Something to Fight For (My trip to see my 1st Grandson)

Liberty or Death ^ | November 14, 2001 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

Here's one thing we fight for, and
Defend against ALL enemies, Foreign and Domestic
By: Jeff Head November 14, 2001

As many of you know, I took a trip with my youngest son, Jared, late last week from Idaho to Indiana and back. It was a "flying" trip in the which we left Thursday in the late afternoon, drove 1850 miles in 32 hours along I-80, arriving in Indiana at about 2:30 AM on Saturday morning. We visited my daughter, her husband and our first grandchild/nephew on Saturday and Sunday, helping to bless and name Breadon (a ceremony/ordinance in our faith), and then left Sunday in the late morning. We then drove 2100 miles back to Idaho. On the return trip we took the northern route using I-90 out of Chicago and visited my second oldest daughter in Bozeman where she works and goes to school.

On the way out, we saw FReepers John R. (Bob) Locke and Eustace (Rick) and his wife. We visited Bob in Cheyenne, WY over breakfast on Friday morning and then Rick over dinner in Iowa that same evening.

Jeff Head and John R. (Bob) Locke in Wyoming

Unfortunately we did not get a picture of Roick and his wonderful wife ... but we sure did chow down at a great Buffet and have a great, constitutional and patriotic discussion.

Then, upon arriving in Indiana, we were able to spend some GREAT time with my oldest daughter and that beautiful, beaming and innocent as fresh snow garndson. Here are some pictures of that visit.

His Dad feeds Braedon, A brand new family, A new Uncle (Jared) gets to hold his nephew

A nice home for a nice family, Braedon goes aloft, Braedon says hi while being held by Mom

Jared holding Braedon again, Grandad (me) holding the little critter, Braedon likes to play footsies.

My wife had spent 10 days there earlier helping the new Mom figure things out while she figured out what being a new Grandmom was all about. She liked it so much that I had to make the trip to see what Grandad was all about. Gotta tell you ... it's just another true indication of what life is all about ... after coming to know God, finding the right woman and having and raising good kids of our own in liberty.

Then we were off on the trip back. Here's a few pictures from that trip.

Chicago Skyline, The Sear Tower (God protect it), Rock Formations in Minnesota

Great to see the Mountains again, Devil's Tower Plaque, Devils Tower, Wyoming

Jared at the Custer Battlefield Memorial, Custer National Cemetary, Jared and his sister Rachel

Now, let me say a thing or two about our nation.

I will defend with my life the liberty of my children and grandchildren. Nobody, foreign or domestic, will take away their liberty to live life free, to have the absolute minimum intrusion (as intended by the foundres) and to defend their own liberty as long as I draw breath.

The list of "nobodies" includes terrorists, foreign powers and any unscrupulous oath breakers amongst our own governmental officials, or any groups within the borders of this nation who would seek to do so.

I support our government's constitutional efforts to wage war against the enemies who attacked our nation. As I read it, the recent Executive Order calling for military tribunals for any foreign individual (and the order was very specific about it applying to foreign persons) particpating in terror attacks against our nation is fine and a needed provision for war time. I do not see it as a threat to the citizenry. However, the so called "Patriot Act" which takes freedom from all of us is not. The government has the tools it needs with respect to immigration, border control, visa control of foreigners and police powers for criminals to address these issues without curtailing the liberty of law abiding citizens.

The American people and patriots are aroused to defend their liberty, the government needs to make sure all of its actions are clearly pointed at doing that and not curtailing it. At the best, we help our enemies when we curtail the general liberty because that is the ultimate goal of those enemeies ... to destroy the liberty that hundreds of thousands have died defending, and therby destroy our nation. At the worst, such activities and curtailments are the acts of domestic enemies bent on ending American liberty and life as we no it. I will fight any such enemies to my last breath so that the coming generation, young ones like Braedon, may enjoy the liberty I have enjoyed, that my father enjoyed and that our bloodliines have enjoyed back to the American Revolution.

In conclusion, for anyone interested, our trip was great. That little critter, Braedon, is a joy and a God send ... and Jared an I are once agains back home with our own in our adopted and beloved Idaho.

[Jeff Head]

I feel kind of young to be a granpa at 45 too ... but wouldn;t trade it for the world. That little critter Braedon sure won this old cowboy's heart.

Regarding the pics ... your camera should have a way to download the pics to your computer.

What I do is this.

1. Download the pics.
2. Open them in editing program, I use Paint Shop Pro. It's the best out there IMHO for the money.
3. Choose what you want on the web (either whole pictures, cropping, zooms, etc.).
4. Reduce the resoultion of what's going on the web to around 350 X 300 pixels or so. This makes them small enough so that even 56K hookups like mine will display them fairly reasonably.
5. Use FTP to upload the pics you choose to your web space. If you have an ISP, you may have space. They should let you know how to access it.
6. Use HTML to link to the photos, or create a page to display them. On FR posts, you can just use the IMG command to display them from your web space here on FR. It's what I do, and what I did on this post.

Hope that helps.

OBTW, I bumped a couple of my "Book" thread to your attention.

Regards.

[M Kehoe]

Thank you for including me on your family trip.

Ditto on the E.O. and the so called "Patriot Act".

5.56mm

[Jeff Head]

You are very welcome, glad to do it.

It's a good thing to share the good that continues to go on around us amidst the uncertainty and turmoil, and which can keep us focused on what we fight for and why.

Regards.

[muggs]

Jeff, you have a beautiful grandson, he's definately worth fighting for.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks. That little critter sure is good looking isn't he? The best looking little baby I have seen in many years (a little over 12 to be exact) and I am not in the slightest objective about it either ... LOL!

All of our rising generation, and securing their liberty, is worth fighting for.

FRegards.

[LoneGreenEyeshade]

Thanks for the help. I guess I had way to high a resolution. I've sent pics that receivers have claimed they could only see a small corner. I work in very high resolution, so shrinking the files will undoubtedly do the trick. Again thanks. Look forward to your book.

[Jeff Head]

Great, hope it helps. Even a 600 X 375 pixel JPG is relatively small and looks really good on screen.

[LoneGreenEyeshade]

Not to sound like a idiot, but my digital program simply asks me what resolution, ie 1 to 1600. How do I translate that into a size like 600 x 375!

Thanks for the help.

[Jeff Head]

In Paint Shop Pro there is an option under "IMage" to "Resize". In that option, the ration can either be maintained (which is what you would do in this instance) to create the size you want.

Most graphic programs have an option similar to this.

[Jeff Head]

FYI.

[Reardon Metal]

Thank you very much for the ping.

[Jeff Head]

No problem, you are very welcome. Glad to do it. I figure that things like this need to be shared in times like these.

[Jeff Head]

FYI.