Necessary Roughness

two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles

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Northeast Cement Trucks
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

In Oklahoma, Texas, and California, most of Halliburton’s cementing equipment is deployed on tractor and trailer. The larger trucks allow us to carry more cement and more powerful equipment to the job.
The Northeast typically has smaller locations around its wells, and so smaller equipment is required. The teardrop bulk trucks carry less cement in each [...]

Pennsylvania Sunrise
Thursday, October 30th, 2008

While waiting for my car to warm up, I took this picture of the view east of my hotel.
Clicking on the picture will get you two more zoom levels out of the gallery.

Flight 93 Crash Site
Friday, September 12th, 2008

Seven years after some American heroes foiled the plan of Saudi Arabian hijackers to crash a fully fueled airplane into our nation’s capital, I had the opportunity to visit the site of the crash near Shanksville, PA. Eleven pictures are in the gallery.
A children’s choir, arrayed in white, sang several songs, including “God Bless America.” [...]

Conemaugh Gap
Sunday, September 7th, 2008

On the way back from church this morning, there was a scenic view I wanted to check out.  The Conemaugh Gap is the deepest gap east of the Mississippi.  The foliage made it impossible to see the trains that ran down below.
The NR Gallery has three shots, but this one is my favorite. In the [...]

I was supposed to teach this morning, but my class got delayed a day at the last minute. I was then invited to the Lemons’ church, Redeemer Lutheran in Oakmont, PA. Redeemer’s pastor is the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Naumann, who is originally from Great Britain and was ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England.

I got there a little early, and that allowed me to take some pictures of the exterior and sanctuary.