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Traveling through Oakdale California, I took this picture in the area once called Dentville and Knights Ferry.  There is even a wooden covered bridge that some say was designed by U.S. Grant who was a brother-in-law of the Dent Brothers. Now it is an amazing drive through a rolling chaparral mead...
09/27/2011
"The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.  They have either lost lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care.  Either case is a failure of leadership." Colin Powell I really admire Colin Powell.  How a man can achieve...
09/26/2011
So many of us have heard of the 4H...  We grew up next to a plum orchard growing up.  The end of the road...  In the back of the orchard was a 4H.  Pigs, horses, cows, goats, and more.  We think of farm stuff when we think of the 4H, but do you know what it stands for? I pledge my head to clearer...
09/25/2011
So many things come to mind when I think of the word ignite. Combustion, fire, flames, spark, imagination, light bulb… innovation.  I don’t see a small fire, I just see a fire.  I bet the fire you see is different from the one I am imagining, and yet they are both hot!  I am not looking at the ac...
09/25/2011
The California Airshow in Salinas, CA was this weekend.  Many people that think of airshows, just think of the planes and jets flying in the air... And YES, there are many planes that get to fly, and yeah they are pretty awesome... But... You also get to tour and climb in some of the planes that ...
09/25/2011
Yup!  I thought that the wheels on my truck were big...  Then my son and I passed up this moster truck, and the tires were HUGE!  We all know that the trucks are big, but getting up close to the wheels is pretty amazing! So I did not want to pass up the opportunity to have my son climb up into th...
09/25/2011
My son and I were strolling along the docks at Lake Don Pedro.  Located near La Grange, California.  It was surging to 100 degrees and we HAD to get some ice, and ice cream!  We stopped to help some boaters guide their boat into a slip, and right there, on the railing was a praying mantis! Out he...
09/24/2011
Gotta love the guys over at ActiveRain! The road warriors were out and in effect at Keller Williams Mega Camp in Austin Texas!  The annual event occurs in late September and this year drew over 10,000 agents from all across the country.  Learning from the likes of Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Stefan...
09/23/2011
Ken DeLeon - Amazing! The music started, the lights started flashing and two dynamic individuals came rushing on the stage…  Not walking, but dancing!  Yes dancing…  Now these weren’t the cheerleaders from the morning session, and they were not some of our wonderful KW family demonstrating our c...
09/22/2011
HA! It seems that all of the real estate events I go to, I run into Stefan Swanepoel!  And at this years Keller Williams Mega Agent Camp was no different! Stefan was a keynote speaker during the event that is going on all week.  Walking the halls, enjoying insightful and deep conversations and de...
09/21/2011
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