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	August - September 1997 The journey begins with a quick trip to the Shawnee National Forest, continues into Washington State and ends in Ontario Canada.

	Oktober - November 1997 West Virginia is the next stop. Eventually, a Viking helmet can be seen in Sint Maartin.
	November 1997 - February 1998 The conclusion of Vikings in Sint Maartin. The prop is converted into a slab of dried beef at Mardi Gras 1998.

	February - July 1998 A seaside fort in Florida, some musicians, a lighthouse in Michigan, and a look at Montana.
	July - August 1998 This index begins with a trip through the Canadian Rockies and finishes with a balloon race.

	August 1998 Dallas Texas, The Mississippi River at Quincy Illinois, Iowa and Western Days in Chatfield Minnesota. All shot in a 2 week period of time.
	September - December 1998 A late summer fungus turns into autumn in the eastern states. Finishes up with a quick winter trip to Nova Scotia.

	December 1998 - July 1999 Nova Scotia continues to New Years Eve celebrations in The Big Apple. Finish off with a Cornerstone Music Festival.
	July 1999 This index begins with the music festival in Illinois, moves on to The Great Smoky Mountains, then heads back to Illinois to do some Hog'n.

	July - September 1999 The big un's! Really!! The fish and the trip to Europe beginning with Norway..
	September 1999 #2 Norway Continued...

	September 1999 #3 And some more Norway.
	September 1999 #5 Nearing the end of Norway.

	September 1999 #6 The end of Norway, a stop in Copenhagen, a few drinks in Munich, then on to Prague.
	September 1999 #7 Prague continues.

	September 1999 #8 - December 1999 #1 The end of Prague and into Death Valley National Park.
	December 1999 #2 Death Valley, Yosemite, and Nevada.

	December 1999 #5 National lands in southern Utah.
	December 1999 #7 More from southern Utah

	December 1999 #9 - April 2000 Southern Utah, Arizona, California and The Smokys.
	April - June 2000 Cades Cove in The Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The badlands and a volks march at Crazy Horse Monument..

	June - September 2000 Those Crazy Norwegians at Crazy Horse Monument and Mt Rushmore. Back home again in Indiana, of to Montreal, a ride on Mark Twain Lake
	September 2000 Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Michigan.

	Oktober 2000 - May 2001 Illinois, Winter trip to the Atlantic coast and Florida. Back home again in Indiana
	May - August 2001 Lots of Vikings here in Indiana, Kentucky and Minnesota.

	August 2001 #2 Start in Vancouver BC and tour the Canadian Rockies with Gay.
	August 2001 #3

	August 2001 #5
	August 2001 #6

	Oktober 2001 - December 2001
	December 2001 #2

	December 2001 #5 - August 2002
	August 2002 #2

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This chapter covers August 1997 through August 2002.

Previously, I had learned a bit about photography in high school classes. It is now time to put a large chunk of my life into pursuing my dream...
and the dream becomes my life.

In August 1997, I moved all of my belongings into a storage unit to simplify my life. The only thing I had to do is get to the Tru-Value Hardware Distribution Center each morning at 7 am. I worked at the building about 40 hours per week. My schedule was a bit odd. The busy days at the distribution center were Monday - Wednesday. I'd work 10 hours each of those days. Thursday and Friday were slow days in the building, so I'd work from 9 till 2. As soon as 2pm Friday came around, I'd jump in my beat up Toyota and drive to my storage unit to get supplies for the weekend. I've saved my personal days for the end of the year and will use them by taking Mondays off thru September and much of October. I'll even have one week of Vacation to spend. Severing ties with what you are comfortable with is not easy. I went out of my way to make my life simple as I headed into a sort of exile.

Goals for this period: Work on composition and travel a lot. There are a few gems scattered amongst the images in this chapter. Because I wasn't looking ahead or at the "Big Picture", I didn't anticipate that this website was going to be so large when it was first published. Many of the images in this chapter are poor scans.