concert there). i made it scathe free and there was a little ...

tuesday the 16th i got my first chance to see downtown san francisco. i was able to take the "bart" train in and i was thankful to not have to drive. the bart is basically a subway but its only underground part of the time. aunt frances dropped me off at the station and i hopped on the train. after about an hour on board i was dropped off in central san francisco. it was a bit intimidating at first because all i had was a map and i didnt know quite what...