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My birth state. I am a born and bred spud bud!


This is the house where I spent the first 5 years of my life that we just happened to find on Indiana Ave in Caldwell, ID. The world of emotions that filled me when I ventured into the backyard is indescribable. It's one of the last surviving homes on this block from the old farm houses. Welcome mass building and the suburban/tract home lifestyle. The corn field where my brother and I rolled our red flyer to collect corn cobs is no longer there. It made me wonder about the fate of the farmer. It made me think about this house and the beautiful and only trees on the block that are holding on for dear life. My mother purchased this home with the inheritence from her father's death. I wish we still had the house and the incredible land around it. Change is difficult to stomach when it's not for the positive. Hold on little house.

We had the fine honor of stopping in Boise to visit with Chad Courtright. What a winner. He really is a truly inspiring human being that has dedicated his life to being happy, celebrating life's natural resources, digging his hands in the earth, and creating positive change through the way he lives his life. His warmth and the appreciation of the minute details in our daily life make him one of my absolutely favorite people.

One of Hugs and Bugs dedicated customers. Salt Lake City.

At the SLC, UT "Step It Up" Rally, there were all sorts of displays and fascinating people to meet. This is a local bus used for city purposes with the chemical equation for Biodiesel painted on the side. Let me just tell you how much I appreciate Spring's exuberence.

There were plenty of bikers at the Step It Up rally. I appreciated this woman's application and the reflection of square sunshine from her "rearview mirror".

The drive through Colorado was absolutely beautiful. It was difficult to have the same standards when driving through Kansas, but I do enjoy a good looking farm.

Oakley, KS. Bates Motel? Please take note of the figures in the corner. Also take note of the pillows that are still there and not in the back of the once super comfortable truck.

yikes.

double yikes.

Spring IS the Statue of All Good Nature. Yes, folks, that there is a double entendre.

Missouri.

Truck stoppin'... It's a new term we thought up considering all of the time we spend pullin' fuel out of the tanks and checking out the fine products of the shops. Confession: Spring and I now have our own do-rags!

Missing Cricket. This dog is no substitute, but the continual giving nature of animal love should be practiced all over the world.