Casa Grande home....

This is our winter home in Casa Grande. We move in February '09. Casa Grande is a nice town, we're excited about spending winters there, we'll stay in Monument most of the time. Casa Grande is about 1/2 way between Tucson and Phoenix on I10. It's a nice little town with lots to do.

Photos from a long time ago....

Ted & Nancy

Our home in Monument, Colorado

We moved into our home in Woodmoor in December, 2007. It's an older home with lots of trees. We enjoy living here. There is lots of beautiful snow in the winter, and some nice neighbors

Early photos of Kim & Monte...

Nancy at home in '08

Ted....

This was a GTBA celebration in 2005. GTBA is Glad to Be Alive, kind of a long story about an incident with my paraglider. Lots of friends and family showed up to help us celebrate.

Our Daughter Kimberly

Kimberly lives in Littleton. She's a great mom to her puppies, likes her job, and loves dancing, walking, scrapbooking, and making jewelry. She lives in a great apartment in Littleton near her work.

Monte's graduation...

Our son Monte graduated from CSU with his PhD in computer Science in '08. Way to go Monte! He's working at UC in Boulder, CO after a post doc at NREL in Golden,  CO 

Our buddy Ben....

This is Ben, our buddy.  A great companion for 13 years

Hurricane Recovery In Mississippi, 2006 & 2007

Mae Smith was out of her home in Biloxi for almost 2 years. Mae's home was almost entirely rebuilt by volunteers. Sadly, people with limited means were last to receive help.

Bob & Dot Ellis from D'Iberville stayed in their home during the storm. The
water rose to 4 feet. They are very resilient, decent people. We've been back to visit twice for Dot's famous apple pie.

Lee and Carolyn Hathorn live in D'Iberville. Wind and water caused major damage to their home in D'Iberville. They have a great sense of humor, and worked very hard to get back in their home. It was fun to help them out.

Homebuilt Flying Machines

The KR2 was finsihed and flown in 1983, sold with 280 hours flight time. Wood and fiberglass construction, retractable gear, VW engine

The Avid Flyer was finished in 1991. It has 460 hours flight time. Steel and cloth construction with a water cooled Rotax 583 engine.

The Kolb Firefly is great fun to fly, an ultralight aircraft.  Airborne in about 100 feet, land about the same.  A real rush.

My current project is the Thatcher CX4.  Finished and first flight in 2016, 220 hours.





Paraglider flying on Kenosha pass.  Great sport, much fun

Homebuilt Flying Machines

The KR2 was finsihed and flown in 1983, sold with 280 hours flight time. Wood and fiberglass construction, retractable gear, VW engine

The Avid Flyer was finished in 1991. It has 460 hours flight time. Steel and cloth construction with a water cooled Rotax 583 engine.

The Kolb Firefly is great fun to fly, an ultralight aircraft.  Airborne in about 100 feet, land about the same.  A real rush.

My current project is the Thatcher CX4.  It has been an interesting project and great diversion.  I hope to complete and fly in 2016.





Paraglider flying on Kenosha pass.  Great sport, much fun

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This is fall color at Mueller State Park in Colorado. Fall is a beautiful time.

Alaska

Mendenhall glacier near Juneau, Alaska, in 2005. Alaska is a wonder place to visit. We'd like to go back.

Trekking in Nepal....

Monte and I on Gokyo Re in Nepal. Mount Everest is in the Background. Gokyo is about 18,ooo feet in the Khumbu region of Nepal. Nepal is an enchanted place, with wonderful people.

Monte climbed Ama Dablam during the 5 weeks we were there. Ama Dablam is 23,ooo feet. f

The Kids in Nepal

Kids are poor in Nepal, but love laugh and play. They are very hardy people.














These kids are from Baktapur, much warmer than the Everest Region.















Another young man in Baktapur

These kids are listening to music on a minidisc. Pretty exciting.

Images from VietNam

We went back to Vietnam in 2005. They have all but forgotten the war, still so fresh in our minds. The war museum in Saigon gives the Vietnamese side of the war.