Welcome to Montgomery, Alabama

Well, we are here at our new duty location in lovely, Montgomery, Alabama! Yes, it's hot. Yes, we got a ton of rain the last day or so. No, we don't have a house yet, though we will be accepting one on Monday. Yes, you can still call us on our cell phone. No, the room we are staying in is NOT big enough! Yes, all of our stuff is still loaded on the boat and in our cars, however that will change once we move in. I went to my office and started my "House-hunting" leave, so I technically don't have to be at work for about a week. However, that does not mean that I didn't spend most of today in uniform getting situated with finance and the clinic. Hopefully we will get paid soon for the move. We have already started planning the decorating of our home. We are trying to do a good job, for once, of getting wallpaper and painting out of the way before we actually start putting our furniture in place - please pray for us as we attempt to do this! I had a great time in GA with my family and got to see almost everyone. The highlight was easily spending a couple hours sailing on a Catalina 250 with my dad on Lake Lanier. I can't wait to get my boat ready for the spring! I hope everyone is doing well! God Bless you all! - David

Boundary Waters with my sibs

10/11/06 - 8 Days in the wilderness and 36-hours later, I'm back at my parent's house in Gainesville, GA. Rachel and the kids are still visiting with her grandparents and we should be meeting up again this weekend to make the final push, as a family, to our new home. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) was unbelievable! We truly "roughed it" for the entire time. I think we saw about 5 other canoes the entire time out and experienced black bears on our island, wolves howling through the night, beavers, otters, and all sorts of weather! At times, we were forced to make landfall much earlier than planned and wait out winds that caused two-foot waves in lakes that are normally completely placid. It was well worth the journey, and we all learned a lot and had a great time! I've included a few pics from the trip to the right. They hardly do justice to the grandeur of this somewhat obscure wilderness area. God Bless you all! - David

BWCAW - here we come!

10/2/06 - Today we leave for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We are outfitted, packed, and ready to go. . . we hope. The food here is awesome and we shared a little discussion about skipping the canoeing and just sitting around Ely and eating the whole time. . . You know, take a few pics on the water to prove our trip and then spend the rest of the time in the great eateries around here. This morning was a stuffed hashbrown - really something you need to someday experience! Rachel and the kids are about to move out of the cabin and back into the Rensch's house for their last few days in Rapid. Please pray for all of us as we continue in our separate paths - utimately meeting up again in a couple weeks. The weather is awesome and we are all ready for an adventure. I'm looking forward to sharing it once we get back. God Bless you all! - David