Stop - Thief!!

So.. because I am lacking in stories recently and I've been utterly remiss in my blogging, I've decided to "appropriate" a story from my new brother-in-law, Bill. (Yes, that in itself is a story to be told. Later.) So without further ado, I will let him do the telling....

Welp... summer is just about over with up here and I'm just back from one hell of a trip to the tip of the Aleutians. Me and a few guys from DOWL were lucky enough to have made it out for a five week tour to the second to last island on the Aleuatian chain - an island called Shemya.






Quite the adventure to say the least. We surveyed a two-mile long runway on the retired airforce base there. Sounds like a tedious task, but it was actually a lot of fun and I learned quite a bit. I feel extremely lucky to have made it out there... the trip of a lifetime!






Aside from that, Stephanie and I are doing great! It's so good to be home - especially since we just bought one a week before I left and we just adopted a new dog named Henry!

Yep... Stephanie came up with the name Henry. He was formally known as Doodleston-Jordan - NO JOKE! So needless to say, a new name was a must. He's cooler than cool. Very serious and well-behaved. Pretty amazing find, considering Stephanie found him at the dog pound. Life sure is amazing. Funny how things just roll along... wife, house... dog.... and in that order because the Mrs. says so. Life is going purty good. The only issue is finding enough time to enjoy all of the great things that we dream about having - when we finally get them! I'm certainly grateful.

One last peak (pun unintended, but still funny!) at Alaska -

where I'll be going for Thanksgiving!!!