At 6:52 am PST, our lives changed with a simple phone call.  But in reality, they had changed nearly seven hours before when my nephew, Steven Michael Wittrig, left this earth tragically and senselessly.  We're now on our way back to Wichita to be with the family. Wittrig, Steven Michael, age 24, passed away Feb. 19, 2011 . He was a 2005 graduate of Goddard High School and...

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Our campsite at The Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. The road had been calling for several weeks and we were feeling the pressure to get moving but, as usual, the weather wouldn't cooperate.  After dealing with sub-freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions a couple of weeks ago, another system moved through the area and dropped eight inches of snow postponing our departure another few days while ruining...

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