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Home Page Mosaic
01 - My Dad and Lila (Bellingham, Wash.)
02 - My Dad and My Sister (Bellingham, Wash.)
03 - Moving Day (Bellingham, Wash.)
04 - California Highway 1 (Lucia, California)
05 - Troy and his Family (San Diego, California)
06 - Next Stop, Vegas (Mojave Desert, California)
07 - The Burr Trail (Utah)
08 - Highway 95 (Utah)
09 - Joan, Ace and Julie with Their New Grill (Austin)
10 - Egret in Calcasieu Swamp (Louisiana)
11 - Biedenharn Candy Store (Vicksburg, Miss.)
12 - My Great-Great-Grandfather, Ransom Myers
13 - Tommie Lee (Corinth, Miss.)
14 - Storm at Cades Cove (Tennessee)
15 - Monticello (Charlottesville, Virginia)
16 - The Real "Waltons" House (Schuyler, Virginia)
17 - An Old Friend (Boston, Mass.)
18 - Where My Ancestors Landed in 1634 (Mass.)
19 - Don and Debbie (Manlius, New York)
20 - Sunset on Interstate 90 (Wisconsin)
21 - Mark and Jayne (Minneapolis, Minn.)
22 - Svang Gravestone (Webster, S.D.)
23 - The Vinegar Man (Roslyn, S.D.)
24 - Cavalry Charge (Fort Lincoln, N.D.)
25 - My Mother and Grandmother in 1926 (N.D.)
26 - Bedtime Reading (N.D.)
27 - My Grandmother's Pupil in 2001 (Wing, N.D.)
28 - My Grandmother's Pupil in 1921 (Regan, N.D.)
29 - North Dakota Prairie (Fessenden, N.D.)
30 - My Mom and Dad in 1943 (Dickinson, N.D.)
31 - Ticket to Ride (Bellingham, Wash.)
32 - Arriving in Raro at 5 a.m. (Cook Islands)
33 - School Kids (Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
34 - The Lagoon Cruise (Aitutaki Cook Islands)
35 - Rapota Motu (Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
36 - Volcanic White Island (New Zealand)
37 - Poppies (Blenheim, New Zealand)
38 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Christchurch, N.Z.)
39 - Lyttleton Harbor (Christchurch, New Zealand)
40 - Want a Lift? (Milford Sound, New Zealand)
41 - Highway 80 (Mt. Cook, New Zealand)
42 - Fern (Makarora, New Zealand)
43 - Smile (Haast, New Zealand)
44 - Highway 6 (Hokitika, New Zealand)
45 - Cape Maria van Diemen (New Zealand)
56 - Northernmost Point (Cape Reinga, N.Z.)
47 - Parliament Building (Canberra, Australia)
48 - Train Station (Marysborough, Australia)
49 - Kangaroo (Grampians Nat'l Park, Australia)
50 - The 12 Apostles (Port Campbell, Australia)
51 - The Happy Wanderer (Flinders N.P., Australia)
52 - The Stuart Highway (Port Augusta, Australia)
53 - Road Train (Marla, Australia)
54 - Kangaroo Crossing (Ayers Rock, Australia)
55 - Crocodile Dundee's Pub (McKinlay, Australia)
56 - One-Lane Highway (Winton, Australia)
57 - Four-Mile Beach (Port Douglas, Australia)
58 - Vegemite (Port Douglas Australia)
59 - Updating My Website (Brisbane, Australia)
60 - Saltwater Crocodile (Brisbane, Australia)
61 - Friends Across the Sea (Newcastle, Australia)
62 - Sydney Harbor (Sydney, Australia)
63 - Lawrence Elk (Olympic Nat'l Park, Washington)
64 - Hauling Out (Port Orford, Oregon)
65 - Lassen Peak (Lassen National Park, California)
66 - The Loneliest Highway in America (Nevada)
67 - BLM Rangers (Lake City, Colorado)
68 - Dueling Warships (Anacortes, Washington)
69 - Donald Leu, 1923-2002 (Bellingham, Wash.)
