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Grampa Phelps WWII Story

By Joe | Published: October 7, 2011

I mentioned in a previous post that we interviewed Bob about his experiences in the Navy during WWII for the Library of Congress ‘Veterans History Project’. We created DVDs of the interview and sent them out.

I decided to put …

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- Roper Lake and Dankworth Pond State Parks, April 10, 2023 April 16, 2023
- The Salt River, March 6, 2023 March 19, 2023
- The baptism of Jude Hezekiah Lester, February 11, 2023 February 12, 2023
- Desert Botanical Garden, December 13, 2022 December 26, 2022
- Pinal Mountains, October 31, 2022 November 5, 2022
- Verde River, October 18, 2022 October 25, 2022
- Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, October 5, 2022 October 10, 2022
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- Portal, Arizona, May 5, 2022 May 15, 2022
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- Roper Lake and Dankworth Pond, May 3, 2022 May 9, 2022
- Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, April 26, 2022 May 7, 2022
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum, April 25, 2022 May 7, 2022
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- Desert Breeze Park, Feb 25, 2022 March 8, 2022
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- Tres Rios Wetlands, November 19, 2018 November 21, 2018
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- Mt. Ord and Sycamore Creek, October 15, 2018 October 21, 2018
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- Woods Canyon Lake with Jenny, July 30, 2018 August 1, 2018
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- Pinal and White Mountains, June 4-5, 2018 June 7, 2018
- Salt River, May 17, 2018 May 20, 2018
- Sycamore Creek and Mt. Ord, May 10, 2018 May 14, 2018
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum, and Curve-billed Thrasher with Deformed Bill, May 2, 2018 May 5, 2018
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- Visit to Sunriver and Portland Oregon, September, 2016 September 8, 2016
- Woods Canyon Lake on the Mogollon Rim, August 18, 2016 August 23, 2016
- Trip to Kansas to visit family, August 12 – 15, 2016 August 16, 2016
- Picture Canyon and Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, August 2016 August 7, 2016
- Camping at West Clear Creek, July 2016 July 31, 2016
- Mt. Ord, July 14 2016 July 15, 2016
- Gila Woodpecker feeding chicks, Gilbert Water Ranch, June 2016 July 3, 2016
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- Visit to Portland, April, 2016 April 17, 2016
- Visit to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum and to the RPWR in March 2016 March 30, 2016
- Black-and-white Warbler at Water Ranch, February 25, 2016 February 27, 2016
- Saguaro Lake and Freestone Park, February, 2016 February 9, 2016
- Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, February, 2016 February 9, 2016
- Monterey and Carmel in Jaunuary, 2016 January 21, 2016
- Sabino Canyon and Sweetwater Wetlands in December 2015 January 2, 2016
- Granite Reef, Coon Bluff, and ARP in December 2015 December 31, 2015
- Visit to Wichita, December 2015 December 8, 2015
- Old Lester Family Photos November 21, 2015
- Trip to Oregon, November 2015 November 18, 2015
- Lunar eclipse on September 27, 2015 October 15, 2015
- Retirement Musings October 7, 2015
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum, September 2015 October 1, 2015
- Wichita in June, 2015 July 3, 2015
- West Clear Creek on the Mogollon Rim, June 2015 June 6, 2015
- Granite Reef Recreation Area, May 23, 2015 May 25, 2015
- Granite Reef Recreation Area, May, 2015 May 16, 2015
- 2015 Tomatoes May 7, 2015
- Horned Tobacco Worm, October 2014 April 18, 2015
- Tag Gallery Page Plugin update: create browser nodes from Adobe Lightroom Keywords April 18, 2015
- Ricci Visit, April, 2015 April 4, 2015
- Madera Canyon, March 2015 April 2, 2015
- Granite Reef Recreation Area and Riparian Preserve, January, 2014 January 14, 2015
- Oregon Christmas 2014 December 28, 2014
- Trip to Wichita, October 2014 October 21, 2014
- Business trip to Ulm, Germany, September 2014 October 21, 2014
- Business trip to Ulm, Germany, August 2014 August 21, 2014
- Oregon Vacation, July 2014 August 21, 2014
- Mogollon Rim, June 2014 June 7, 2014
- Water Ranch May 10 and May 17, 2014 May 24, 2014
- Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, May 1 and May 3 May 4, 2014
- Tomatoes, Spring 2014 April 26, 2014
- Aravaipa and Portal AZ, March 2014 April 20, 2014
- Ulm Germany, April 2014 April 16, 2014
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum, March 2014 March 14, 2014
- Tres Rios, February 2014 March 1, 2014
- Pinnacle Peak, January 2014 February 5, 2014
- Water Ranch, December 31, 2013 January 6, 2014
- California trip, 2013 January 5, 2014
- Nancy’s Cats, 2013 December 30, 2013
- Black-and-white Warbler at Water Ranch, 12/14/2013 December 16, 2013
- Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, November 2013 December 6, 2013
- Trip to the Prescott Area, September 2013 October 27, 2013
- Visit to the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, September 2013 October 27, 2013
- Our dog, Chief October 23, 2013
- Yard Birds October 23, 2013
- Wildlife Photograph Contest October 11, 2013
- Oregon Trip, July 2013 July 13, 2013
- White Mountains, June 2013 June 11, 2013
- Aaron Graduation, May 9, 2013 May 23, 2013
- Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, May 2013 May 23, 2013
- Visit to Wichita, April 2013 April 27, 2013
- Visit to Boyce Thompson Arboretum in April, 2013 April 25, 2013
- Visit to the Desert Botanical Gardens with Terry, April 6, 2013 April 10, 2013
- Mother Feeding a Baby Anna’s Hummingbird in Backyard, March 2013 March 30, 2013
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- Sun Lakes and Veteran’s Oasis Park, February 2, 2013 February 12, 2013
- HDR Photographs from Monument Valley Trip January 16, 2013
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- Visit to Water Ranch, Dec 30 2012 January 10, 2013
- Christmas 2012 January 10, 2013
- Mary Ann’s visit to Wichita, December 2012 December 26, 2012
- Visit to the Tres Rios Wetlands, December 2012 December 22, 2012
- Visit to the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in December December 15, 2012
- Bird Photographs from Gilbert, AZ, November 2012 November 17, 2012
- Replumb of house to replace polybutylene pipe with copper November 9, 2012
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- Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Ocotober 2012 October 21, 2012
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- Alex and Lisa Wedding October 6 2012 October 9, 2012
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- Brad and Jordan Dick Wedding, June 1 2012 June 17, 2012
- Desert Botanical Garden and Wet Beaver Creek, May 2012 May 13, 2012
- Backyard Patio Project in January 2012 April 8, 2012
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- Dinner at Nancy’s before Nettie’s Rosary February 21, 2012
- Black Crowned Night Heron and Blue Gray Gnatcatcher February 21, 2012
- Wildlife Photos over the Winter Holidays 2011 December 31, 2011
- Visit to the Gilbert Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch November 26, 2011
- Halloween Pumpkins November 2, 2011
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