Travis' Blog

June 6th, 1944

2008-06-06T11:26:00.003-07:00

Today is the 64th anniversary of D-day.

2008-04-19T18:10:00.002-07:00

Daniel set a trap yesterday evening and informed me he was trying to catch a raccoon that had been eating our cat food. I didn't really think much of it at the time but this morning I got a call from him telling me that he had caught a raccoon. No one ever showed him how to set or bait the trap.

Prom Photos!

2008-04-11T06:40:00.002-07:00

Most of these pictures are already on facebook but not everyone has a facebook or checks it so I'm posting them here too. Enjoy!

2008-03-07T10:35:00.001-07:00

Best steak ever.

Another Long Overdue Update

2008-01-18T19:13:00.000-07:00

I always plan on posting more but never get around to it, life gets so busy and now that I have started school again I don't have much spare time. My jeep is coming along well, it is almost ready to run again. Just a few things need to be hooked up, the distributor, fan, gas tank and a wire here and there and I'll be driving it once again. :) Many pictures of that to come. But for now here are some random photos I have taken the last few weeks. Enjoy!

Monster Truck Show

Chevy rules!

Jared I think this guy needs some new ball joints...

Destruction derby! Yay!

Nice flex!

This truck lost control and caught on fire. I snapped step by step pictures of the whole thing.

More Pictures...

Border patrol checking someone out on I-35

How do you like my new truck? I can carry a lot of people at once.

Big game hunter Jared sleeping in the blind

Jared cleaning the doe that he shot this last week when we went hunting. We had lots of fun. I didn't take very many pictures.

Me getting Jared's gun un-jammed

A pretty sunset

The new 2009 Chevy Corvett concept. Maybe in 30-40 years I will be able to afford one of these.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Have a great day!
Travis

Update!

2007-12-14T13:40:00.000-07:00

This week my dad and me blew off work and school and went to the deer lease. So much fun being home schooled! (sometimes) lol
I took almost 300 pictures on the trip but I won't post all those! Here are the best.

There are lots of oil rigs and tanks on the lease. I think that this one was struck by lighting and burned or something like that. The inside is all nasty oil and parts of the tank. That would have been so cool to see! lol

You can see how the ground around the rod is discolored.

A nice lake in the morning.

Some kind of crystal

I came very close to shooting this buck but decided not to shoot him and hope that I will see a bigger one before the end of the season.

A rat's nest under our trailer. I think we have finally killed all of them! Yay!

Is he glaring at me?

Young doe

Running shot

Sunset in south Texas

Cop in the rain

So there is my post as promised :)
I hope you enjoyed the pictures! I will try to update more often.

Travis

Photos!

2007-11-13T06:49:00.000-07:00

Sunrise

Doves

Red bird

I was walking to the deer stand in the afternoon when I came across this. Very scary thing!

It was 5 feet, 4 inches long

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Travis

My Engine Rebuild Progress For Today

2007-11-02T13:01:00.000-07:00

Today I had some free time to work on my engine so here are the progress pictures. They aren't the best photos because I had to use my mom's camera. I have 4 of the six pistons in, I want to put the next two in tonight.

Putting in a piston.

All the main caps torqued down. :D

Six in a row makes it go...

What do y'all think about my choice of color for the block? I wanted to do something bright and interesting, not just black.

Have a great day!
Travis White

BASEBALL!!!

2007-10-11T18:49:00.000-07:00

Wohoo!!! Ok maybe not baseball but it is pretty close. Daniel is playing T-ball now twice a week. He has improve 100% since he started two weeks ago. The very first time he hit the ball he took off running to third (with the bat). But not anymore. He has it down now!
Here are some pictures from tonight's game.

Random Pictures!

2007-10-01T10:19:00.000-07:00

I have not updated in so long so I thought I'd just post a bunch of different photos from the last few weeks/months/whatever. ;)

Boerne PD

A horse

I have no idea what the person that built this was thinking... top cruising speed of 28 mph.