70 - Bill Leu, 1922-2003 (Washington)
71 - My Messy Face (A Long Time Ago)
72 - Back to Work (Seattle, Washington)
73 - The Oregon Coast (Cannon Beach, Oregon)
74 - An Old Friend (The Oregon Coast)
75 - The San Antonio School (Belize)
76 - My Friend, Mohammed (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.)
77 - Kelsey (San Antonio, Belize)
78 - The Oman Desert (Nizwa, Oman)
79 - The Beach at Placencia (Placencia, Belize)
80 - St. Mary Lake (Glacier National Park)
81 - Building an Orphanage (San Ignacio, Belize)
82 - The 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver, B.C.)
83 - The Columbia River Gorge (Oregon)
News
April 5, 2001 (Bellingham, Washington)
April 19, 2001 (Bellingham, Washington)
April 30, 2001 (Hillsboro, Oregon)
May 19, 2001 (Hillsboro, Oregon)
June 2, 2001 (Bellingham, Washington)
June 11, 2001 (San Jose, California)
June 14, 2001 (San Diego, California)
June 15, 2001 - Part 1 (Zion Nat'l Park, Utah)
June 15, 2001 - Part 2 (Zion Nat'l Park, Utah)
June 18, 2001 (Clay Canyon, Utah)
June 20, 2001 (Canyon de Chelly, Arizona)
June 24, 2001 (Austin, Texas)
June 27, 2001 (Natchez, Mississippi)
June 29, 2001 (Corinth, Mississippi)
June 30, 2001 (Hohenwald, Tennessee)
July 5, 2001 (Manchester, Tennessee)
July 8, 2001 (Fontana Lake, North Carolina)
July 9, 2001 (Sevierville, Tennessee)
July 14, 2001 (Roanoke, Virginia)
July 16, 2001 (Cumberland, Virginia)
July 18, 2001 (Denton, Maryland)
July 20, 2001 (Pomfret, Connecticut)
July 22, 2001 (Boston, Massachusetts)
July 23, 2001 (Middleton, Massachusetts)
August 6, 2001 (Manlius, New York)
August 8, 2001 (12 Days in Syracuse: Part 1)
August 8, 2001 (12 Days in Syracuse: Part 2)
August 10, 2001 (Battle Creek, Michigan)
August 14, 2001 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
August 17, 2001 (Walnut Grove, Minnesota)
August 18, 2001 (Watertown, South Dakota)
August 30, 2001 (Webster, South Dakota)
September 15, 2001 (Bismarck, North Dakota)
September 30, 2001 - Part 1 (Bismarck, North Dakota)
September 30, 2001 - Part 2 (Bismarck, North Dakota)
October 6, 2001 (Fort Lincoln State Park, North Dakota)
October 18, 2001 - Part 1 (Bismarck, North Dakota)
October 18, 2001 - Part 2 (Bismarck, North Dakota)
October 18, 2001 - Part 3 (Bismarck, North Dakota)
December 3, 2001 - Part 1 (Bellingham, Washington)
December 3, 2001 - Part 2 (Bellingham, Washington)
December 10, 2001 (Rarotonga, Cook Islands)
December 14, 2001 (Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
December 16, 2001 (Auckland, New Zealand)
December 20, 2001 (Auckland, New Zealand)
December 24, 2001 (Wellington, New Zealand)
January 1, 2002 - Part 1 (Christchurch, New Zealand)
January 1, 2002 - Part 2 (Christchurch, New Zealand)
January 12, 2002 - Part 1 (Dunedin, New Zealand)
January 12, 2002 - Part 2 (Dunedin, New Zealand)
January 16, 2002 (Te Anau, New Zealand)
January 20, 2002 (Geraldine, New Zealand)
January 25, 2002 (Hokitika, New Zealand)
February 2, 2002 - Part 1 (Taupo, New Zealand)
February 2, 2002 - Part 2 (Taupo, New Zealand)
February 7, 2002 (Auckland, New Zealand)
February 18, 2002 (Bega, Australia)
March 1, 2002 - Part 1 (Robe, Australia)
March 1, 2002 - Part 2 (Robe, Australia)
March 5, 2002 (Port Augusta, Australia)
March 8, 2002 (Coober Pedy, Australia)
March 11, 2002 (Ayers Rock, Australia)
March 13, 2002 (Alice Springs, Australia)
March 16, 2002 (Winton, Australia)
March 25, 2002 – Part 1 (Port Douglas, Australia)
March 25, 2002 – Part 2 (Port Douglas, Australia)
March 28, 2002 (Airlie Beach, Australia)
April 1, 2002 (Hervey Bay, Australia)
April 4, 2002 (Coffs Harbour, Australia)
April 7, 2002 (Sydney, Australia)
May 22, 2002 (Bellingham, Washington)
June 18, 2002 - Part 1 (Port Orford, Oregon)
June 18, 2002 - Part 2 (Port Orford, Oregon)
June 25, 2002 (Lassen Volcanic National Park)
July 1, 2002 (Looking Glass Rock, Utah)
July 2, 2002 - Life as a Firefighter (Lake City, Colorado)
July 4, 2002 - Ranger Del, Part 1 (Lake City, Colorado)
July 4, 2002 - Ranger Del, Part 2 (Lake City, Colorado)
July 12, 2002 - Life in Lake City (Lake City, Colorado)
July 18, 2002 - Heading Home (Bellingham, Wash.)
