NOTICE

I am thinking of changing my blogspot address. So I am open to any suggestions.Because I am having a hard time by myself.
Chip in need of help.

Two best pictures from my Birthday. Oh well I have no complaints. If you are not ok with just two. Then talk to parental authority. Oh, And just to let you know I still had three candles lit after the first blow. And as for the other picture I have dubbed it Cozy Cat.

Blessed birthday

Had a great birthday. And a fun one. Well I was going to post pictures of my birthday, but I just
discovered I do not have any, my dad still has them. So those will be coming later.

Chip

Who took it?

Simple question... or not so simple.

Well it is at least pointless. But what is the question? Heh but is that not another question? Oh
well ok I have already made the length of this post much longer by asking more questions and by telling you how those questions made it longer. Oh rats, I did it again but I suppose I do not need to tell you.Ok the question is... uuhh it is a question and it uuhh points to less or is it more.
Ah, I got it after much toil With-in the caverns of my couconut. Ta da Here it is. On your birthday
do you gain a year or lose a year??? Well comments on the question are always welcome.

Yours truly,

Chip

It was a hard weekend. No better way to end it then with a relaxing
cig.... I mean pretzel.
One of the many huge trucks. The dragline is about
ten times bigger.
Photo of airial picture of coal mine. There is a power plant
there too. Yes it was big all round. Not many small things there.

When it comes to trucks BIGGER is better.

On our way back from our camping we got to take a shortned tour(doo to wet weather) of a coal mine. Got to see the massive trucks they use to take coal and replace dirt. So here are some fun facts
on how huge they are.

This truck is called a dragline and is the biggest truck in the whole mine. It is to big to move on traks or wheels so they have huge shoes that they place on the bottom that move ten feet at a time (pun intended). And is so heavy that when they moved it across the road it sunk two feet down.
Anyway the thing is like a mix of big crane big excavater. So that it makes it one big thing.
Here are some fun facts.

Each dragline weighs 13 million pounds
215 feet tall(as tall as the 17th floor of the North Dakota State Capital)
Boom lenghth 340 feet
8o foot diameter base (the size of a baseball diamond infield)
12,000 horsepower, 23,000 volt power supply
Each dragline moves 150 tons of earth per minute
Walking shoes 14x72 feet(equals a mans shoe size 2251)
The bucket holds 124 cubic yards of earth, it could hold
four 4-wheel drive Suburbans.
Yea, So it is like a moving building.
And the wheels on most of the other trucks are about 9 feet tall.

Boy that was fun. Thanks to my dad's first cousin Monty.

Cold, wet, and fun.

If you ever go tent camping and hear it is going to be cold, rainy, windy, and maybe even a little
snowy, do not chiken out. Tent camping in that weather can be a lot of fun. I am not kidding,
I did it. All you need is the right gear, a fire, and food. Oh, One last factor, friends. Me, my
dad, my brothers, and friends went on a cmping trip up by Cottonwood Lake, in the conditions just stated. But we did have a shelter belt of tall bushes that helped keep out the wind. And it did not snow. But we had a great time in the outdoors. If I where to write about it all you would need a spare hour and I need to go to bed. So please ask questions. And I will do an answer post later.
It did not rain the whole time. Which was from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning.

Meditate on these things

Finally, bretheren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are
just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report,
if there is any virtue and if there is anythisg praiseworthy-meditate on these things.
-Philippians 4:8

I like this verse.

Back to school.

The frase all the department stores are using. Well I am already back thank you to my mom and dad. So Walmart can stop worring. But as always the first day of school was a blast, just thinking of
all that is left is the scary part. Well as Rosy said WE CAN DO IT.

over and out,

Salsa this is Chip

Who knows he said this. More people need to know

I am concious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true sience.
Charles Darwin

All gone... almost

Now my brother Peter and his family are gone and so is Stephen and Andrew and also last but not least my
sister Libby and her husband Josiah. So meef (as my sister abby would put it) the house is a
hollow place. But thanks to my sister-inlaw Bethany and her son Jac who are still with us. It is not
to hollow.


Sighning off,

[hri$ti@n

All gone... almost

Now my brother Peter and his family are gone and so is Stephen and Andrew and also last but not least my
sister Libby and her husband Josiah. So meef (as my sister abby would put it) the house is a
hollow place. But thanks to my sister-inlaw Bethany and her son Jac who are still with us. It is not
to hollow.


Sighning off,

[hri$ti@n

One, Ignition sequence, Lift off we have lift off.

Libby and Josiah are now married. The wedding was last night. I had a great time with family and friends.
And I got to be an usher which is quite fun. Ok, Now it sounds like my sister's wedding was all fun and games. But thanks to everyone who did help with it. So that everything could work out. If this blog I am writing now seems a bit wierd it is because I was up till one in the morning and am writing this at 8:00 a.m. approximately.

One, Ignition sequence, Lift off we have lift off.

Libby and Josiah are now married. The wedding was last night. I had a great time.
And I got to be an usher which is lots fun. Man, Now it sounds like my sister's wedding was all fun and games. But we have to work to play. If this blog I am writing now seems a bit wierd it is because I was up till one in the morning and am writing this at 8:00 a.m. approximately.