Last Saturday Jared and me cleaned up our new hunting Jeep. I wish I had some before photos of it becasue it really shined up!
Wish my hood was that pretty...

I think Jared was getting mad at me for taking so many pictures...

I'll have some more pictures soon.

Have a nice day!
Travis White

We Got It Out!

2007-08-30T20:15:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to be able to say that with the help of my best friend we were able to get my old 258 inline 6 out of my Jeep. It took almost 5 hours but we didn't break anything (except a made in china socket adapter, sorry Jared). Here's a few pictures because words are nothing without pictures.

Now I need to get the flywheel and clutch off and then strip it down to the bare block.

Have a great day!
Travis

At The Lake

2007-08-21T08:51:00.000-07:00

This last weekend my dad took Anna, Daniel, Julie and me to the lake. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Have a great day!
Travis

2007-08-15T19:09:00.001-07:00

I am sorry for not updating in a while. I have just been so busy with many things and I just forget to update about the events in my life. My camera is feeling unloved, I have hardly used it in the last few weeks. :(

Yesterday I went over the Jaroski's house to help Jared with an engine swap. But as it turned out I messed up more than I fixed when I let the socket and wobble head fall into the truck's frame out of reach. Oh yes the customary anti-freeze fallout also took place but lucky this time it was on my shoulder not my whole chest and face. lol I had fun over there even though it was only for a little while.

Tomorrow morning I am going to take my test for my driving permit. I have read the textbook twice so I think I should be able to pass it but JIC pray for me. :)

Well it is getting late so I need to end this and go get a shower. I'm working on a project right now and when I'm done with it I'll take some pictures of it and post them but I can't say what it is that I am doing.

Have a great day!
Travis

Pens!

2007-07-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

Well I haven't posted any pictures of my pens in a long time. So I'm making up for that now. Here's some of my newest pens. I'd love to hear your comments on them.

Texas Flag Pen

This pen is made from Axis Antler.

Curly maple.

Hope you liked the pens!

Have a great day!
Travis

A Flooded Guadalupe River

2007-07-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

Dave and me were going to go fishing Saturday but when we came to the river we decided against it. This is the highest I've ever seen it. It had come up at least 25 feet.

Would have been a perfect day for tubing. ;)

Our Fishing Trip

2007-07-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went off shore fishing out of Rock Port. We were supposed to leave the docks at 7 AM but the boat we were going to take didn't have any forward gears. So we had to get on a much smaller boat and it took almost an hour for them to get it ready. As soon as we were in open water there were 8 to 10 feet waves and it started raining. You have no idea what it is like out there until you are in a storm. Every few minuets there would be a huge wave coming and the captain would shut off the motor a few seconds before it crashed over the boat. Makes you feel very small and insignificant. It was so rough that I tried to take a video of it but I could not stand up and hold my camera at the same time. Next time we will check the weather! But it was worth it all. We caught our limit of red snapper in less than an hour.

It was a much better ride on the way back.

A millionaire's toy

Random Photos

This would be the coolest work truck ever!

San Antonio skyline

Stars and stripes

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Have a great day!
Travis

6-27-07

2007-06-28T13:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday afternoon I took these pictures. I think sunsets are always the best before a storm.

I hope you like the photos.

Have a great day!
Travis

Working On The "Thing"

2007-06-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

This strange front-wheel powered three wheeler sat behind our shop for years until I had a wild idea to fix it up and make it run again. The last time it ran was over 6 years ago. The coil went bad and my dad didn't replace it. If I make this thing run by myself I will be impressed. lol
This is really strange, I hardly ever type more than a line or two. So enough talk! Here are some progress pictures.

Single piston engine. I didn't get a picture of it before I removed the manifold.

Transmission

I took the transmission apart today, it has to be the most simple trans ever made. But that is a good thing for my sake. :)

I hope that I have not bored you. lol

Have a great day!
Travis

Poor Truman!

