Here's a link to photos from our trip to Belize last November.
Belize 2014

The Little Rocket backyard roller coaster

My third backyard roller coaster is called the Little Rocket.  It is for 2-4 year-olds under 35 pounds.  It  took me 3 weeks to design and build the track and cart.

My second backyard roller coaster, with a "3-dimensional" track. BYRC-3D-02

Link to youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpT2OsGr6M

Check out my other videos on my youtube channel.  

I retired from Boeing in February, and decided a few weeks ago to try designing and building a backyard roller coaster for my grandkids.
Here is a video.

Church History Trip with Sarah and Kyle

https://plus.google.com/photos/118039582949467875950/albums/5927239127671755233?banner=pwa&authkey=CJaCzpDRxrid0wE

St Petersburg

Link to St Petersberg Photos

We turned the Norway/Sweden motorhome in at Helsinki, and then took an overnight ferry to St Petersberg.  If you arrive and depart via ferry, and stay only three days, you don't have to buy $200 Russian visas.  We were fascinated by St Petersberg.  

Norway September 2012 Motorhome

Link to Norway Photos

We rented a small motorhome and made a south to north loop through western Norway.  This motorhome was just the right size for two people, with a fixed bed in the back, and captains chairs in the front which spin around to face the table.  The roads in the fjords were sometimes one lane with wide spots every 400 meters or so for passing.  We went through many tunnels and rode 9 ferries through the Fjords.  We rented in Oslo, went to Stockholm after Norway, and then took a ferry to Finland.  It was a Finnish motorhome rental company, and they gave us like $600 off for bringing their motorhome back to Finland in September.