July 24, 2002 (Princess Louisa Inlet, B.C.)
March 28, 2003 - My Father, Part 1 (Bellingham, Wash.)
March 28, 2003 - My Father, Part 2 (Bellingham, Wash.)
December 7, 2003 - The Greatest Generation (Bellingham, Wash.)
June 25, 2004 - Life in Bellingham (Bellingham, Wash.)
October 10, 2004 - Making Movies (Bellingham, Wash.)
August 7, 2005 - Back to Work (Redmond, Wash.)
January 9, 2006 - Vegas and Florida (Redmond, Wash.)
May 28, 2007 - Oregon Bound (Portland, Oregon)
October 12, 2007 - Old Friends (Portland, Oregon)
February 16, 2008 - Belize It or Not (Belize)
February 17, 2008 - Building the Succotz Library (Belize)
February 20, 2008 - The San Antonio School (Belize)
February 22, 2008 - Time to Play (Belize)
February 26, 2008 - Kicking Back in Caye Caulker (Belize)
July 6, 2008 - Around the World in Eight(y) Days (Part 1)
July 6, 2008 - Around the World in Eight(y) Days (Part 2)
January 5, 2009 - Belize Trip #2 (Working in the Villages)
January 20, 2009 - Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) and Oman
April 18, 2009 - Belize Trip #3 (Building a School)
July 29, 2009 - A Wedding in Tucson and a Trip to Montana
January 7, 2010 - Belize Trip #4 (Building an Orphanage)
February 27, 2010 - The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
March 9, 2012 - Room at the Inn
December 27, 2013 - Moving to Doha
November 26, 2014 - Living in Qatar
October 10, 2015 - Pros and Cons of Living in the Middle East
March 21, 2016 - Going Home
Maps of My Travels
Map: My U.S. Travels (2001)
Map: My New Zealand Travels (2001-02)
Map: My Australia Travels (2002)
Summary of My 2001 - 2002 Road Trips
Travel Stories
My Travel Stories from the U.S.
Traveling Down The Oregon Coast Highway
Uncle Henry's Bridge (Big Sur, Calif.)
What I Really Think of Las Vegas
Utah: A Great Place to Visit, But...
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park (Utah)
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
"Picture Perfect" Kodachrome Basin St. Pk (Utah)
Calf Creek Falls (Utah)
Back on the Burr Trail (Utah)
Camping Tips for Southern Utah
Canyon de Chelly: Beautiful but Beware (Ariz.)
Getting My Kicks on Route 66 (Tucumcari, Ariz.)
Intolerance in a Tolerant City (Austin, Texas)
Down on the Bayou (Louisiana)
The Natchez Trace Parkway (Miss.)
The Siege of Vicksburg (Miss.)
Elvis Presley's Boyhood Home (Tupelo, Miss.)
Tommy's Civil War Tour of Corinth and Shiloh
Meriwether Lewis' Last Evening (Tenn.)
The Karaoke Man (Nashville, Tenn.
The Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, Tenn.)
Checkin' Out Chattanooga
The Scopes Monkey Trial (Dayton, Tenn.)
The Wonderful City of Knoxville (Tenn.)
Greeneville, Tenn.: Home of Andrew Johnson AND Davy Crockett
The True Story of Tom Dooley (N.C.)
Great (and Crowded) Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park
The Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia
Road Rage in Roanoke (Va.)
The Blue Ridge Parkway (Va.)
Magnificent Monticello (Charlottesville, Va.)
Schuyler, Virginia: The REAL Walton's Mountain
Julie's Tour of Boston (Mass.)
The Siege of Petersburg (Va.)
The Near-Disaster of Jamestown
The World Turned Upside Down (Yorktown, Va.)
Beware of Lonely Rangers: The Hawthorne & Alcott Houses (Concord, Mass.)
Thoreau's Walden Pond (Concord, Mass.)
Digging Up My Ancestors in Ipswich and Rowley
The Volleyball Hall of Fame (Holyoke) and the Springfield Armory (Springfield, Mass.)
Old Friends, Bloody Sheets and The World's Only Leuville (Syracuse, NY)
Hill Cumorah, Where Mormonism Began (Palmyra, NY)
Niagara Falls? What Falls?
Completing the Circle With My Great-Great-Grandfather (Mayville, Mich.)
Returning to MadCity (Madison, Wisc.)
An Old Friend in Minnesoooda
The Mall of America (Bloomington, Minn.)
The 1862 Dakota Uprising (New Ulm, Minn.)
The McCone Sod Houses (Sanborn, Minn.)
Laura Ingalls' Little House (er, Cave) on the Prairie (Walnut Grove, Minn.)
Farming 101 (or, the Difference Between Hay and Straw)
Fort Sisseton State Park (Lake City, S.D.)
The International Vinegar Museum (Roslyn, S.D.)
Storybook Land (Aberdeen, S.D.)
Lawrence Welk's Birthplace (Strasburg, N.D.)
The North Dakota Exodus
Bismarck: My Mom's Hometown (N.D.)
My Opinion of North Dakota
Fort Lincoln State Park: Custer's Last Home (N.D.)
My Grandmother's Photo Album: Clues to the Past
Meeting My Grandmother's 1921 Pupil (Wing, N.D.)
Where My Mom Met My Dad (Dickinson, N.D.)
Close Encounters at Devil's Tower (Wyo.)
My Travel Stories from New Zealand and the Cook Islands
Kicking Back in Rarotonga
Aitutaki: Just Your Average Tropical Paradise
Hoofing It Around Aitutaki
The Lagoon Cruise
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My Travel Stories from New Zealand and the Cook Islands (cont.)
My Impressions of the Cook Islands
From Raro to Auckland
New Zealand: Where Driving Left Is Right
Getting Ready in Auckland
New Zealand's Geography and History in a Nutshell
KiwiFruit Country (Te Puke)
Incredible White Island
My Impressions of New Zealand
Across the Cook Strait to South Island
Taking Refuge in Christchurch
Wright Brothers, Step Aside? (Timaru)
The Peen-guins of Oamaru
A Wee Bit o' Scotland (Dunedin)
Invercargill: Green Acres, New Zealand Style
The Doubtful Sound of Silence
Cruising on Milford Sound
The Southern Alps and Mt. Cook
My Last Days on South Island
The Super Bowl (?) in New Zealand
Dashing Through the Northland
Why New Zealand is a Great Country
My Travel Stories from Australia
Arriving in Australia
It's CAN-bra, not Can-BERRA
Hertz So Bad (Sydney)
Ned Kelly: Hero or Outlaw? (Beechworth)
Going Down? A Working Mine in Bendigo
Attack of the Killer Kangaroos (Grampians N.P.)
Surviving the Streets of Melbourne
The 12 Apostles and the Great Ocean Road
The Winter Olympics – In Summer?
