Memories of 60 years
- Great, loving marriage partnership
- Wonderful, successful children and their partners
- 22 & more ? grandchildren - Great business partnership
- Many family river trips and beach vacations
- Inspiring grandchildren and their partners
- Hiking, biking and traveling with Marilyn and Joe Laufer, Kathy and Jim Pretty and Isabel and John Shanahan
2020 - Bike Summit County, Colorado
2020 - Bike Summit County, Colorado
2020 - Bike Summit Country, Colorado
2020 - Bike Aspen to Glenwood Springs
2019 - Bike Aspen, Colorado
2020 - Bike Aspen to Glennwood, Colorado
2019 - Bike Palisades, Colorado
2019 - Bike Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
2019 - Elbe River, Germany - Bernie & Sigrid, Jim & Kathy, Cheryl & Richard, Isabel
& John
& Richard, Isabel & John
2019 - Elbe River, Germany - Bernie & Sigrid, Jim & Kathy, Cheryl
& Richard, Isabel & John
2019 - Elbe River, Germany - Bernie & Sigrid, Jim & Kathy, Cheryl
Dresden was totally destroyed in WWII. The Frauenkirche was rebuilt sixty years later exactly like the original.
& John
2019 - Elbe River, Germany - Bernie & Sigrid, Jim & Kathy, Cheryl & Richard, Isabel
2019 - Elbe River, Germany - Bernie & Sigrid, Jim & Kathy, Cheryl & Richard, Isabel
& John
2018 - Bike Germany, Weser River trail with Bernie Heller
Cooling tower for a nuclear power plant on the Weser River..
2018 - Bike Germany, Weser River trail with Bernie Heller
2018 - Bike Germany, Weser River trail with Bernie Heller
2018 - Bike Germany, Weser River trail with Bernie Heller
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris,
France
May 20, 2017 near Bruges, Belgium. Temperature close to freezing, some snowfall.
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
Bruges, a city with a mix of bicycles, cars, buses and beautiful horse drawn carriages.
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
In 2017, there was peace in Europe. The cities, countryside, waterways and bicycle paths were marvelous. The Europeans and tourists, happy.
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris,
France
Commemorating the coronation of Charlemagne as King of the Franks in 768. Pope Innocent VI crowned him to get protection from other rulers.
Not too different from the problems of rulers today.
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
Late May, 2017 in Paris. European and US leaders are abandoning fossil fuels because they supposedly cause catastrophic global warming! What is reality?
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris from the Seine in May 2017.
A fire on April 15, 2019 destroyed it.
History of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Many cathedrals in Europe are marvels of architecture and engineering.
2017 - Bike Bruges, Belgium to Paris, France
Notre Dame Cathedral and the Seine River, Paris
2017 - Bike Idaho
2017 - Bike Idaho
These masks were for smoke from wildfires - not COVID
2017 - Bike Idaho
We’ve hiked, biked and snowshoed in temperatures ranging from 0 deg to 95 deg F in sunshine, pouring rain, snow storms.
That is NOT Jim’s hand pulling Kathy’s mask
2017 - Bike Idaho
Johniscoolaboutit!
Mary looks terrified of riding a bike through smoke & forest fires!
Dr.Roark,Ipresume?
2016 - Aspen to Glenwood Springs, Colorado
AMTRAK Denver to Glenwood Springs
2016 - Aspen to Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Glenwood Canyon
2016 - Aspen to Glenwood Springs, Colorado
2016 - Aspen to Glenwood Springs, Colorado
2016 - Aspen to Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Kate Durham
2016 - Aspen to Glenwood Springs, Colorado
2016 - Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
2016 - Bike Katy Trail, Missouri
2016 - Bike Katy Trail, Missouri
3 hour ride in blinding rain: Randy,
Missouri River
John & Mary
2016 - Prince Edward Island, Canada
2016 - Prince Edward Island, Canada
2016 - Prince Edward Island, Canada
2016 - Prince Edward Island, Canada
2016 - Prince Edward Island, Canada
2016 - Prince Edward Island, Canada
2015 - Austria, Danube River
A ferry just for bikers on the Blue Danube!!!!
2015 - Austria, Danube River
A Maypole tradition in many European countries for a good harvest.
2015 - Austria, Danube River
2015 - Austria, Danube River
2015 - Austria, Danube River
Austrian villages traditional music and costumes.
2014 - Bike Croatia -
Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
&
Isabel
John Shanahan
2014 - Bike Croatia
- Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
Trogir, Croatia - Pharmacy since 1271
2014 - Bike Croatia -
Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
Krka River at very high flood stage
2014 - Bike Croatia - Kate D,
Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
Australian cancer survivors travel the world racing their Chinese Dragon Boat to raise awareness for life after surviving cancer.
