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OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
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Our Family


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We'll add some good pics of our kids, their spouses and children, and other friends and family over time. These are just starters. (Well, I'm probably past starters now... headed to the photo albums and slides soon.)

358 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2008

Our Friends


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I'm trying to do a better job of taking pictures of our friends now, but need to "mine" our slides and boxes of prints for the special people that have touched us over the years. There are many, so far we have only a few to put up here. More to come.

72 files, last one added on Dec 15, 2007


BIRD DOGS AND HUNTINGPhotos of our dogs, the field trial sport, and our favorite thing to do: hunting chukar, huns and quail with these wonderful bird dogs.
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Our Dogs


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Hunting with our dogs -- can't think of any thing we'd rather be doing (well, maybe one other). Our dogs have become very important members of our family, second only to our parents and kids. We're probably obsessive about them, but they give us a lot in return. Their lives are so short, that's the tragedy...

155 files, last one added on Aug 26, 2008

Field Trial Good Times


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We spend most of our vacation time with the dogs and horses at field trials in the Pacific Northwest, travelling for 3- and 4-day weekends to desert areas of WA, OR, ID and BC. Occassionally we do a 10-day trip linking in a visit to Mike and Lori or elsewhere. We're lucky it's something we both enjoy that allows us to do something with the dogs and horses at the same time.

67 files, last one added on Jul 15, 2008


GETTING THERE . . .Photos of our Volvo and our 4Star and anything having to do with our travel.
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2005 Volvo VNL 42 630


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This is a collection of photos of our journey to customize a new Volvo to a 33K "straight truck" for hauling our 32' 4Star gooseneck horse trailer with living quarters, and later perhaps a large fifth weel. Bruce Casebeer at Husky Trucks in Seattle, WA (800-325-4709) did a super thoughtful and patient process with us to be sure we spec'd what we would want long-term. I'd also be remiss if I didn't credit the folks that post on the Escapees.com HDT forum for ideas and inspiration to go to this truck. Visit them at Escapees.com.

30 files, last one added on Oct 18, 2008

Fab Shop RV Body


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We had Ken Rush and Tyler Boote at The Fab Shop, Edgewood, WA, build the bed based on a design I came up with, stealing many ideas from other HDT folks on Escapees.com. Jeff Frey is the craftsman that has done all the work, meticulous I might add!

87 files, last one added on Jun 22, 2006

Voyager Rear Vision System


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We installed a Voyager system purchased from RVCams.com. It is of superb quality and amazing image resolution. We installed 3 cameras: 1 in the hitch trough 13" in front of the g/n ball, 1 in the horse compartment, and 1 on the rear of the trailer. Contact Tim Lazore at RVCams.com, 877-378-2267.

16 files, last one added on May 24, 2006

2002 4Star 32' 3-Horse Trailer with Living Quarters


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We spend a lot of time with our horses and dogs in the desert field trialing and hunting birds. 4Star is a long-time Oklahoma manufacturer of high quality custom horse trailers, for whom my wife is a dealer specializing in customization of living quarters trailers. We'll put some photos of our two 4Stars here, plus some of her clients' trailers. More information at C and I Trailer Sales or email Irene at irenepalmer@hughes.net.

19 files, last one added on May 08, 2007

2002 F350 and 2006 4Star 3H Gooseneck


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We use my work truck to also pull our small horse trailer locally for training and pleasure riding.

3 files, last one added on Mar 23, 2006

2008 BMW 550i


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My "classic" 1984 BMW 533i was in the shop for minor annoyances five times last year... And I have another 5 years or more until retirement. I needed something reliable for my trips to the airport and travels around the Northwest, so we sold the 533 to Justin and have a new one.

13 files, last one added on Mar 26, 2008


WILDLIFE AND NATURE
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Around Home


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I started a new category and will put some of our pics from around Orting in here. The eagles the last few days have been spectacular!

