MtRose in the Winter

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Reunion

Here I am as the Prior of the Chamber of Masters of the Royal Secret.

This is the place where soldiers of light and liberty become soldiers of freedom of thought and religion. We call that "lustration."
Mark and I are the two who get to carry swords, and USE them! The theater is large, so we need microphones.

These five are brothers from my blue lodge who took the 32nd degree from my team.

Messed up photos Celtic Festival

Celtic Festival

These helmets are just right if your head is a zize XXXL.

This is the weight throw of 2 stone or 28 pounds.

Irish dancers.

Does my kilt make me look fat?

Yosemite and Half Dome

Standing on top of half dome.

Welcome to Yosemite Park! Yearly one or two die on the Sub-dome or Half-dome climb. I had clear weather and except for the crowd, had a great climb!

This is the view while on the cables. I also descended outside the cable with my seat harness and D ring securly attached to the steel cable.

It is scaryer than it looks. At first view I considered that maybe I had bitten off more than I could chew. But went up anyway.

Unknown climbers on top.

The trail to half-dome is 9 miles from the parking lot (18 miles round trip) and an ascent of 5000 feet---up and down the trail---up and down the trail.

This is the trail to sub-dome about 10:00. I left the parking lot at 4:30 with my head lamp on full and hiked in the dark for two hours so I would complete the entire hike before sundown.

Verdi Peak in Nevada

This was a 12 mile hike to Verdi Peak.

Here I stand on the lookout ledge. I really don't like to do the "ledge" except for your viewing pleasure.

The Ranger station was the goal.

A pleasant climb up the stairs.

A nice day and a nice hike. We spent about eight hours coming and going. Life is good!

The 700 Shriners of Kerak Temple here in Reno, Nevada elected me their Treasurer! Daily, we send boys and girls to our hospital in Sacramento without charge for the medical treatment or the transportation. If you know of a child (under 18), that is not getting the care he/she needs; let me know. We are Shriners.