2014 - Bike Slovenia -
Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
2014 - Bike Slovenia -
Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
2014 - Bike Slovenia
- Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
Jerusalem, Slovenia,
2014 - Bike Slovenia
- Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
Tall corn in Slovenia
Grape harvest Slovenia
2014 - Bike Slovenia - Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
Theo S & Isabel S easy hill climb Wine tasting
2014 - Bike Slovenia
- Kate D, Theo & Ruth S, Gary G, John & Mary
B, Jim & Kathy P, Cheryl M, Richard J, Isabel & John S
2013 - Bike
Aspen - Glenwood Springs - Glenwood Canyon
Sandy & Dick R. - Kathy & Jim P >>>
<<< Ann & Ed Olinek
2013 - Bike Aspen - Glenwood Springs - Glenwood Canyon
2013 - Bike Aspen - Glenwood Springs - Glenwood Canyon
2013 - Aspen - Glenwood Springs historic RR car by bike trail
2013 - Bike Aspen - Glenwood
Springs - Glenwood Canyon
“Com on gang, I’m waiting!”
Jim P:
2013 - Bike
Aspen - Glenwood Springs - Glenwood Canyon
2012 - Bike Washington, D.C.
Kathy P, Kate D, Eleanor R, & Isabel
2012 - Bike the Great Allegheny Passage
2012 - Bike the Great Allegheny Passage
2012 - Bike the Great Allegheny Passage
2012 - Bike the Great Allegheny Passage
Randy Robinson, Mary & John Brinker
2012 - Bike the Great Allegheny Passage
Kathy and Jim Pretty
2011 - Bike Tuscany, Italy
2011 - Bike Tuscany, Italy
2011 - Bike Tuscany, Italy
2011 - Bike Tuscany, Italy
Tour guide: How to ride bikes through Italian traffic circles.
Follow the rules.
Peddle with confidence!
2011 - Bike Tuscany, Italy
2011 - Bike Tuscany, Italy - molto bello
2011 shopping for Happy Hour at agriturismo Tuscany, Italy
2011
- Happy - Happy Hour at agriturismo, Tuscany, Italy
2011 - American friends discuss summer in Tuscany
2011 - Tuscany - Jim P buying a Tuscan apple
Kate
D & John S enjoying Tuscan white wine
2011 - Randy R & John B in beautiful Tuscany
Das Bier schmeckt
gut, Prost!!!
1964 - 2011 Careers, children, grandchildren, and visiting each other every few years. Not much time for fun!
John and Mary developed Brinker & Sons, Inc. a successful contracting company in the Washington, D.C. area.
Jim P. an aerospace engineer. Kathy, a nurse.
John S. worked in nuclear power. Isabel advised students and adults in career development, She ran an MBA program.
1963 Canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area Ely, Minnesota - John B preparing to portage
1963 Canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Ely, Minnesota
Some say that John Shanahan has a big head.
1963 Canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Ely, Minnesota
1963 Canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Ely, Minnesota
1962 John Shanahan biking and hiking in Austria and Germany
<< Crossing the Alps in Austria
Biking solo >> Hannover to Frankfurt on country roads with only a paper map.
1958 - 1964 University of Notre Dame, Indiana BSc. and MSc. in Civil Engineering
- MEMORIES FOR JOHN BRINKER & JOHN SHANAHAN
- Classmates at Notre Dame (1958 - 1964 B.Sc., M.Sc. Civil Engineering)
- Canoeing in Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area
- Cycling in Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Quebec, PEI and Slovenia
- Hiking in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Switzerland
- Beer drinking - can’t remember where
- Marvelous Brinker and Shanahan families, children and grandchildren
- Dedicated to the mission of website: allaboutenergy.net
Summary About Energy, Climate and People
- Today’s climate is almost ideal for life of all kinds. No global crisis.
- Climate has been much colder (ice ages) and warmer in the past.
- Carbon dioxide is the molecule of life, not a vicious pollutant.
- Use of coal, oil and natural gas and their by-products caused life to blossom and thrive.
- Fission nuclear power will be the main energy source for electricity, manufacturing process heat, space heating, water desalination and energy for producing synthetic liquid fuels for thousands of years..
- Wind and solar produce ONLY variable electricity, generally not enough to mine, manufacture, deliver, service, and dispose of replacements. They are not a good solution for most energy needs.
- PEOPLE are the MAIN PROBLEM and the ONLY SOLUTION.