Posted by fookembug on August 4, 2008
The road leds us to nowhere.
Photos by Fookem
The next day, we left in the early morning to visit Grand Canyon National Park. There was two arrows (left/right) sign which road you want to go. The left arrow said ‘South Rim’ and The right arrow said ‘North Rim’. I was not sure which one so I looked at the road map to double check. The South rim was an answer because it led us to Hoover Dam/Las Vegas.
We entered the Grand Canyon National Park, we saw the rock tower. We quickly parked the car in the parking lot. We went inside and walked upstairs to the top of the rock tower to see huge the Grand Canyon.
It was so beautiful and awesome. The weather was perfect!
We drove and visited the Hoover Dam. We saw a huge dam! We walked and looked around the dam. It was nice sightseeing.
The side of Hoover Dam
Beautiful view from top of Hoover Dam
Palm tree?
The weather was sunny and so hot! The temperature was 111 at 6pm. Imagine that?
We drove to Las Vegas which was about 20 minutes away from Hoover Dam.
The famous sign
We stayed at the Circus Circus Hotel for two nights. CHAMP! Anyway, we rested a few hours in the hotel room and decided to cruise around the city of Las Vegas durning the night to get idea what it looked like. Interesting! The next morning, we woke up early. We decided and walked a long way to see many cool buildings until late afternoon.
The replica of Statue of Liberty
The replica of Eiffel Tower
The world of Coca Cola (Coca Cola Store)
‘My M&M color’ (M&M’s World store)
My favorite drink and candy, perfect for me to visit both the same time!
A beautiful fountain.
Hole in a sock: priceless
We survived through the hot weather! We really enjoyed it. In our opinion, Las Vegas is a place for adults, not kids.
To be continued….
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Posted by fookembug on July 22, 2008
The hawk circled and got my attention. I picked up my camera and took a few pictures of hawk.
By the way, I don’t have any food for you, hawk. Sorry. (Mesa Verde National Park)
Photos by Fookem
Note from Fookem: If you have not read my first story, ‘I am backkkkk’. I am going to leave put the link here in case you missed. ( http://fookembug.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-am-backkkkk/ ).
Anyway, we left our friend, Bug’s house and drove to Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde National Park is located in the Four Corners Area, which has one of the highest concentrations of archeological sites in the United States and borders the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve sites built by “Pre-Columbian Indians” on mesa tops and in canyon alcoves.
This is Cliff Palace which is the largest cliff dwelling in North America!
The Spruce Tree House is the third largest cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde!
Before entering the site of cliff dwellings and canyon, we were stunned to see burned forest on 52,000 acres.
We later found out that Mesa Verde has been the site of numerous fires. In fact, between 1996 and 2003, five large wildfires burned over half of the park’s 52,000 acres. The bottom line is that we really enjoyed ourselves about their historical sites. If you plan to go and visit there, we recommend you, it’s a MUST with no doubt.
We went to the four states corner right after visiting Mesa Verde National Park. Four Corners Monument is a granite marker, southwest of Cortez, which marks the spot where Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado meet. The first marker was placed in 1912 and then replaced in 1992. It is the only place in the United States where four states intersect at the same point.
We were thrilled to touch the four states at the same time. 
To be continued….
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Posted by fookembug on July 1, 2008
Snow in June? (Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado)
Top of the mountain (Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado)
Photos by Fookem
I am BACKKKKK from three weeks vacation with my family. CHAMP!
First stop was at my friend, Bug’s place for a couple days. He took us up to top of the mountain as you already read his story? I am going to put the link here in case you missed his story about us… (http://fookembug.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/fookem-and-bug-on-the-mountaintop-see-videos/).
I had much fun up there with Bug…I was laughing at him when he signed to his mini camcorder.
The trip was rich experience for me and my family, too. Many thanks to my friend, Bug, for a long journey.
Before going up to Rocky Mountain National Park, we saw four deers wandering around on people’s property. My boys were thrilled to see. Hey deer, you never see deaf people like us before? Heh.
I will write more stories and share my pictures with you so stay tuned…
-Fookem
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Posted by fookembug on June 16, 2008
Photo by Fookem
What did a squirrel sign? Nut? Eat? More? Kiss?
