My Sons and I in one of our fields along the Illinois River
(in 1994). Its a 12 hour roundtrip voyage that we make
almost every year....its normally worth the trip in points.

  My Sons and I in the same field in May 2003. They have grown up...I have grown out! The farm was sold and the new owners
do not allow people to walk it anymore.... this was our last
trip there.

Jordan backing out a wave-runner while on our
vacation to Lake Monroe on 11 July 2007

Joann has turned out to be quite the "farm girl"!!!

 Here she is delivering "Denali"...a 19+ pound female
 alpaca out of Hope (the brown girl in the photo). She is
holding Denali upside down to ensure any remaining fluid
in her lungs can drain out (it's technical "farm girl" stuff)
Notice that Denali's birth sack is only broken around her nose...she was a perfect birth!!!

~LEGAL NOTICE~
No alpacas or "farm girls" were harmed while
taking this photo.

Photo taken: 18 June 2008

Joann (AKA "Farm Girl") takes Denali for her first
weigh-in. This photo was taken with in one hour of
the one above on 18 June 2008. 

Jeremy getting ready to head out on the lake.
Photo taken 11 July 2007 on Lake Monroe.

Joann the "Fly-Fisherwoman"!!! Taken 22 July in
Brevard N.C. in the Pisgah National Forest.

November 3rd, 1984, Pictured from left to right are:
B.L. Godfrey (Joann's Father), Joann (Beautiful Bride),
Me (Bearded Navy Stud), Marilyn Godfrey (Joann's Mother)
 and Frank Upson (Joann's Brother).

How blessed I am to have been accepted into the Godfrey
Family. They have always made me feel like a son...I could
not have asked for a better Mother & Father in law!!!

Jeremy sporting that "Professional Bass Fisherman" look!!!
Taken 6 August 2008 on Hardy Lake near Austin, Indiana

It was great to get out and spend some quality Father & Son
time with Jeremy...I am so blessed!!!!

See Below.......

Jeremy may have the "Professional Bass Fisherman" look...
but has chosen to specialize in the much more elusive
baby snapping turtle. Jeremy was over heard saying...
"anybody can catch a stinking bass"!!!

Taken 6 August 2008

I HATE NO-WAKE ZONES!!!!!
11 July 2007

Joann's first rainbow trout!!! And the first
fish of the day for our group!!!
Photo taken at Dogwood Canyon, MO
25 March 2008

 Our home at Christmas time.
Photo taken 26 Dec. 2006

22 July 2008 in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard N.C.
The trout just weren't interested in me or anything I had to
offer...it was very reminiscent of my dating days long ago!!!

New Fly-Fishing Gear: $1000
Gas/Hotel/Food for fishing trip: $550
Great memories with Joann, Steve & Cheryl: Priceless

Jordan and Jeremy on Driftwood Beach, Jekyll
Island, GA in June 2005.

Dad and Jordan keeping cool on a hot August day.
Photo taken 5 Aug. 2005

-Update-
We lost Dad on the morning of 13 Jan. 2006.  After a long
fought battle his earthly body gave out and God called him
home. He was my father, my friend, my headhunting buddy
and my hero.
We will celebrate his life for the rest of ours!!

This is my favorite photo of Joann and my parents.
I took this in 1984 while Joann and I we were engaged!!

19 July 2006
A bonus to going out arrowhead hunting is you
never know how you will come in contact with nature.
 We had to get mom to move her babies so we could launch.
Later the same day we walked up on a black
 snake holding onto the leg of a screaming bullfrog.....
you don't see that everyday!!!! 
 The bullfrog escaped!!!

  My oldest son Jeremy driving our boat on the Ohio River in
the summer of 2003....we had a great day!  Jeremy has a
knack for finding the good stuff!

  5 March 2005, Joann hugs Jeremy in thanks for

her birthday present. This is one of my favorite

photos of these two.

OK...so you want more...then hang on!!!
Lake Monroe, 10 July 2007

Whipped out to the side...feel the speed!!!
Lake Monroe, 10 July 2007

I'm old, fat, balding and now need reading glasses to see
just about anything. Yet I have never been so happy....

