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Ethnos 360 Aviation, Sandhill Cranes and the Chiricahua mountains

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Hello friends!      I (Rick), enjoyed volunteer work at Ethnos360 Aviation during January and February. My good SOWER friends, Joe & Kim serve at Ethnos during the winter months. Joe invited me to help with a new project...build a house. I jumped at the chance to hang out with Joe, and at the same time get some construction experience plus, serve the Lord with my time and talents (I have one or two).     Over the past several years, I've become quite familiar with Ethnos because of my friend's commitment. Ethnos primary mission is to provide timely and affordable air transportation to remote jungles for Christian missionaries whom serve indigenous tribes. Potential pilots and mechanics undergo a two-year training program in McNeal, Az. Ethnos is a top notch professional organization that houses multiple planes and helicopters on-site  along with several airstrips. The work these guys do is awesome! Helicopter mechanics have to be able to tear down and r...
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Hello Texas! Oct 2025

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      With the red rocks of Moab in the rearview mirror (A), we drove through familiar territory as we headed back into Colorado: through Monticello (B); Cortez (C); Durango (D); and Pagosa Springs (E).  We selected Santa Rosa, New Mexico for our overnight stay (F).  Our first destination was Millsap, Texas, where my son Joshua, and his family moved last Fall. Our 2nd day took us from Santa Rosa (A); through Lubbock (B); Abilene (C); and finally Millsap. We bit off some heavy traveling as we spent 16 hours on the road over two days. That was not fun, so we agreed to limit future (daily) traveling to 4-5 hours max.                                                                                                     ...
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To Moab 2025

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      The fall of 2025 saw our 2nd summer workamping at Priest Gulch draw to a close. The aspens and cottonwoods dazzled the landscape of the San Juans with brilliant shades of yellows, golds and orange in early October. The weather brought us almost a week of straight rain in the mountains. While other rivers in the San Juans overflowed their banks, the Dolores river, running through the campground, increased to the level of the normal spring snow melt.    The campground chased out all the campers the morning of October 11th, the other work kampers left PGC on Monday October 13th. Tuesday the 14th, we shared hugs and goodbyes with Rob & April Scott (owner/managers of the campground) and said goodbye to PGC. We are planning on returning the summer of 2026 if all goes well.       Our first destination was Grand Junction Colorado. We had no strict adherence to a timed schedule so we decided on a more leisurely scenic drive to Grand Junction....
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