Travels to Canada

Travels this week took me to Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. This is about 150 miles south of Calgary. The country is very nice rolling plains with a lot of production agriculture. With the exception of the river valleys the country is pretty flat. The Old Man River runs past Lethbridge and is a deep wide valley. In 1909 the Canadian Pacific Railroad built this train teasel over the river. It is the highest of its kind (413 feet above the river) and longest of its kind (5334 feet- a little over a mile long). It is still in use today. Truly a engineering marvel. (click on the pictures for a larger view)

Catherin Kerr from our headquarters in Westbrook Main was traveling with me. Here she is show standing next to one of the legs of a bridge towers. This will give you an idea of how big this really is.

This picture shows about half of the bridge.

Looking west. You can see some houses on the other side.

Spock is really from Canada! Yep, that's right. Vulcan is not a planet its a town in Canada. We had to stop and do the tourist thing. This is a picture of me standing beside the Starship Enterprise. "Live long and prosper!"

Back in Calgary to catch a flight to Texas I woke up Thursday morning to 6 inches of snow. It was pretty but I was glad to leave it behind in Canada.

Some Entertainment

Here are some videos I found interesting. Click on each one and enjoy.

Insane Landing In Honduras'>Landing in Honduras.

Music video made out of dice.

New Anti-Gravity Helicopter'>New Anti-Gravity Helicopter.
(the guy has the shutter speed on the camera in sink with the roter blades on the helicopter)

Plane Lands On Moving Vehicle'>The worlds shortest landing strip.

The correct way to use a mouse.

My idea of the perfect wedding.

Kids & Pets

These pictures were taken here at the house in Wellington the day after the Wilhelm family reunion (held in Elk City OK). Nicholas and Tanner (cousin) stopped by the house for the day to grace us with their company (or stopped for food). Kids - Zachary, Jack, Nicholas, Kristen, & Tanner. Pets - Robert, Abby, Rex, Chubs, & Spike.

Neal & Bev on Mothers Day
These lovely young ladies will start school this fall as seniors.
Carly, Allison, Kristen, & Sierra.
The Odom Cat Ranch has had a good spring. Robert the cat had 4 of these and then she adopted another 4. If you need a cat please click here to email us. We are getting short on bunk space.
Robert the cat is a GOOD mother!

Travels to Florida

I was in Florida and Alabama for some meetings and ended up with a little beach time because of airline schedules. Darn airline schedules.

I flew in and out of Panama City, Florida. Here are some pictures I took at the beach.

(click the picture for a larger view)

The ocean was beautiful.

This is what most of inland Florida looks like.