San Francisco from Treasure Island

It's a very pretty city, best viewed from a distance

Great-great-Grandpa's favorite activity

Papa brought a small bowl of ice cream up from the cafeteria just for the great-great-grandkids.  William didn't particularly enjoy sharing.

Sea Lions on Fisherman's Wharf

These guys will play king of the hill all day long down on Fisherman's Wharf.  These dudes play rough, and they play to win.

Big Wicked Bill

They call him Big Wicked Bill, fastest drool in the West

That magic moment...

Not many men get to hold their great-granddaughter on her wedding day.  This was an incredibly special moment.

Afghan Shepherd Boys

These little boogers would follow us around and pick up all of our expended brass and take it to the foundry for money to feed their families.  They liked to hang out and examine all of our equipment and our big trucks.  And they LOVED to be in pictures.

Sea Lion

Nothing like a nice stretch in the sunlight

Baby Tiger

It looks like he's saying "Back off my toy, or I'll cut you!"

Kunduz Province, Afghanistan

Except for all of the people trying to kill you, Afghanistan is a very beautiful place.

Afghan kids

When they weren't throwing rocks at us, the children in Afghanistan were pretty cool.  The came out to see us after we got a truck stuck in a ditch.

German sunset

Beautiful view of the Rhineland-pfalz countryside

Out my backdoor in Germany

Fog is omnipresent in German, especially in the winter

It was really good coffee...

...but I couldn't help chuckling at the name.  Germans...

Baby flounder

It's pretty rare to catch a flounder this small.  You can see that his eyes haven't totally adjusted to his bottom dwelling lifestyle.

Goslings

These goslings were pretty curious about me, but the mama goose wouldn't let me get too close

Happy Veteran's Day

No explanation needed.

I believe this is called a cuttle fish

To a little Nebraska boy like me, the ocean is full of really weird creatures.  My buddy Joe caught this in his cast net.

Cormorant

This was good timing, as this guy had just come up from a dive

Daddy's girl

Title pretty much says it all

Cry babies

These are my girls...