Happiness

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.

Cardiac Arrest Seminar

Attended an interesting seminar on using portable defibrillators to treat people under sudden cardiac arrest. Lots of places have this equipment but not too many people know how to use them. It was very interesting information.

Age and Wrinkles

"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."

~Douglas MacArthur

Everglades National Park

Everglades, a photo by Jarime Baethge on Flickr.

Hobbies

Stopped by an antique car show this weekend. Although I had seen them before, I guess I never realized how popular a hobby this is. It was interesting and I got to talk to lots of interesting people. So I thought I would do a little checking around . I found an interesting web site with some info on Antique Cars and will look for some more.

Fall MIgration

The Monarch butterfly migrates from Canada to Mexico. This migrations spans the life of several generations of the butterfly. We see lots of them in late September and October each year. While we were afraid that the drought this year might affect them, we are seeing lots of them passing through our area already.

Denali National Park

Denali National Park and Preserve is located in the interior of Alaska. It covers 9,492 square miles. It is named for the highest mountain in North America, Denali. Denali was formerly named Mount McKinley. The mountain was originally named after President William McKinley in 1897. However, this name is primarily used outside of Alaska. The word Denali means "High One" in a native Alaskan language. Mount McKinley National Park was established on February 26, 1917. However, only a portion of Mount McKinley - not even the summit - was included in the original park. Denali National Monument was created on December 1, 1978. The two were combined into Denali National Park and Preserve on December 2, 1980.

Butterflies

We have been starting to see Monarch butterflies moving through. We always see lots of them in late September and October. I thought it might be interesting to do a little research on them. This site has information on the butterfly and its life cycle.