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Our newly annual Flanders Mini Reunion
It was a great success and an almost illegal amount of fun to have so many Flanders in one place. Bonnie, Michelle, Michael, Leon, Amy, Haley, Ryan, Brody, Denise and myself celebrated what it meant to be a Flanders. We all assembled in Big Bear and a good time was had by all. Here is…
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Remember, it is summer
An important message about something folks can forget about during the hot months of summer from a well spoken legal adviser. http://www.tapellalaw.com/video/the-illinois-humane-care-for-animals-act.cfm Oh, by the way, Al is our nephew. Strong work Al.
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One of Gary’s retirement hobbies
I have had fun and felt a part of things by volunteering for the Southern California Mountain Foundation and the San Bernardino National forest. I was surprised and honored to see this in the Big Bear Grizzly.
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This is how I remember it
Entry 12 When I was 10 years old, it was a momentous year. My life in East Ann Arbor was coming to an end and big changes for the entire family were imminent. It didn’t affect Van as much as it consumed Bonnie and I. By this time even at an early age, Van was…
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Denise and I took a short trip to Yosmite
We wanted to visit more National Parks so we thought that as long as we live here, we should drive up to Yosmite. It is a little over 6 hours to drive there from Big Bear but we took the scenic route, (around 8+ hours) to visit one of the most famous National Parks. Here are…
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Gary Photo
For Brody’s 2016 Trip, we took him over his spring break to an Airbnb in Romona California for a few days, then went on to San Diego. At the place in Romona, the owner, a very interesting lady, had animals walking everywhere. Almost all were rescues from someplace. Here is a picture of Riley, a…
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Gary Photo
Here in Big Bear we have an area called the Pebble Plains. It is a place like none other in the world. A combination of clay in the soil and the quartzite pebbles left from the ice age have created a plain where trees can’t grow but small plants with spectacular tiny flowers thrive. This…
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Gary Photo
A shot I took 7 years ago. We took the kids to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur Colorado. I was still new to the camera but fiddled around with settings and snapped this one. It has always been one of my favorites.