Volunteer/travel opportunity for a great cause.

We had an interesting speaker this week at our Skokie Valley Rotary Club meeting. Patti Vile is a very interesting and caring lady. She has been organizing trips to New Orleans to help hurricane Katrina victims by bringing groups there. She organizes all of the logistics.

Please visit her web site at www.volunteerexpeditions.org for more information.

Had a nice bike ride this morning.

18 miles and saw 6 deer. 3 of them were skittish fawns near the Skokie Lagoons.

Busy, good weekend.

Patients were scheduled on Friday. We had a graduation party to attend for Minda's cousin's son. More patients were seen on Saturday. Saturday afternoon Guinness & I went to www.theultralightplace.com for a local "Fly-In" which was great. We camped out there Saturday night and then came home through very heavy traffic in downtown Chicago. A little shopping. Minda and I went to Mass. Came home and got organized a bit and then watched a movie.

It was good!

On a not so good note, my brother, Jim, told me of an infection in his left elbow. It is serious enough that he is in the hospital on IV antibiotics and may not be released until Wednesday.

A friend sent me the following link which is pretty cool:
http://www.woehr.de/en/projekte/budapest_m730/index.htm

Another good link from Stephanie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM&feature=related

My best to you and yours always!

Independence Day Weekend.

I hope that you had a nice Independence Day weekend too.

My weekend:

Friday night- stayed up with Minda and watched "Green Zone" w/ Matt Damon. It was good but not great.

Saturday morning- slept in later than usual, met up w/ Jerry, Brad, Adam, Dave Goodman, & ? on the bikes. Then and rode down to Navy Pier w/ Brad 47 miles total.

Saturday afternoon- paperwork for home & office, Mass w/ Minda, up to Bristol, WI, w/ Scott to fly PPG. We flew with 3 powered parachutes. The air was pretty rough early but calmed as the time got closer to sunset.

Sunday morning- dropped off dental equipment for repair near Dundee & Wheeling rode in Wheeling via bike for 34 miles total biking. Took some roads that weren't great for biking and even some sidewalks.

Sunday afternoon- Cubs game [lost 14-3]. Had a great time in spite of that with Mike [my former neighbor] and a couple of other great guys. Made it to the Cubby Bear bar and Murphy's too.

Monday morning- Rode w/ Mike and the Plaza del Lago riders to Waukegan w/ a stop at McDonald's for 57.25 miles total. It was a slower day for them but fast enough for me.

Back to the office on Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing the team at the office and taking care of my dental family.