I'm a husband, father, brother, son, uncle, nephew, neighbor, friend.

I'm also an educator, student, gadget geek, teacher, explorer, innovator, researcher.

But trying to be a good husband and father is the source of both the greatest joy, and challenge in my life.

My wife and kids are great, and I enjoy spending the too little time I get with them due to my school and work schedule. They--the kids--range in age from 3-14 yrs. (2007)

As a family (ok, mostly me), we've been really into

Geocaching

The sport where "You are the Search Engine". It's essentially high tech treasure hunting world wide--yes it's also in your area. Using a GPS (global positioning system) receiver, you go out and find things "caches" that other people have hidden, and even hide your own. Our Geocaching name is "The Seven G's"

Check out our profile, and join in the fun! We use an handheld Lowrance iFinder Pro ($169) You can spend anywhere from $60-300 for a good geocaching GPS. The lower priced ones are just as accurate as the more expensive ones.
I like the feature/price/accuracy of Lowrance, but they are the lesser-known gem of the handheld gps world, trailing Garmin and Magellan. (tigergps is a great place to start for pricing.)

A Geocaching Presentation (ppt)

My Picture Gallery
(click the link to see some of my better images)

http://picasaweb.google.com/joelandsha/BestPics02