I could live in Tahoe…
….ALL SUMMER LONG….
and then I would get cold.
Lake Tahoe, CA
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Loon Lake, CA
It was rough, but somebody had to stay the night here!
Yuma, AZ
Sean and I became the designated photographers of a concert held at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Yuma, AZ back in May. It’s a place I had been to many times before and there were many familiar faces, but I was now viewing it from a new perspective; one with a greater appreciation. I was surprised at myself when the last piece of the concert moved me to tears. As the photographer, you are supposed to remain calm, cool and collected at all times….unless….you are the daughter of the man conducting the choir….and….this is the choir’s final performance under his direction before he retires….and….your mom is singing proudly up on the stage….and….your sister and her family are in the seats applauding with the rest of the crowd….and….your husband is by your side, able to capture any moments you might miss while you wipe away a tear or two from your face. The piece of music my dad is holding in his hand below, really sums it all up. Not just the concert, not just my dad’s career, but ultimately, what life is really all about: To Love Our God. It was so beautiful to hear voices ringing out in unison for one common purpose.
“Commissioned by the Federation of American Baptist Musicians in memory of esteemed publisher and friend, Don Hinshaw, this stirring anthem features an outstanding text by John Parker. The first section is from Ecclesiastes, and explores the transience and vanity of life as expressed by Solomon. Hayes has set this section in a lyrical, haunting minor mode that evokes a sense of longing and emptiness. As the phrase, “All is empty, all is vain” lingers in the air, the choir softly but confidently answers the question with “To love our God is the reason we live, to love our God – the highest call.”
I’ve included photos and a link below so you can listen to the song (sung by a different choir) to give you a glimpse of the sights and sounds that were present that night. There was an amazing gift given to my father that night, but I’m going to save that for another post.
Click here to take you to a page where you can listen to the song. You will need to click the link called, “sample audio” which will pop up a page where you can press play (the big arrow) to listen.
Santa Ysabel, CA
Lake Havasu, AZ
A middle of the winter trip to pick up our new boat. Of course we had to make a pit stop and take it for a test drive in Parker.
Albuqureque, NM
Eastern Sierras, CA
Clovis and Yosemite, CA
In true Lorenz fashion, we set off on our vacation – spontaneously, unexpectedly and without any true destination. Amen, for the iPhone and google maps. We headed north toward Fresno.
We headed toward the Sierras and decided that since we were “so close” it would be fun to visit Yosemite in the winter time.
An interesting idea…
We did what any tourist would do and stopped at the local hardware store once we encountered the sign that said, CHAINS REQUIRED, in blinking yellow letters on the side of the highway. With our newly purchased chains, we got in the truck
and continued on our way.
We answered all questions correctly when stopped by the official with the bright lights (see exhibit “f” above with the red and blue lights)
and continued on our way.
We tested out the skid-i-ness of our truck on varying patches of snow
and continued on our way.
My heart fluttered as we reached Fish Camp (what we thought was the highest point of our trip) and the local told us the road gets worse up ahead. And higher. And messier. But,
we continued on our way.
Until
We got to the entrance of Yosemite and when the road into the park looked remarkably worse than the one we just came from, we did what any intelligent tourist would do
and continued on our way…
by making a gigantic U-turn and heading back down the road we just came from.
All part of the adventure, friends.
Ramona, CA
Lake Elsinore, CA
1.5 laps and I lost a rear tire to end my race. I ran 85-90% for the first lap, Motor bogged off the line and was 4th for 3 minutes. Chris@Benchmarkperformance.us has the carb issue handled before the next race. It’s nice having the motor builder call you after a race to follow up on his handy work. We had 2nd place back under our belt before the water crossing 1/4 of a lap into it. That 840 motor was the fastest motor out there today by a long shot. I was pulling everybody in the straights.
For the first 9 minutes of the race I was sucking dust and couldn’t see, couldn’t really pick my lines trying to stay with the leader. By lap 1.5 I took a small swap off of some whoops on a tight part of the trail, and stuffed the drivers side rear wheel sidways into 3 foot wall. It wasn’t that big of a hit and was suprized I lost the tire?…
I parked it and hear a kid running up to me, “You’re tire hit my house and my dad is bringing it back up here.”
“Thanks little guy, how’s the house.”
“It’s OK.”
What a good time. $150 to run down a city street at 60+MPH wide open, passing a 25mph speed limit sign in a residential area was well worth the entry fee. My anti-social lawless side was grinning ear to ear.
I had 2 practice sessions in the car before the start of the race today. The first one was when I pulled it into the trailer last night, and the second practice session was pulling it out of the trailer to the starting line today. Todd had the Flying Banana dialed in from the CORR Races in ’08, and had it back together for me by today. Chris built a ridiculous motor this week, and I got to break it in… Thanks for getting the Banana done for the Lake Elsinore GP guys, I had a blast.
I’m sorry to report she will have a different paint scheme before next race, but she will still bleed Banana Yellow.