Happy Birthday Sammy

A rite of passage in scouting and being an Eagle scout is the two week experience of Philmont in Cimarron, New Mexico. It is supposed to be a grueling and yes intimidating hiking trip through the various landscapes of New Mexico. You have heard of Phillips 66 haven't you and the song "Route  66" well …

Thirty four years ago this month…amazing. I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.

In June 1981 my wife and I and our 4 month old baby boy went on a cross country camping trip to California and back. I had just completed medical school and we were living off student loans and Karen's teacher's salary. She was breast feeding and we pulled a Coleman pop up camper  with …