Zen Achieved

For me, this was heaven on earth. Six weeks ago this was unimaginable, now its a memory.

Thank You God!

Today's Weather Forecast

Kearney, Nebraska: Cold & Windy, 25˚, feels like 7˚, winds from the north at 32 mph.

Iquitos, Peru: Sunny, 81˚, feels like 86˚, winds from the northeast at 3 mph.

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A Story About Andres

When we get to Peru, Andy and I are going to meet up with his good friend, Andres Pena.

Andres is a local guide and the more I learn of him the more he reminds me of the Amazon's version of Crocodile Dundee!

Follow this link to read another traveler's experience with Andres:

http://www.iquitostimes.com/emerald-forest-day-trip.htm

Starting off 2009 with a Bang!

I am going to Peru and the Amazon rainforest for a week - - - in three weeks!!!

My brother-in-law Andy has been there half-a-dozen times (he proposed to my sister there at Machu Pichu, he has taken my Dad) and he has been planning to go again with his buddy. Well, his buddy had something come up and can't go, so since the ticket was already bought he asked me.

How cool is that? Three weeks from tonight I'll be in South America!

Kearney - Omaha - Ft. Worth - Miami - Lima - Iquitos - then get on a boat on the Amazon and go upriver for a day and a half into the rainforest. About 36 hours of traveling I think.

Be sure to reserve your copy of my upcoming coffee-table book now!

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Thought For The Day

"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything."

- Abe Lincoln