Archives: MMS

Day 4: Custer and Wind Cave

July 1, 2011 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS, HKS, MMS, Vacation.

Knowing it was going to be a hot day, we headed off in the direction of Custer State Park on day 4. “You’ll probably see buffalo” “You may see some deer” “There are animals everywhere” – these were the promises that others made to us prior to our ride through the park. For the uninitiated, • Read More »

Day 2: Corn Palace, Badlands, Wall Drug

June 29, 2011 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS, HKS, MMS, PAS, Vacation.

As promised, we finally would get to see our first attraction in Mitchell, SD this morning – the world’s only Corn Palace. Both Monica and I remember seeing it in our childhood, but my memory was clearly way off. To me, it was a stand-along building in the middle of nowhere with no real town • Read More »

Catch-up time

June 27, 2011 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS, HKS, MMS, PAS, Vacation.

As usual, I’m behind on updating the blog. Please allow me to quickly catch-up: Let’s see, there was prom (Hannah went with Juan, Clare didn’t go), School ended (Hannah finishing her Junior year, Clare has her Freshman year behind her), Summer started (Hannah will be working for the city again, Clare has already been on • Read More »

Merry Christmas 2010

December 24, 2010 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Christmas, CMS, HKS, MMS, PAS.

In case you missed it, here is our collage photo included in our Christmas card this year. Again, I used Google’s free Picasa software to select and organize the photos and create the collage. I added text to each photo (also in Picasa) to help give context to what are seemingly random shots. Clarifiers MHS • Read More »

NYC 2010

June 5, 2010 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: MMS, PAS, Vacation.

In celebration of our 20th wedding anniversary, Monica and I decided to head to New York City for Memorial Day weekend. Let’s do some sight-seeing! Let’s see a show! OK, let’s go. We stayed at the Hampton on 8th Ave. between 51st and 52nd streets and hopped a sight-seeing bus a few blocks away. Yes, • Read More »