Beautiful Adelaide
Flinders Ranges National Park
Beware of Killer Gum Trees
Woomera: A Modern Day Ghost Town
The Cave Men of Coober Pedy
John's Incredible 400-Mile Outback Mail Run (Coober Pedy)
The Stuart Highway: Road Trains, Roos, & Roadhouses
The Big Rock Called Uluru
A Town Called Alice (Alice Springs)
The Alice Springs Telegraph Station
The Flying Doctors (Alice Springs)
Australia's "School of the Air" (Alice Springs)
The Aborigines
The Beginning (or Maybe End) of the World
Crocodile Dundee's Pub (McKinlay)
Waltzing Matilda: Exposed
The Historic Little Town of Winton
Warning: This Continent May Be Hazardous to Your Health
The GREAT Great Barrier Reef (Port Douglas)
Easter Weekend in Airlie Beach
A Saturday Cruise Through The Whitsunday Islands
Fraser Island
Brisbane (Oops, I Mean Brizbun)
The Crocodile Hunter's Australia Zoo
My Impressions of Australian Music
Thoughts of a Solo Traveler
Friends Across The Sea (Newcastle)
A Sunny Sunday in Sydney
Homeward Bound
My Impressions of Australia
A Much-Too-Brief Summary of My Trip Overseas
My Travel Stories from Belize
Belize it or Not
Why I Went to Belize
Day 1: Heading to Belize
A Different World
Sunday: Orientation
Monday: The Succotz Library
Back on the Chain Gang
The Chain Gang, Part Dos
Wednesday: The San Antonio School
American Idol – in Belize
Thursday: The San Antonio School
Friday: Time to Play
Living the Pirate's Life at Barton Creek
A Kind Farewell (Part 2 - Succotz Style)
Saturday: Exploring the ATM Cave
A Kind Farewell (Part 3 - Cecelia Style)
Sunday: Kicking Back in the Keys
Swimming with, um, Sharks?
Heading Home
Coming Home to Belize
Returning to Succotz
A Truck for Ramon
Xunantunich and Barton Creek Cave
The ATM Cave Revisited
Margaritaville Revisited
Like Sophomore Year
Todd Saves a Life
Perky Peppers in Placencia
Southern Belize: A Different World
How I Got Involved with Belize
Good Progress, and a Visit from an Old Friend
Caving with Carlos
Warning: Belize Can be Hazardous to Your Health
My Travel Stories from the Middle East
The Journey Begins
Life in the U.A.E.
Things are Different Here
An Amazing Week in the Desert
Culture Shock: From Belize to the U.A.E.
On to Oman
Finally Finding Frankincense
Muscat Love
Moving to Doha
Welcome Back, Qatar
Two Months of Frenzy
Settling In
In Beverly Hills with Jed and Granny
Living in Qatar
Staying Connected with America
My Typical Week
Figuring Out the Arabic Language
Food in the Middle East: Part 1
Food in the Middle East: Part 2
A Westerner's Experience with Ramadan
Christmas and Thanksgiving in the Middle East
Arabs and Americans
Qatar in One Day
My 2013 Trip to the U.S.
My 2014 Trip to the U.S.
Pros and Cons of Living in the Middle East
The Benefits of Living in Qatar
The Drawbacks of Living in Qatar
Putting It All Together
My 2015 Trip to the U.S.
Going Home
The "Extreme Geographer" Idea Takes Off
A Winter of Fun (and Stress)
My Final Week in Doha
Flying Home – With Sister Golden Hair
Close Ups
My 10 Favorite National Park "Hidden Jewels"
My 10 Favorite State Parks in the U.S.
My 20 Favorite Drives in the U.S.
Highway 101 Travel Tips: Northern California, Oregon, and Washington
Highway 101 Camping Tips: Northern California, Oregon, and Washington
Utah: Mormons and Polygamy
Traveling Through Southern Utah
Weather in the Midwest
The 1862 Homestead Act
North Dakota's One-Room Country Schools
The Comanche Mystery Solved
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Florida)
The Best and Worst Places in America
The Best and Worst of My 2001 Trip Around America
Ace's Great Spaghetti Sauce
My Award-winning Three-Alarm Chili
My Brother's French Bread Monterey
Krispy Kreme Donuts
Lutefisk
My Toyota Truck
My Previous Roadtrips
My Road Trips: 1980 - 1984
My Road Trips: 1985 - 1989
My Road Trips: 1990 - 1994
My Road Trips: 1995 - 1999
My Not-So-Profound Observations on America
The Most and Least Expensive Gas Stations in America
What's "Survivor"?
