Last week

Don't you think it's strange when people pronounce Washington...Warshington? Anyway we went to Washington last week, visited family, had a vacation and went to my 10 year class reunion.

These are goats at the bed and breakfast we stayed at. (The building shown is not the bed and breakfast)


This is my friend Andrew from high school who got sweet tattoos.

To and Fro Man rides again!

And we're off again. We're currently in Spokane to visit some of my family. My sister Megan just started her own blog...actually I started it for her. She's leaving for Scotland tomorrow for a month and then nannying for a year in San Fransisco. Check it out...there's a sweet picture on it.

On wednesday we're headed up to Leavenworth, WA for a mini-vacation. If you haven't been to Leavenworth it's a quaint little Bavarian themed tourist trap. We're staying at a nice bed and breakfast though. Then we're coming back for my 10-year class reunion! I know, I know...how can I be that old? Should be a good time.

After that it's back to work. Our staff meetings start on Monday!

clustrmaps.com

If you look on the right side of my blog a little ways down you'll see a map with a bunch of red dots all over it... go ahead I'll wait. Those are the locations of people who have visited my blog. To and Fro Man now has a presence on every continent except Australia and Antartica.

Secret spot

Somehow I became the benificiary of some important knowledge of a certain unnamed flyfishing spot and camping spot.

Last week Adam Rapelje, Justin Oster and I headed to the unnamed location for 4 days of backpacking and fishing. It was UNBELIEVABLE! I hope you caught the intensity of the word unbelievable there. It was an epic trip with some great friends, even if they are on staff at the other Montana school.

Strange

Every now and then I look to see where people are coming from to visit my website. These 3 were on the list today...

http://augenblicks.blogspot.com/

http://daiancita.blogspot.com/

http://making-tracks.blogspot.com/

All very strange, all people I don't know. The internet is weird sometimes.

reminisce with me please

Thought I'd remind myself of the Lake Tahoe Summer Project with some hilarious pictures...


Ice cream slip 'n slide




Matt Kirby









Some of our staff team





ME!

PS It took me a while to figure out how to spell reminisce.

Carter beat the devil

I finished this book (per recommendation from Matt Mikalatos) a while ago and Jody just finished it tonight. We both agree its not like anything we've ever read. It's got magicians, pirates, secret service, lions and more! It's a great summer time read.

Home again!

There's nothing like coming home after being gone for 6 weeks! Oh the joy of my own bed, my own bathroom, my own couch, my own neighborhood, and....I could go on and on.

We drove all the way home on Monday...15 hours! I saw a temperature sign somewhere in northern Nevada that said 106 degrees.

Long time coming...

It's taking me a long time to update this, partly because we've been busy running the Lake Tahoe summer project but also because the internet service here is kind of spotty. I know, I know...that no excuse. If I was a true blogger I would find a way to get my witty remarks and humorous pictures up here. Please forgive me...To & Fro Man apparently can't multitask all that well.

Just to tide you over for a bit, here's a picture from an 18 mile hike that all the staff men did last weekend. We're so tough!

The Staff Hunt

One of the more entertaining nights of summer project is our staff hunt. 32 of us dress up in silly disguises and roam around downtown as the 102 students try to find us. We looked pretty darn good if I do say so my self.

Here's my good friend Darren our Project Director...







Here is our fellow MSU staff women Shana looking very pregnant (she's not...that's how rumors get started!)

Start of Lake Tahoe Summer Project '06!!!!

The Lake Tahoe summer project is off and running!

This is Josiah...he belongs to the Rygh family who are on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ.

Students are arriving!

As we speak 100+ students are arriving in South Lake Tahoe for the start of the summer project! Pray for safe travel for them, and for them to settle in well. Pray for all of us staff to have energy and strength to make it through the busy orientation week.

On a lighter note...two giant squirrels chased me on my bike the other day and we had a black bear in the camp the other night.

Good news

Last thursday morning we found out Jody is pregnant! Our car was partly packed as we had planned on leaving Friday morning to head out to Lake Tahoe. After confirming it at the hospital we got a call from our doctor asking us to stick around untill the first ultrasound to make sure it was implanted in the right spot. Sure enough Baby McComas was! So with a week delay we arrived in Tahoe, thankful and praising the Lord.Please continue to pray for the health of Jody and the new baby. Thank you for all your prayers in this process too.

The Evolution of Dance

This was on the Today show today and on my friends blog.