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Char-Lu and Bob's Trip to Scandinavia in 2011

We winnowed these 83 pictures down from nearly 1100. The pictures are shown in chronological order. We flew into Copenhagen (four nights), rented a car in southern Sweden and drove to Stockholm (four nights), stayed in Stockholm (four nights), took a ship to Helsinki (two nights, including the night on the ship), flew back to Copenhagen (1 night), and then returned to the US.

Jul 21, 2011

Photos: 83

Raft Trip on Green and Colorado Rivers July 1987

Photos from commercial raft trip taken by Bob and Char-Lu in July 1987. The trip started at Mineral Bottom on the Green River, went through the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, through Cataract Canyon, and finished on Powell Reservoir at Hite Marina. The trip operator was Moki-Mac Expeditions.

Sep 23, 2010

Photos: 64

My Favorite Scenic Photos

This album is a selection of my favorite scenic photos. I took them all, except for one taken by Jim Porteus. In many cases I like the photo mainly because of the spectacular sky that happened to be there.

Sep 4, 2010

Photos: 67

Grandpa Dinger's Slides 7/25/10 5:30 PM

A new slide scanner has allowed us to enjoy and now share a selection of Dinger family slides, the earliest dates to 1942/43 but most are 1950 to 1960. I hope you enjoy them as much as Bob and I have. We will add more when we can.

Jul 23, 2010

Photos: 102

France 2010

Bob and I traveled to France with Bonnie and Jon and met Kurt in Paris. From Paris we traveled south through the Loire Valley then into Provence and returned through Burgundy to Paris. For me one of the highlights of our trip was the opportunity to meet my cousin, Claude Irene Greatbatch Laloum, and her husband. From the photos you can see many of the other highlights. There are 233 photos here, and they represent about 6% of all the photos taken. So despite the large number I did try to limit the number posted here.

May 11, 2010

Photos: 233

Lassen Backpacking 2009

The Dingers and the Althouses backpacked into the Cluster Lakes region of Lassen Volcanic National Park from August 13th thru August 15th. We started at the Summit Lake North Campground and hiked in about 4.5 miles to Silver Lake. Note: the location of the our campsite on Silver Lake is labelled as Big Bear Lake, but the labels on this map do not match the USGS topo maps. We camped for two nights at Silver Lake. During our layover day we hiked in the morning to Lower Twin Lake where we first encountered the smoke from the Fairfield fire, a controlled burn started by a lightning strike the previous week. Our original plan was to camp near one of the Twin Lakes, but camping at the lakes and portions of the trail were closed due to the fire. There was a lot of helicopter activity during the days. Saturday morning we woke to a smokey atmosphere in our campsite and around Silver Lake. As we broke camp, we noticed two firefighters hiking along the trail below our camp.

Aug 13, 2009

Photos: 28

Bob's Furniture

Bob has always been interested in woodworking, but since his retirement he has become an avid furniture builder. He enjoys making projects for our home and our children and grandchildren. His 900 sq. ft. workshop is the ideal place for his hobby.

Jun 19, 2009

Photos: 44

Christmas 2008

Dec 25, 2008

Photos: 54

Christmas in August

For Christmas our children gave us a wonderful gift including a stay at a lovely resort in Graeagle, the Chalet View Inn, and an hour on a locomotive at the Portola Railroad Museum. We've looked forward to this vacation since Christmas, and we'll have fond memories of it for the rest of the year and beyond. We planned to go in June, but the northern California fires of June/July made conditions less than desirable. This week in August turned out to be perfect since the weather turned cooler.

Aug 20, 2008

Photos: 55

Backpack Trip to Jakey Lake 8/18/08 9:36 PM

Aug 18, 2008

Photos: 34

Eric and Nikki's Bed and Quilt

After 3 1/2 years of marriage Eric and Nikki finally received their wedding quilt! I think it was worth waiting for because it, also, came with an Arts & Crafts queen size bedframe made by Dad. I thank everyone who contributed a square or an inspiration for a square. You really have to see this in person to appreciate the wonderful thoughts and sentiments.

Aug 12, 2008

Photos: 26

Colorado Family Adventure July 2008

Our entire family got together near Monarch Pass in Colorado for a week of fun and adventure. These photos are a selection from the over 700 photos that everyone took.

Aug 12, 2008

Photos: 88

Telluride with Geoff's Family

On our way to the condos with stayed a night in Telluride with Geoff and family. Michelle was participating in a series of yoga classes so we enjoyed time with the boys in the family.

Aug 12, 2008

Photos: 10

Colorado Visits

After leaving our children and grandchildren we headed to Pueblo where we visited with Chris and Wilbur Richardson. From Pueblo we headed to Highlands Ranch to visit with Aunt Florence, Uncle Al and their family.

Aug 12, 2008

Photos: 17

Thanksgiving 2007 in Death Valley 12/3/07 6:14 PM

Family Thanksgiving in Death Valley. We met Keith, Kari, Maia and Daniel along with Geoff, Michelle, Andrew and Grant at Texas Springs Campground for Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day Kari's parents, Sally and Frank, drove over from Ridgecrest to join us for a day of hiking and a wonderful dinner.