As with years past (2010, 2009, 2008), I put together a photo collage to include in our Christmas card this year. If you’re on our “nice” list, you will receive your very own copy this week (if I ever get the labels printed and put on the envelopes). Without further adieu, here is this year’s • Read More »
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Sightings
August 29, 2011 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek, PAS.I finally figured out what to do with Google maps in order to put pins in a custom map. Over the years, I’ve been collecting e-mail messages from Schommer’s around the world and keeping them in a table. I knew you could customize maps, but I never had the time to do anything about it. • Read More »
Day 3: Deadwood and Spearfish Canyon
June 30, 2011 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS, HKS, PAS, Vacation.Deadwood, the basis of the 2004-07 HBO series, was next on our list of attractions. We came direct from Wall and drove by Rapid City and Sturgis on our way to this famed wild west town. There are many historical significances to the town, most notably the death of Wild Bill Hickok and the Moriah • 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 »
Day 0: Getting ready for South Dakota
June 28, 2011 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: PAS, Vacation.You know how when you’re packing your vehicle for a road trip you know how to fit things in? In the Escape, I knew the car top carrier fit exactly on the vehicle a certain way, I knew what bags fit in it and how, and I knew what else fit in the back. It • Read More »