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Tempi’po’op Trail 2015
Exploring Tempi’po’op Trail in Santa Clara.Tempi’po’op (pronounced tumpee poo oop) means “rock writing” in Southern Paiute. The Tempi’po’op Trail traverses the geographic formation known as Land Hill, which was heavily used by both Ancestral Puebloans and Southern Paiute. This trail is also part of the Anasazi Trail.
Homopolar Motor
Henry’s GWA Innovation Fair project; Homopolar Motors. Science! A Homopolar Motor is a simple electric motor that uses direct current to power rotational movement. It is called Homopolar because unlike conventional DC motors, the polarity of the magnetic field does not change.
Teenager in the House!
Happy birthday to this handsome old man!
Gypsum Hunting
Whitney Pocket
We ventured out to find a petroglyph known as “the falling man” in an area just outside of the Valley of Fire called Whitney Pocket. We didn’t find “the falling man”, but we did have a great adventure!
17 Years!
My Bride, 17 years!
Rockets!
When I was a young whipper snapper I walked in the snow, uphill (both ways), to the model shop for supplies and built my rockets from scratch. now they have these super slick kits. Awesome!
Henry’s Tenth
This scurvy pirate is 10 years old today! Henry is an amazing young man, I want to be like him when I grow up!
Erik’s First Triathlon
Erik competed in the SHAC triathlon! He took 9th place in the youth division!!!