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The bones of more than 3,700 friars are interred in the charnal house at Convento dei Cappuccini. Courtesy photo
This being retired is much harder work than work was.  Although, let’s be honest it was a guvmint job.  I remember there were lots of meetings.  I am sure we talked about some pretty important stuff and figured out innovative and remarkable solutions so that when we showed up on your doorstep and...
Gary Torres photo
I am in Denali National Park in Alaska, and a large grizzly bear keeps looking at me like I am a plump corndog. It is unclear if he found me or I found him, but I decide to give the jerky to my too to kind and loving wife and I tell her that I will meet her back at the camp. I have a head start on...
The Caveman Gary Torres and his too kind and loving wife, along with two of their grandchildren, in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington DC.  Courtesy photo
I am sitting in the airport with two of my grandkids and my too kind and loving wife.  I always have my too kind and loving wife with me when I take the grandkids because my children don’t think me and the grandkids make very good decisions when we are left alone.  I Dunno! We have made it a...
The $5 Horned Toad Happy Meal.  Ted Palmer photo
As part of President Trump’s effort to make America great again, he has written 142 Executive Orders in his first 100 days. At this feverish pace you may have missed a few important life changing data releases.  All the information related to UFOs and the Kennedy assassination was released, which...
“We Thank Thee O God” is etched in the rock near the top of San Juan Hill, the last major obstacle of the perilous journey to San Juan County on the Hole in the Rock Trail.  Courtesy photo
Last time we talked, I was standing on the edge of the Hole in the Rock looking down towards Lake Powell. I was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and I saying to my too kind and loving wife, “Mmm, hmmm, $&%# grhaahhh.” She said, “Don’t talk with your mouth full.” Roughly translated what...
Devils Garden along the Hole in the Rock trail.  Courtesy photo
I have been hearing stories about the great Hole-n-the-Rock trek since I was a kid. It has taken me 65 years to finally go find out what all the fuss was about. But I was undaunted by the challenge that lay in front of me. You have to realize that my too kind and loving wife is a direct decedent...
The Caveman's Too King and Loving Wife at the Alien Throne Gary Torres photo
I am in New Mexico, and you might be wondering why I am still out wandering. But before you get all judgmental, remember “All that wander are not lost.” But sometimes we are lost but faking that we are not. I can’t really explain it, but my too kind and loving wife and I have been living out of...
The patchwork sandstone at White Pocket looks like the skin of a gnarled old dragon, just up the hill is the Dragons Eye.  See more photos at sjrnews.com. Gary Torres photo
I’m Back.  I used to wonder why my dog would roll around in the dirt like he was bathing in it, get up, shake off and then seemingly smile at me like he was saying, “Oh I am so happy to be here, let’s go explore.” But that is exactly how I felt when I got back from Tonga and made it back to red...
The Cave Guy’s final meal... still waiting to see if it’s his final meal in Tonga or just final meal period. Courtesy photo
We have four days before we leave Tonga so we are trying to not buy any more groceries because my mission companion declared that we are just going to eat whatever we have left. Here in Tonga, we don’t waste anything because if I have learned anything on this mission, it is that Americans have way...
Gary and Dee Torres are packing up mementos and memories of their 18 months in Tonga. Courtesy photo
As I am writing this, I am in Tonga starting to pack my bags. Eighteen months have gone by fast.  I am leaving most of my clothes and a few assorted tools I purchased; I am packing a few small mementos and a suitcase of gratitude and wisdom. When we got here, we committed to “say yes to...

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