 Dad and Jordan on the Mighty Ohio. This was
our first trip this year to this part of the river.
It's a long trip via highway and back roads...it
normally produces some very fine artifacts.
NOT this trip...we found 2 hafted scrapers
 and some pottery shards.

This is the way Joann smiles every time she is
at the fence watching our two new cria play!
Photo taken 9 June 2007

Dillinger's Girls!!!
Bella Lana is on the left and Bella Amica the right.
Both are OUTSTANDING!!! See more of these
girls under the "Our Alpacas" tab!!!

Photo taken 9 June 2007

My Father-in-Law, B.L. Godfrey

B.L. was called home by God on the 31st of May 2007.
He was a great man who became a great friend.
When we first met I didn't think that would ever be the case...
I am a Indiana University Basketball fan and he was a
HUGE University of Kentucky fan. He knew more about the
UK Basketball Program than anyone I have ever met.

B.L. was also the track announcer for many years at the Salem
Speedway in Salem Indiana which placed him on a first name basis with all of the Indianapolis 500 drivers of the 1950's
and 1960's.

He was also the only person I have ever met who served with
the Navy Blimp Corp in WWII and was stationed in Rio De Janeiro Brazil!!!

I miss our conversations, I miss my friend.

June 2005...Me and "Bob the Horse" heading
 for the beach for our "Sundown beach ride".
Bob is the big horse that is there to carry the
 "Fat Guys"!!!!

Jordan and my cousin Chuck, who is visiting and hopefully
moving back soon from Florida.  They are enjoying the 98
degree heat with our 95% humidity! Taken 26 July, 2005
on the Ohio River. 

31 May 2007
 The birth of Bella Lana!!! My first "assisted alpaca birth"!
Now I can add "Alpaca Mid-wife" to my always expanding
resume!!!

25 March 2008
Joann and I...relaxed and loving it in Dogwood
Canyon MO!!!
 

Christmas 2007
I snapped this photo quickly since this is the closest
these two have been in years without a "head-lock"
being involved!!!

  I always have this stupid grin when I'm out doing
some "headhunting"!

I love the smell
of Ohio River mud in the morning!!!!

  My Mom....showing some of the points she has
found over the years. She is holding a nice chert
knife in her left hand, this and the point in the top
center of the frame were found by her in our
side yard. One day Dad is going to come home
and Mom and I will be standing in a  hole in
the side yard!
 

UPDATE:

Mom, Jordan and I went to the side yard and dug
two large, one foot deep test holes. We only found
a few flint chips...way too much work...I'll stick
to walking fields and river banks!

June 2005 on Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, GA. 
The colors in the sunset are real and untouched.
We were all sweaty due to chasing fiddler crabs
 and playing with a tennis ball on the beach!

Me walking the waters edge looking for....as my
wife puts it "picking up broken ones nobody else
wants...or the small ones nobody else can see"! 
  I'll take all of the small ones I can find!!!!

 Dad and my brother Gus on the banks of the Ohio River
on 08 Oct. 2004.  This was the first time the three of us
have gone "headhunting" together. It is such a blessing to
go out with my brother and dad and get dirty!

My Mother-in-Law, Marilyn and my Mom, Betty and
my dog, Cinder. Christmas 2006

  June 2005...Deep sea fishing off the coast of Jekyll Island GA. This is Jeremy with a small "Bonnet"  shark that he caught
while fishing  for bait. We caught dozens of sharks this day including a few over 4 foot.  That's Capt. Larry (our guide)
holding the shark.

Probably my best fish of the day!!!
A nice rainbow trout caught 25 Mar. 08
at Dogwood Canyon, MO.

My "Ultimate Zebco" Rules!!!!!

Daybreak on the Ohio River. Being out on the
river when the sun comes up is a very special
time for me. Fish jumping, deer at the waters
edge, paragon falcons soaring.......and the
anticipation of finding those perfect points...
WOW!!!

Taken: Aug. 2006

The cup was full of some real nasty water...the
question was who will make a sacrifice (for the sake
of the game) and stick their hand in there to retrieve
the three golf balls at the bottom???
10 July 2007

Playing Joann's favorite game on our vacation
 to the Four Winds Resort on Lake Monroe.
11 July 2007