Your tour guide.

If you go out at night about 10ish and face south and look almost straight up you will see a bright star. This is Arcturus. Arcturus is a Giant Orange star and gives off 180 times more light then our sun.  That light takes 36.7 years to reach us so the light we see started on it's way ABOUT October 1st 1973. 

 
Not sure why, but I was looking at it last night with a iPhone app and it intrigued me.
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I finally golfed last night and I tied for best net round in the league even though I was fighting tree branches all night.  Every time I had a less then stellar drive I would be in a position where the ball was hittable BUT, I could not take a full swing.  So I would punch it out, make a great 3rd shot that would land near the hole and 1 putt.   My drives were always going left until I corrected the problem and hit it out of bounds on the right!  sigh. 

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I hope you are getting excited for Independence Day Celebrations in Columbus - remember - some of the best fireworks are in Cbus.

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Four years ago today DJ and I were in the last part of our Drive across America.  We drove to Sedona AZ to get rehitched and were driving back through the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley.  I tell ya - The Grand Canyon is one of those places you are just waiting to be let down with.  So many people go on and on about it that you feel your expectations are so high it can't possibly be that good.

WOW - There are not many things that can literally take your breath away but when you step to the edge (or near the edge) it is so surreal.  No words or photos can describe what you feel as you look at it.  Large birds flying 1 mile below your feet and miles and miles of the most magnificent beauty you can imagine. You feel so small and insignificant. 

The Colorado river has been carving it's path for 17 million years.  So you better get there soon before it all crumbles away.

I took this shot from the rim, you can see the brown Colorado river near the lower center. That is the Bright Angle Trail leading to Plateau Point in the lower left and ending 7.7 miles away at the cliff.

    

Monument Valley

have a great day