2007-06-18T06:49:00.000-07:00

Everyone went outside and left him behind. But he was alright about 30 seconds later when I opened the door to let him outside.

Have a great day!
Travis

Deer

2007-06-18T06:47:00.000-07:00

2007-06-10T13:38:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know who this is? lol

Have a great day!
Travis

Some of my sunset and sunrise pictures

2007-05-29T16:53:00.000-07:00

This is the only picture out of them all that was adjusted.

The HEB photo lab put a scratch in the negative of this print :(

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Have a great day!
Travis

2007-05-28T12:03:00.000-07:00

Julie was showing me how to wink. lol

It's Raining!

2007-05-27T19:54:00.000-07:00

An hour before I took this photo this creek bed was dry. I walked through it and it was over my knees!

They are not very good photos but I thought I would post them anyway.

Have a great day!
Travis

Lightning Pictures

2007-05-24T07:47:00.000-07:00

I took these pictures with my Canon on a tripod about three weeks ago all the same night. By the time the time the storm was over I had used three rolls of film. Only two pictures came out right. I was pretty excited to get these pictures back. Hope you like them!

Have a great day!
Travis

Fishing

2007-05-21T10:18:00.000-07:00

This past Friday Jared, David, Mr. Wean and me went fishing near Aransas Pass. We had a great time even though we did not catch many fish.

Sunrise over the bay

I love this picture!

Mr. Wean caught the first fish

Trying to bring my Red fish into the boat. After that I think bass fishing has lost all of its thrill!

I was a little sunburned. lol

More pictures from the trip:

Jared enjoying a bedtime snack. Sorry Jared!

My Jeep!

2007-05-12T08:40:00.000-07:00

I woke up at 6:45 this morning to take pictures of my jeep. So I hope you like it!

This is how my dad gave it to me. When I took this picture I had not done anything to it at all.

Before we cleaned it and put in a a new steering wheel. Ew!

A few weeks later...

I love riding without the doors :)

This is the steering wheel that I hurt my back on. I will never again try and take one off without a puller! lol

I just put this scanner in. The next thing I will install will be a radio and speakers.

Chrome!

Thank you very much Jared for helping me and showing me how to clean it. I couldn't have done it on my own.

Have a great day!
Travis

Cactus Flowers

2007-05-12T07:34:00.000-07:00

I took this picture early in the morning. It is my favorite one.

What Fun!

2007-05-09T12:30:00.000-07:00

Today is Daniel's 5th birthday.

2007-05-04T08:35:00.000-07:00

Over a year before he was born I prayed for a little brother. I love my sisters but I wanted a little brother to do things with. God gave me a brother.
Happy birthday Daniel!

What Happens When I Get In A Hurry

2007-05-02T11:09:00.000-07:00

I was leaving my room walking fast headed for the school room with my calculator when I came to a unplanned and very abrupt stop. The clip on my benchmade knife had caught the door knocker and wedged in there pretty good.

The little ones thought it was really funny!

Daniel was intrigued by the butterfly on the blade :D

Have a great day!
Travis

At The Jaroski's House

2007-04-30T17:04:00.000-07:00

He was trying to start the blower but didn't have the upper body strength :D

Truman about to have a breakdown after everyone runs out of the room leaving him in his chair. If you look closely you can see the tears in his eyes :'(

More Pictures.....

2007-04-27T20:50:00.000-07:00

I promise after these I will not post any more pictures from the prom :D
These are some of the best, they came from my 35mm camera.

Katie on her pink phone lol

I GIVE!

2007-04-24T12:59:00.000-07:00

Let me start by saying Jared MADE me post this picture. No kidding! I was blackmailed. Oh, the injustice!

So now that you know that fact here is the picture.

Oh and this is the first picture of me that I have ever posted and it is the best one I could ever post.

2007-04-23T16:26:00.000-07:00

My intent was to make a (manly) all American pen. The only ink transmission I could come up with is made in Taiwan :(
Well here it is, a pen made with a powder coated 30-06 shell and some red, white and blue acrylic. All the metal on the pen is gold titanium.

