2001 is proving to be quite interesting for me to say the least.  We started out the year with the discovery that Jo was pregnant with our third child!

In January I traveled to northern Michigan for a business meeting.  Then in late February I went on an incredible snowmobiling vacation to northern Ontario.  We drove nearly 900 miles to Cochrane, ON, where we began a 750 mile loop, staying at a different hotel each night.  We even got to park our sleds in a heated garage in Hearst, ON!  The snow was chest deep (if you ventured off trail) and the thermometer hit 30 below zero one morning.  Needless to say I had a fantastic time.

The first week of May, Brian Shultz and I backpacked the West Rim Trail in Tioga County.  We parked at the southern end of the trail and hiked north 31 miles along the edge of Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon.  The views of the Pine Creek Gorge were awesome.  We then paddled a canoe 18 miles back down through the gorge en route to our car.  The weather was perfect and we even saw a nesting bald eagle with babies.

On July 12, 2001 Alec, Bailey, Jo, and I flew to Turks and Caicos for a weeklong vacation at Mom and Dad's new condo.  It was a REALLY nice trip!  I did some great snorkeling and the boys had fun in the ocean and pool.  Jo did her best to stay comfortable, even though she was 7 months pregnant.

In August I was once again traveling for work.  I flew to Georgia to visit a hydro power plant and within a week I was on the Kenai peninsula of Alaska.  That was a trip I hope to make again some day.  The scenery was utterly breathtaking!  Even though it rained almost the entire day and a half that I was there, I was in complete awe!

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