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Posted by fookembug on June 5, 2008
Photo by Fookem
‘The sun goes to sleep’
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Posted by fookembug on May 13, 2008
Photo & Written by Fookem
A few hours ago, I had nothing to do at home so I decided to pick up my camera and took a picture of myself for fun. I added the frame through the photobucket and it looks like I am a professional photographer. LOL
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Posted by fookembug on May 6, 2008
Photo by Fookem
Am I hallucinating or what? Look closely there are two eyes, a nose and a smiling mouth!
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Posted by fookembug on May 2, 2008
Photo by Fookem
Written by Bug
A new Deaf lamp was filled with oil and lit. It glowed warmly and brightly and was filled with Deaf pride at its own beautiful light.
A lamp signed, ” look at me! I give as much light as the moon. I shine as brightly as the moon and the stars put together. I do believe I shine as brightly as the sun itself.”
At that moment a gust of wind blew through a crack and put the lamp out. The room was plunged into darkness.
As the lamp’s Deaf owner lit the lamp, he signed ” stop comparing yourself with the sun. The sun, the moon, and the stars will never stop to shine because they can never be blown out by the wind.”
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Posted by fookembug on April 29, 2008
Yesterday, after school, my boys ran to me and told me that the Mario Kart Wii was released on April 27, 2008. Of course, they heard it through their classmates, friends and neighbors. My boys said they had one so ‘Why didn’t we have one too?’ I told them that I thought that the game was gone when we went to the store. But I took my boys to Wal-mart anyway to check if it was still on the shelf. My boys ran and took the last copy of Mario Kart game with exciting faces.
Visit Mario Kart Wii website
Mario Kart Wii, is a kart racing video game developed and the second to use Nintendo’s free online service, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Every copy of the game is packaged with the Wii Wheel accessory, which is designed to house the Wii Remote to allow more intuitive and conventional steering. The Mario Kart Wii channel will be added to the Wii Menu, which will allow players to compete in tournaments, check worldwide rankings, download ghost data, and most importantly, see when their friends are playing.
After playing it with my boys for about four hours yesterday, I can say with full certainty that Mario Kart Wii is one of the best games I have played in quite some time.
Today, I take a picture of my boys and their neighbor kids playing it for four hours. Three of their neighbor kids come in about 30 mins ago. I feel like it is Mario Kart Wii party. I have said before, the game is very addicting.
If you own a Wii, pick up a copy of Mario Kart Wii. If you don’t own a Wii, get one and buy this game.
Trust me, it’s awesome.
-Fookem
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Posted by fookembug on April 20, 2008
Photo By Fookem
Written By Bug
Before midnight Fookem emailed me a picture of the full moon. He said ” I came home from work and saw the beautiful moon. I ran to my house and grabbed my new SLR camera to shoot the full moon. Why not give a try to see if it comes out good pix or not.” He took a picture at 11:30 p.m. outside the city of Chicago. Neat picture.
I thought it was an exact full moon. I checked my atmoic clock and it showed that we have a full moon last night. But the full moon calendar date is April 20th. Tonight you will see the full moon. Take your camera with you and try picture it then email us at fookembug@yahoo.com before April 27th. We will post them next month. Be sure to tell us where you saw the full moon and the time. Also, please feel free to leave your comment in here and share your experience.
You can find below the full moons calendar dates this year. The time is in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). If your local time zone is currently on daylight savings time, you need to add one hour to the standard time listed in the U.S.
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| Year |
Month |
Day |
Time |
Day of week |
| 2008 |
Jan |
22 |
13:36 |
Tue |
| 2008 |
Feb |
21 |
03:32 |
Thu |
| 2008 |
Mar |
21 |
18:41 |
Fri |
| 2008 |
Apr |
20 |
10:27 |
Sun |
| 2008 |
May |
20 |
02:13 |
Tue |
| 2008 |
Jun |
18 |
17:32 |
Wed |
| 2008 |
Jul |
18 |
08:00 |
Fri |
| 2008 |
Aug |
16 |
21:18 |
Sat |
| 2008 |
Sep |
15 |
09:15 |
Mon |
| 2008 |
Oct |
14 |
20:04 |
Tue |
| 2008 |
Nov |
13 |
06:19 |
Thu |
| 2008 |
Dec |
12 |
16:39 |
Fri |
“When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator” – Mahatma Gandhi
” A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” – Robertson Davies
“Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy” – Henri Frederic Amiel
“Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day” – German Proverb
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