49 files, last one added on Jul 15, 2008

 

 

VACATIONSWe originally recorded all of our fun times with various 35mm film cameras, and have thousands of slides and prints. Overtime we'll scan some of them and place here, meanwhile we're trying to better develop and organize our digital photos.
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Our First Vacation, Banff, September 1972


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This was our first vacation after marrying in January 1971. We borrowed Dad's pickup with canopy and travelled first to Bellingham and Vancouver BC with friends Rick and Lori Andersen, then on across BC to Lake Louise, the Banff Jasper Parkway, and back around through the Okanagon country to home. One night we camped in 80's at Columbia Icefields, to then wake up to several inches of snow the next morning.

17 files, last one added on Mar 03, 2006

Milepost 9, April 2005


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We took 11 days to do a couple field trials, see Mike and Lori, and enjoy the horses and dogs in the Owyhees. I ran Guy at the WBC Goose Butte trial while Irene hosted the GSP trial at Anderson Ranch, then I joined her to help finish it off. Drove the next Monday to Milepost 9 for the IBC trial and start of the Gun Dog Nationals. We visited Mike and Lori's house under construction at Kuna. We ran into one of the WBC judges at an Oregon rest stop, and he let us know Guy had won that 35-dog stake, which finished his FC.

5 files, last one added on Apr 26, 2005

Sedona, Arizona, January 2006


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Irene and I visited Garry and Susan for our 35th anniversary, and travelled with them in their large RV to Sedona and Jerome, AZ. A highlight was the Camp Verde Railroad trip down the Verde River Canyon.

89 files, last one added on Feb 20, 2006

Mike and Lori's, April 2006


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We stayed a week at Mike and Lori's new home in Kuna, ID. Spent a good deal of time driving the countryside, both north of Emmett and Boise, and south around Grandview and Murphy. Enjoyed their company and home, was a great set up for our dogs and theirs to get some exercise, and was good for the horses and would have been better if Ben wasn't such a boss!

42 files, last one added on Apr 24, 2006

Grand Canyon, October 2006


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Irene and I joined Garry and Susan in their RV for 3 nights at the Grand Canyon, staying in the Trailer Village a half-mile from the south rim. Spent four days taking several hundred pictures of pretty much every angle from east to west - good thing it wasn't film! Saw bull elk, big deer, big horned sheep in the parking area, two herds of antelope on the way, and even a full-curl ram on a rock ledge about 2000' above the plateau. Finished up in Garry and Susan's backyard watching the quail, thrashers, hummers, and cottontails - what an oasis it is!

100 files, last one added on Dec 06, 2006

Family Reunion at Mike's House, May 2007


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Irene and I spent 16 nights in our trailer -- personal record for consecutive nights -- starting with the Washington Brittany Club trial at Ritzville, then on to Mike and Lori's for 7 days, then to Arlington for 5 days while I worked at the operations, and finally to Madras for the NWPDA Spring Classic trial. Justin and Amber plus the kids came over to Mike's on Friday, drove much of the night and stayed up the rest. We all had a family union and fun outings in the Kuna/Boise area until they left on the following Saturday. It was a great trip!

32 files, last one added on May 08, 2007

San Juan Island, July 2008


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We spent several days on San Juan Island with Susan and Garry, while our Great Kids Justin and Amber watched four of our dogs and our other Great Kids Mike and Lori called Dan a few times to check up on our other two youngsters! Made for some carefree vacation time (we could get used to that!). Got to see some great whale play, including the album shot of a mother Orca and her calf, calf's head resting on her back as she swam. I can't believe we've lived in Washington State all our lives and not taken advantage of the San Juan Islands until now!

70 files, last one added on Jul 15, 2008

 

 

REMODELING PROJECTS
Our 1978 Northwest Style Custom HomeOur 1978 Northwest style custom home has had little done to it since new, other than standard maintenance and repair. We are undertaking a sequential remodeling project, starting with the decks, porch and a guest bathroom. Evenutally we'll update our kitchen and master bath, combine the current laundry room and "dog" room into one larger more functional space, refinish all our hardwood floors, and replace the heat pump system. We also need to drill a water well and replace the 6-year old tile roof with something more durable.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Other


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Seems like in our life we always have an "Other"... like an "Other" drawer in the kitchen, an "Other" file on the desk, so why not here?

35 files, last one added on Jul 15, 2008

 

 

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