Son David and his daughter Elliana. Always and still a terrific father.
American Press Travel News-Bob and Barb, On The Road Again, but remembering our dads. June 19th, 2022–What does it mean to have a dad, a true dad who gives of his time, not just his money, as a child is raised? Everything!!! A dad, and as an extension his parents, your grandparents mean a lot in the forming of a child to an adult in all stages of those formative years. The word “formative” is the operative word!
A child can grow up bereft of a true dad, but is definitely missing key elements in a healthy, mind forming benefit. We can go to the bible to see how important family is in molding a healthy individual, or not. Speaking directly, I, and research, and real world tells and shows us how damaging it is for individuals and society to have a person missing such an important component, as missing a huge portion of what family values incorporates into a persons makeup. This America has a huge amound of dead-beat dads. Family values are the only things that can turn America around. Only politicos that are real fathers and mothers, not grifters of the world should be duly elected by intelligent people!!
Outdoor Florida Magazine Editor Visited Cedar Lodge Docks! My favorite family picture. Yes, these children are being taught how great it is to go fishing!!Worked my butt off on this book! A difficult one to write as all I could do was scratch the surface on the topic! But, it was fun to have learned much during research! Fishing subjects to me and millions others are just plain fun and very interesting as well!This is not a disaster, its funny, but it could have been. “Caution is the mother of being careful not to harm oneself or your loved ones and others!” Image sent to me to use! Love it!!!Captain Joe Massaro from Stuart, FL. shows off a canal caught snook I photo’d and he released.Osceola Turkeys Spooked in Florida, take flight and I was holding my camera as they came across the river at 35-miles per hour!
Dad and daughter enjoying time together at the Archery Trade Show in Indianapolis.
APtravelnews–January 27th, Port St Lucie, FL-Today, more than ever before, keeping an eye on our children is vital in so many ways! But, just keeping an eye out for them, is not foolproof for their safety. Read on: This children’s entrepreneurial item may very well be the answer to keeping them “fail-safe.”! Recently, a child fell 200-feet off a cliff after running ahead of his father. They were visiting a very dangerous, yet picturesque overlook of the ocean. Amazingly, he survived with major injuries. Another event also covered by the national media was a child slipping off a steep embankment, only saved by a relative, unsafely, but still being able to reach the child before he and the child would have been dashed on the granite rocks below.
We hear of missing children when a parent turned away for a moment and child walked away from their view or worse, grabbed by a devious stranger. Today, there is simple, workable solution to keep a child very close and without the young one whining and pulling on their parents arm when tired or bored in their short attention span, during a walk in the park, or shopping mall. “Riding the Bar”of the Piggyback Rider keeps children safe and attentive too!
It has been said many times in the past that “necessity is the mother of invention” so it was in this case; Bryan Lifshitz and his brothers created the innovative Piggyback Rider; “A Dad Invented, Mom Approved” standing child carrier! The 3 brothers developed and fine-tuned the carrier to weigh less than 3-pounds, and yet allow a child from two and a half years old, to a child of up to 60-pounds to “ride the bar” on this back-pack like, stable, and safe carrier.
The Piggyback Rider® standing child carrier for older children has unlimited year-round use, while hiking, touring, shopping, walking, watching, exploring, wandering, bonding at amusement parks, carnival, sporting events, malls, markets and everywhere else you may go. It’s more than just getting there; it’s about an active interaction between parent and child, bringing you closer together in any adventure. The Piggyback Rider child carrier backpack is ideal for all outings. Just think of it as well, as a way to introduce a child to any number of outdoor pursuits with your child in line of sight of what your passions may be safely shared with your child.
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Fun – Three words: Kids love it! Remember how happy your kid was the last time you lifted him or her up to participate in a better view? From the Zoo to Disneyland, parade or just that healthful hike in nature, life is more viewable, and better at six feet.
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From archery to any outdoor nature sport the youngster can “ride the bar” and learn the sport directly from dad or mom!
APtravelnews-August 10th, Crossville, TN.–As I had the privilege of being the lead Photographer for F.E.M.A. starting with Hurricane Andrew in Florida, Floods of Northern California, the horrific earthquakes called Northridge 26, with bridges and buildings and lives in collapse, I am 8-years educated in what a disaster can do and I do have some tips on how to minimize the destruction for humans and pets if a disaster should occur. I have to go back to my Boy Scout years and remind everyone that the goal and mantra that states: “Be Prepared” is as important now and for the future as it has ever been. The image of that cat and children bouncing uncontrollably is not exactly what my premise for this post is really about, but something as simple as having fun in the sun-that alone can be a disaster if whoever is in charge of the moment doesn’t have good common sense. Back to (F.E.M.A.) Federal Emergency Management Administration:
FEMA comes in after a disaster. However, they have a Mitigation Program which is pro-active as in “OK! You live in a flood prone zone. We have had floods here, so build on stilts so you won’t have to ask for FEMA insurance again for floods.” And; “don’t build so close to XY creek or river, because if you do, after we’ve warned you before, and after, FEMA insurance won’t cover your home or business.” Tip number 1-Pay attention in advance where you build or buy your home-if not, there is a chance you can get washed away without any insurance. Tip 2- Disasters can occur in seconds. So always have a go-to place set up in advance, not after a possible disaster occurs-we lived in the Keys and had a smallish motor home. During summer we left during Hurricane season and went to high and cooler locals. As a writer I didn’t have to work in the Keys all the time, I worked in the motor coach in Montana, until the fires started up, so we left to where there were no forest fires in Wisconsin. Point here is to make plans to be mobile as much as possible for those times you absolutely have to. Tip 3-Make a “run-with” bag. Keep important papers, a quality flashlight with extra batteries, a portable radio, a way to charge your cell phone, various medical supplies and drugs, sun and bug lotions, bandages, several water bottles, dehydrated fast cook foods, a clean t-shirt, socks, good walking shoes, underwear, a real knife, not a puny 1-inch pocket knife, a coil of line, a good jacket and a blanket, (God forbid) a fish line and hooks, a pistol, better still a shotgun with plenty of shells and whatever you’d feel good about fitting into that “run-with” duffle, or other bag. Tip-4–Always, always have an escape plan and share that plan with your significant others about the details of that plan.
NOTE-There are so many possibilities of a disaster that this post is a wake-up call for you to think about what you’d do if you heard a lava flow (as happened in Hawaii and other places on earth) was heading for your home, or a wildfire and you had move fast to save yourself and family!
This is not a disaster, its funny, but it could have been. “Caution is the mother of being careful not to harm oneself or your loved ones and others!” (Image from a web email)