I hope you like the pen.

Have a great day!
Travis

The Prom!

2007-04-18T07:43:00.000-07:00

Graham and Katie :D

Graham and Katie again...

Jared dancing with Katie (it's manly!)

The candlelight ceremony

When it was over I forced everyone into posing for a picture :D

And I wasn't going to dance! Really! But I did... and I'd do it again.

Alvin!

2007-04-11T05:12:00.000-07:00

I took a bunch of pictures while I was in Alvin. Here are some of the best.

Such a cool car!

We took a ferry from Galveston. I didn't see any red broncos boarding

Anna on the ferry

Coast Guard Helicopter

Our old home

This would be very tempting to Dave! lol

I washed my granddads car for him. It was the first time in years it had been hand washed. Doesn't it look shiny?

Just a heron

Uncle bubba and Dave watching TV.

Dave studying.

Hands up Bubba!

I Hope you liked seeing the pictures.

Have a nice day!
Travis

2007-04-05T17:39:00.000-07:00

As most of you already know I am in Alvin at my Grandparents house on a extended, late "spring break". I have been enjoying being here and have been able to spend time with my Grandparents.
I have been taking lots of pictures and as soon as I'm home then I'll post some :)

This is where we live in Alvin before we moved to Boerne in 1998.
The house seems so much smaller than I thought it had been and the neighborhood has changed lots. Only two blocks from our old house I was stopped, questioned, and searched for "weapons" by the Alvin police just because!!! The officer took my knife out of my pocket first thing and then made me put my hands on the hood, spread my legs and stand there while he went though all my pockets and my shoes and another police woman took my camera off my shoulders and looked at the pictures on it. After about 10 minuets of being questioned he finally gave me my knife and camera back and said "Mr. White, you are free to go. Have a nice day". A very warm welcome! lol

Only one picture for now because of dial up :D
I hope you are all doing good.

Have a great week!
Travis

Saturday!

2007-03-24T20:16:00.000-07:00

Jared hard at work.

The fire was hot!

There used to be cedars all in where you can see now before Jared and me cut and burned them all.

Jared telling me a story while we were coming back from lunch.

Hmm....

Jared's non-chickish, ultra fuel efficient transportation device with leather seats.

I hope you liked seeing what Jared and me do on Saturdays.

Have a great week!
Travis

Pictures From 2006!

2007-03-21T13:03:00.000-07:00

I don't think I have posted these pictures before.

Choke canyon lake.

My cat doing what it does best ;)

One of my favorite pictures

Dave's pet deer

Some nice sunset pictures

Young buck at daybreak

I did not take this picture my dad did. It is not edited at all.

Hope you liked the pictures :)

Have a great day!
Travis

Black and White

2007-03-21T06:35:00.000-07:00

What is wrong with this picture?

2007-03-20T06:25:00.000-07:00

Girls and phones :D lol

2007-03-19T17:34:00.000-07:00

It is time for me to update but I can't think of anything to put on. I do not have any good new pictures and I can't think of anything to take a picture of right now :(
So as soon as I have some good pictures then I'll post them :)

Have a great day!
Travis White

Julie's New Look!

2007-03-15T10:55:00.000-07:00

Last night Julie had an idea to put every curler she could find in her hair. She seems to like it :)

Have a great day!
Travis

2007-03-12T15:00:00.000-07:00

My Grandparents are in town for the next few days so I am happy about that. Everything is so nice outside right now after the rain we had last night. Our pear tree that we planted last year is blooming. I took some pictures of it of course.
Saturday I made a pen, the first one in a while. Then that night my Dad took me to the rodeo and we had lots of fun there.

I hope you are having a great day!
Travis :)

2007-03-07T14:41:00.000-07:00

This photo is from last year. I took it with my canon rebel 35mm camera. Now I hardly ever use that camera because I have a digital. I hope you like the new song I put on, it is one of my favorite.

