When June came along, with its sweet song, I knew it was time for our trip. We were to travel by both plane and ship. The purpose was to find a treasure, Its worth, our hope, beyond all measure. We were to follow a map to Alaska’s Lake Clark, Passed down through the generations by our patriarch. Our party numbered myself plus ten, Each one of us kith and kin. A description of each member of our clan Will help you to understand The merriment our company provided. “It was the adventure of a lifetime!” Continue reading →
Author Archives: Mark
Special Operations Force, El Paso, Texas October 2003
Will and I went with the Friends of Special Operations Force to El Paso, Texas October 23-26, 2003.We visited Joint Task Force-6, US Border Patrol, White Sands Missile Range, saw the lights of Juarez, US Army Sergeant Majors Academy, Hueco Tanks & the Museum of the West.
Iraq Spring 2003
Mark returned from a 2 week medical mission trip to Iraq the Spring of 2003 with Operation Blessing.
He operated on the injured Iraqi children. Check out www.OB.org for details as well as the pictures here.
C Lazy U Ranch, Summer 2002
Summer at C Lazy U ranch, 2002
Costa Rica 2002
Peru 2002
Mark, Will and Bill Dudley jumping off of a terrace at Machu Pichu. Mark operated at the Lima Children’s Hospital.
Kenya, Africa 2001
We spent a month in Kenya, Africa including doing medical missions in Kijabe at the Bethany Crippled Children’s Clinic and going on safari. CBS “Survivor” was being taped in Samburu about 10 miles from where we were on safari.
Clear Creek Ranch, Summer 2000
Clear Creek Ranch…Thanks Rex & Aileen…Yee-Haw!!!!
Beth
Beth keeps busy with the children, church activities and loves horseback riding. We have lots of pets.
Blowing Rock, NC Traveler’s Rest
Closer to heaven at almost one mile high in elevation! A Brief History follows:
Traveler’s Rest is named after the gracious Kentucky plantation of Isaac Shelby, Kentucky’s first governor and hero of three wars. He has been called the “Father of Kentucky” and cities and counties have been named after him in nine states. In 1775, he chased a buffalo which led him near a big salt lick, a spot of land he called “the most beautiful place I have ever seen.” He pitched a tent that night and later designed and built Traveler’s Rest, his homeplace for over fifty years. In later years he entertained neighbors and old friends, Indians, passing travelers and ragged war veterans, giving them the same hospitality he offered to the rich and famous who came to Traveler’s Rest for company or advice. This retreat is dedicated to my great, great, great, great grandfather, Isaac Shelby, a man of God, family, and country. Continue reading →