Archive for September, 2005

3rd Intel Sabbatical Now History

Sunday, September 18th, 2005

Well, my 8–week sabbatical and additional 2 weeks of vacation are now officially
over! I go back to work tomorrow (Monday the 19th) and I’m really looking forward
to catching up on what has happened over that 10 week period. I’m feeling pretty
good about it [...]

St Johns Grand Prix Yellow Group Posted!

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

I
just finished posting the Yellow Group (open wheel, Radicals and CSR/DSR type cars)
and will begin working on the White Group tomorrow! The featured picture from the
Yellow Group is Matt Conrad’s number 19 Maloy CSR car. Matt has a very interesting
story that goes something like… “I fell in love with racing, loved the
style of this car, [...]

Speed Trucks posted from 2005 St Johns Grand Prix

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

I
just finished posting all the ASA
Speed Truck photos from the 2005 St Johns Grand Prix. This took quite a bit longer
than I thought it would but I think it was worth it. There’s a good mix of action
shots for you [...]

30 years!

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

Well, it’s official… Donna and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary
yesterday. It sure doesn’t seem like 30 years for sure. We actually celebrated
our anniversary in Cabo San Lucas and took it pretty easy yesterday. If you’re
ever looking for an excellent steak dinner in [...]

Working on St Johns Grand Prix photos!

Friday, September 9th, 2005

The
Radical groups photos have been posted and I’m now working on the Karts. Following
that will be the Blue, White and Yelllow groups. Somewhere in there I’ll
also be posting the parade photos.

Back from St Johns Grand Prix

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

I’m back from the 2005 St Johns Grand Prix that was held over Labor Day weekend.
Fortunately, I’m still on sabbatical from Intel as I have over 8000 photos to
sort through and post on my web site! I’m seriously in need of some kind of
[...]

St Johns here I come!

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Well,
I’m only back in town for one day because I’m heading out to St Johns,
Arizona tomorrow with my brother-in-law Rick Butler. Every year over Labor Day weekend, Pro
Autosports holds a St Johns
Grand Prix at the airport located in St Johns. They close the airport all weekend
and the cars run on the X pattern runways.
I’ve had [...]

Colorado Motorcycle Trip

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Steve
Guenther, Bill Kersbergen and I just returned from a 4–day motorcycle trip through
southern Colorado. Since we had done a few trips to Colorado in the past, we opted
not to ride across the desert in the summer heat. Saturday morning we put Steve’s
[...]