Have a great day!
Travis

2007-03-07T10:00:00.000-07:00

I have not updated in a while. I have been very sick as most of you already know but now I am much better. So here is my update. My dad took the little ones to the park last week and I took these photos. I hope you like them.
Have a great day!
Travis White

My dad does not know I took this picture :-)

Texas!

2007-02-27T11:31:00.000-07:00

March 2nd 2007 is Texas Independence Day. (You already knew that right?)
God could not have picked a better day to bring me into the world :)

Some things you might not know about Texas:

Texas is second only to Alaska in area. It covers more territory than the total area of five Midwestern states-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. There are 254 counties in Texas. Texas is the national leader in mineral production.

Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.

The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

During the period of July 24-26, 1979, the Tropical Storm Claudette brought 45 inches of rain to an area near Alvin, Texas, contributing to more than $600 million in damages.
Claudette produced the United States 24 hour rainfall record of 43 inches.

Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.

Texas has more gun owners than any other state.

Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.

Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.

Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.

The worst natural disaster in United States history was caused by a hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Over 8000 deaths were recorded.

The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.

Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles.

Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.

Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area.

The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.

Professional sports teams include the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Houston Astros, Houston Comets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Texas Rangers.

Texas is the only state in the US. that has its own air force.

I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed putting it together. If you read all of it then you have done your history for the day.

Have a great day!
Travis White

2007-02-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

30-30 pen

Corian pen

And a pen made from antler.

2007-02-22T13:52:00.000-07:00

Oh boy! My own phone. 210 389 7181

2007-02-16T17:01:00.000-07:00

I love this picture....

2007-02-16T10:17:00.000-07:00

This is my first big pen order, ten pens made from 308 shells. I spent many late (and cold!) nights in the shop making these. I am glad it's over. Now I'm sitting here waiting for my check to come.....

Have a great day!
Travis

2007-02-14T06:39:00.000-07:00

This is a 1.5mm calligraphy point pen. It is the first one I have made like this.
Travis

Mexico

2007-02-04T17:17:00.000-07:00

Keeping us safe.

A flag right on the US border before crossing into Mexico.

A mountain lion killed by someone else on the lease. It measured 6 feet 8 inches long and weighted 110 lbs.

Sunset.

Vaqueros.

Just a cow.

Hurry up!

2007-02-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

This is my latest pen. Whitetail antler and a nickle 30-06 shell.

Julie In A Tree

2007-01-30T12:42:00.000-07:00

Should I keep posting pictures?

2007-01-24T15:57:00.000-07:00

This is what our yard looked like right after me and Jared finished planting grass. Now it's all brown.

It's Cold!

2007-01-17T09:12:00.000-07:00

Hope you like the pictures.

Have a great day!
Travis White

2007-01-05T05:35:00.000-07:00

2007-01-03T08:29:00.001-07:00

Julie Making Cookies

2006-12-29T20:45:00.000-07:00

Daniel working on his fast draw

2006-12-27T20:58:00.000-07:00

Julie Having Fun

2006-12-21T07:51:00.000-07:00

Latest Pen

2006-12-08T21:01:00.000-07:00

I'm so happy with this pen I had to post it. It is made from Whitetail Antler. Hope you like it.

Mexico

2006-11-28T20:11:00.000-07:00

TX DPS

2006-11-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

Spurs Vs. Suns

2006-11-10T11:47:00.000-07:00

My Dad took me to the spurs game Wednesday night. It was a very close game but the spurs won. I took my camera of course. Hope you like the pictures.

Some of my best pictures

2006-10-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

2006-10-06T10:52:00.000-07:00

I had a chance to do some shed antler hunting yesterday. I needed some more antler for my pens. While I was looking for them I saw several exotics. Enjoy the pictures!

Two New Pens

2006-09-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

This pen is made from water Buffalo horn. I took a picture as I was turning the cap, with the aid of a tripod.

I made this pen is made from two 7.62 mm NATO (308) casings. I'm not sure if I would sell it :)