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We dedicate this space to all past and present Veterans of our Military. Carla and I thank veterans everyday of our lives for all that we have because of their unselfish commitment to protect our way of life. When we plan our vacations it's centered around our troops and our freedom. We visit Washington DC every year and we always visit the wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital to support them during the worst time in their life. In December we attended the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was very moving to hear the stories from the survivors that were able to attend and a lot of sorrow to see the Arizona lay at the bottom of the harbor still entombing the poor guys that were killed. There are not many WWII survivors left and the numbers are reducing fast every year. We meet so many nice people during our journeys and we keep in touch with all if we are able to get a e-mail or home address. We send out hundreds of Veterans Day cards vs Christmas cards. I hope that everyone gets to meet some of these heroes and feel what we feel. It only takes a handshake and a thank you to show your appreciation. If you get a chance to visit DC in Memorial Day you will have the time of your life. Rolling Thunder holds their gathering at that time and there are around 500,000 motorcycles present. Rolling Thunder was organized by Viet Nam vets and their purpose is to raise money for charities and also the most important never forget your Vet! So go out and find the vet's, it's not hard to find them and thank them for their service and our freedom and watch their faces light up. They will give you the best history lesson you ever had.

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Memorial Day in DC 2008

We went to Washington DC this year to celebrate Memorial day with Rolling Thunder. This is our 2nd time going to DC for Memorial day and what a blast. D.C. is such a great town and so much to do for...
Posted by John & Carla on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:22:00 PST

Billy, our newest member of our family

Billy is a rescue dog we adopted about 2 weeks ago. The rescue group we adopted from goes around the country and will rescue dogs from the city pounds that are scheduled to be put down because they w...
Posted by John & Carla on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:56:00 PST

Our faithful dog Raider

My wife rescued Raider from the animal shelter when he was 2 years old, he is 13 1/2 now. If he was not adopted he would have been killed. Carla and her friends drove to up state NY to get him and f...
Posted by John & Carla on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:20:00 PST

Hannitys 5th Freedom Concert 9-11-07

We attended the 5th annual Hannity Freedom Concert on 9-11-07 at Six Flags Great Adventure. We have attended 4 of the 5 and just love the concert and its whole purpose. The Freedom...
Posted by John & Carla on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:06:00 PST

Pez

Pez is our house rabbit and we got him about 14 months ago. We named him Pez because every time he hopped he left 3 pellets like a Pez dispenser. We keep Pez in the house and he has his ow...
Posted by John & Carla on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:20:00 PST

The 65th anniversay bombing of Pearl Harbor

Carla and I went to observe the 65th anniversary of the bombing at Pearl Harbor on 12-7-06 and I did upload a lot of photos. We meet a lot of very nice people on our trip, especially all of the...
Posted by John & Carla on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:35:00 PST

4th Annual "Be Thankful for What We Have" Party

Well, we had our 4th annual summer party this year and it was a success. I have up loaded some of the photos and I hope you enjoy them. We had about 80-90 people show up this year. Every year it keeps...
Posted by John & Carla on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:29:00 PST