Author Archives: jimattrell

Italy, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Austria and Germany Sept 2015

Link to photos Link to video After a long fight via Philadelphia I arrived in Venice to meet up with Jay and Bettye Rodgers and their tour troup on the Crystal Cruise Ship. From Venice we visted Dubrovonik, Croatia, Mykonos, … Continue reading

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Africa July 2015

Trip Photo Album Trip Video (38 min) I departed late Thursday and arrived in London after lunch on Friday. The layover was about six hours until the connecting 11 hour flight to Johannesburg arriving early Saturday morning. I hopped on … Continue reading

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Connie and Clays 80th Birthday July 2015

We arrived early afternoon on Friday and met Peter, Heather, Daniel and Steven at the hotel in Cochrane for coffee. Tim and Renee missed their connecting flight in Dallas but finally arrived in Calgary at dinner time. Mishy met us … Continue reading

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Fathers day in Galveston June 2015

we all arrived at our beach house on Galveston Island on Friday and the weather was just right after three days of a tropical storm. On Saturday morning we walked to the beach where Delilah had her first experience in … Continue reading

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Kerry’s Graduation Simon Fraser June 2015

I flew up to Vancouver on Thursday and met Geoff, Josh and Kerry and we watched Kerry’s outdoor ceremony on a beautiful, sunny day. She graduated with a BA in Pscyhology and after taking a year off she might go … Continue reading

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Mishy’s High School Grad May 2015

I flew into Calgary on Thursday afternoon. It was warmer in Calgary than Dallas. I met with Trevor Haynes at Black Diamond Friday morning, had lunch with Trisha at the Green Bean patio. Then drove to Airdrie for the grad … Continue reading

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Fishing in New Orleans May 2015

Josh, Gary and I flew to New Orleans on Tuesday and met Dave and Nick for a great dinner and Stanley Cup hockey game. On Wednesday we got up early and met two guides who took us through Belle Chasse … Continue reading

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Sherry’s 45th High School Reunion April 2015

Sherry and I flew into Corpus Christi on Friday afternoon and after a beachside late lunch at Blackbeards in Corpus we drove to Beeville where we toured her childhood home, schools and church etc. we met Sonya at our hotel and then … Continue reading

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NCAA Hockey Boston April 2015

Thus was my 8th or 9th annual trip with my hockey buddies to see the NCAA Championships and Boston is a great location for the finals. Dave Meyer and I flew up to Boston with Dave Casey and met Howie … Continue reading

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Global Warming Facts

I find it  interesting and disturbing that climate science prior to 1978 has been rewritten by the “warmists” left in charge of tracking our climate and being fed by Government grants to promote newly fabricated science proving that mankind is … Continue reading

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