Camping in the U.S.
My Home Page on "The Waltons"
The Story of The Waltons
The Waltons Cast
The Waltons Episode List
The Waltons Introductions
Introduction: First Season
Introduction: Second Season
Introduction: Third Season
My Visits to Schuyler, VA (1985 and 2001)
My Favorite "Waltons" Episodes
"The Conflict" (#51 - 52)
Waltons Trivia
Earl Hamner's Acting Debut (#26)
The Story of Martha Corinne (#51 - 52)
That Beguiling Darlene Carr (#68)
The Waltons' Screen Doors
The Rockfish Post Office
Waltons Links and Other Info
Family History
Summary of My Family's History
My Father's Ancestry: Map and Photo Essay
Ransom Myers (Civil War Sergeant)
The Leu Family Tree
My Mother's Ancestry: Map and Photo Essay
Henry and Carolina Reinhard (Minnesota Homesteaders in the 1870s)
Ole and Birgit Svang (South Dakota Homesteaders in the 1880s)
The Svang Homestead (Webster, South Dakota)
The Swang Mystery
Helga Swang (My Grandmother)
Anna Swang (My Great-Grandmother)
SACO: The Sino-American Cooperative Organization
Don's Naval Officer Training During World War II
Across the Pacific to Calcutta
A Navy Convoy on the Burma Road
At Happy Valley Near Chungking, China
Coming Home
Reflections on China
"A Different Kind of War" by Vice-Admiral Milton Miles
1946 Collier's Article: SACO and General Tai Li
SACO Goes Hollywood
The SACO "What-the-Hell" Pennant
Don Leu's Brief Brushes with History
The SACO Veteran's Organization
My SACO Veteran's Forum
Links and More Information About SACO
U.S.S. Neosho (AO-23)
Specifications of the U.S.S. Neosho
Photo Gallery of the U.S.S. Neosho
The Four U.S.S. Neoshos
The Pearl Harbor Attack (Dec. 7, 1941)
Prelude to War: Conflict in the Far East
Bill Leu's Early Years
The U.S.S. Neosho at Pearl Harbor
Interview of Bill Leu: Pearl Harbor Attack
U.S. Navy Action Report: U.S.S. Neosho
The Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942)
The Battle of the Coral Sea: Summary
Battle Action: April 30 - May 4, 1942
Battle Action: May 5 - May 7, 1942
Battle Action: May 8, 1942
The Ordeal of the U.S.S. Neosho
May 7, 1942: The Japanese Attack
May 8, 1942: Waiting For Rescue
May 9, 1942: Fading Hope
May 10, 1942: Neosho Sighted
May 11, 1942: Rescue
List of Survivors and Casualties
U.S.S. Neosho: Survivors and Casualties
U.S.S. Sims: Survivors and Casualties
Interview of Bill Leu: Battle of the Coral Sea
U.S. Navy Action Reports: Coral Sea
Action Report of the U.S.S. Neosho
Action Report of the U.S.S. Sims
Action Report of the U.S.S. Helm
Other Ships at Coral Sea
The U.S.S. Sims (Neosho's Escort)
The U.S.S. Henley (Neosho's Rescuer)
The U.S.S. Helm (Rescuer of Life Raft)
Battle of the Coral Sea Scrapbook
Honolulu Newspaper, May 8, 1942
S.F. Examiner Article, July 10, 1942
Aftermath
President Bush's 1991 Speech at Pearl Harbor
Seattle Times Article: Bill Leu at Pearl Harbor
John S. Phillips, Captain of the U.S.S. Neosho
USS Neosho Veteran's Forum
Fireman Third Class, Bill Leu
Jack Rolston and the Tragic "Raft of 68"
Storekeeper Third Class, Earl Couse
Pharmacist's Mate Third Class, Henry Tucker
Links, Sources and Further Information
Funny Photos
Funny Photos from America
Funny Photos from New Zealand and the Cook Islands
Funny Photos from Australia
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