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Post by gaetzchamp on Jun 9, 2006 0:35:14 GMT -5
Well, there has been a lot of interest in trip photos in general so I'll post some. 1st set of picts are of our Memorial Day trip to Bryce Canyon National Park in south-central Utah (this is where I scored the nice petrified wood for $2.50 per) Stunning views and great contrast between green conifers and orange pinnacles   A shot of me on an escarpment at 9,355 feet above sea level. Wind gusts reached 60 mph as it hit the top of the escarpment. It was hard to stand there actually...  Dillon and Chloe on our hike  Daughter Rainey posing  Dillon and me near old log and tumbling stream  When we got done hiking and returned to the parking lot, there was this oddity......No wonder holiday travel is such a mess...LOL  Here are my nieces and 2 daughters in their new sweatshirts...what a truckload.  My new little guy, Maddux, taking a well deserved tub in the sink of the camper   Hope you like 'em. Gaetz |
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Post by BAZ on Jun 9, 2006 0:53:47 GMT -5
Wow Gaetz! That is a lot of nieces! Beautiful pics, beautiful family. (including the hounds!) We are so close yet I still haven't been up there yet, the farthest I have gone is Powell. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by driftwood on Jun 9, 2006 1:37:50 GMT -5
Wow Tim you have the life ! Great family, great place to live . You are one lucky dude !
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Post by LCARS on Jun 9, 2006 1:43:00 GMT -5
WICKED pics Gaetz!  WAAAAAY different than anything here. Looks like you kidnapped a whole girl guide troop and put 'em in the truck!  |
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Debs
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Post by Debs on Jun 9, 2006 1:46:32 GMT -5
Beautiful pics! Love the National Lampoon pic with the poochie driver! LOL!
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Post by gaetzchamp on Jun 9, 2006 1:49:32 GMT -5
As for the nieces, there's a couple more not pictured......and the nephews...holy freaking cow we'd need a dual-axle flatbed to put all of them on....lol.
All-in-all I think I've got some 30 nieces/nephews on my wife's side. She has 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Some have been married twice and have children w/ both spouse's.....(now we're not talking polygamy here, they are divorced.....LOL)
gaetz
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Jun 9, 2006 1:51:49 GMT -5
Fantastic pix! A trip to Utah parks has long been on my wish list, as I'm fascinated with the canyon and desert country of the southwest. Tough trip to plan though, the high elevations of Bryce make something like May or June most appealing, while the low country sounds like a winter visit. Tough to plan around school, with school breaks coming in March and July/August. As a fan of trees, I'd love to see the ancient bristlecones in the high country of Bryce. Will make it someday, thanks for the pics in the meantime.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 9, 2006 4:29:39 GMT -5
gaetz what great pics. love the pretty in pink girls and that baby is growing fast. that's the kind of designated drivers we see around here lol.
kim
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jun 9, 2006 4:59:52 GMT -5
Great pics! Wow, what a truck load, better you than me. ;D lol
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beechcomber
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Post by beechcomber on Jun 9, 2006 7:31:06 GMT -5
Beautiful family!! Your little guy is so cute in the sink! There is just something about washing babies in the sink that just puts a smile on my face!! You don't see that much anymore...but that is how we all got washed as kids!! My son loves it since he is eye level instead of looking up at me.
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Post by joe on Jun 9, 2006 8:55:02 GMT -5
That is some excellent scenery you have there. Looks like a great trip but gosh that's a lot of kids! As long as you can keep them from fighting.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Jun 9, 2006 9:40:45 GMT -5
Awesome Pix- Man that baby of yours is growing up WAY too fast!!!
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Post by Cher on Jun 9, 2006 10:48:45 GMT -5
Awesome pics, poor Dillon and Maddux are kind of out-numbered aren't
they. ;D Quite a crowd Gaetz, nice to see family getting together like that.
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Post by gaetzchamp on Jun 9, 2006 11:30:07 GMT -5
Cher-
I don't feel they're outnumbered, just a lot of willing babysitters while I go rockhunting....he, he.
gaetz
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