MEGAN CAME TO PICK UP BRANDENBERG ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 AT 5:05 AM PDT AT HIS HOME FURTHEIM. HE PASSED WITHOUT PAIN. HE HAD 24 HOURS A DAY NURSES WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES AND I SLEPT NEXT TO HIM IN THE GREATROOM. AT 2AM HE TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE AND THE NURSE CALLED THE DOCTOR. AFTER ANOTHER EXAMINATION AND CONSULTATION THE DOCTOR INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THAT COULD BE DONE SINCE HIS LUNGS WHERE BEGINNING TO STOP FUNCTIONING. I THEN, HAVING IN MIND THE PASSAGE IN THE BIBLE THAT GOD HAD GIVEN US ANIMALS FOR OUR COMPANSHIP AND LOVE BUT HAD ALSO BESTOWED ON US "DOMINION" OVER THEM LEAST THEY SUFFER NEEDLESSLY, MADE THE DECISION. HE DIED IN MY ARMS. FATHER ANGELITO CAME AT 7AM AND WE HAD A SUNRISE SERVICE FOR HIM. HE LAY IN STATE AT MEGAN'S CHAPEL FOR THE DAY WITH SOMEONE ALWAYS WITH HIM. FATHER ANGELITO CAME AT 6PM. WE HAD A BURIAL PROCESSION TO HIS GRAVE SITE AND LAID HIM TO REST FOR THE AGES. THEREAFTER WE HAD A DINNER TO CELEBRATE HIS BRILLIANCE, KINDNESS AND LOVE-GIVING LIFE. HE WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL MY GREAT DANES AND WILL LIVE ON IN THE MEMORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER MET HIM. HIS TOMBSTONE WILL READ “BRANDENBERG FURTH, FRED’S BEST FRIEND. HE GAVE FRED MORE LOVING COMMANDS THAN FRED GAVE HIM DURING HIS WONDERFUL LIFE”. TAKE CARE MY FRIENDS, FRED.
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
SIBERIA AT ITS SUMMER BEST MON AM MY TIME SUN EVE YOUR TIME
GOOD MORNING--GOOD EVENING...WE ARE IN YAKUTSK ANCIENT CITY OF SIBERIA WHICH STILL HAS STANDING THE 15TH CENTURY WOOD FORT .... THIS WAS THE ANCIENT ROUTE FOR RUSSIANS AND OTHER ASIANS--YES THIS PART OF RUSSIA IS IN ASIA....TO MIGRATE TO ALASKA AND BEYOND...WELL THE LAST TIME WE REPORTED WAS IN MOSCOW I THINK...WE LEFT MOSCOW AND FLEW TO YEKTERENGBURG FOR REFUELING...NOTHING SPECIAL ON THIS FLIGHT...THEN ON TO NOVOSIBIRSK WHERE WE OVERNIGHTED...IT WAS SELF SERVE ALL THE WAY AS 5 MEN STOOD AROUND WHILE WE SHLEPPED THE LUGGAGE....ACTUALLY IT IS GOOD EXERCISE BUT I MUST WARN ALL YOU APPLICANTS FOR THE NEXT TRIP THAT YOU SHOULD BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE..ABLE TO LIVE ON 3 HOURS SLEEP..REMEMBER TO TAKE SOME NEWSPAPER WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TO THE TOILET {NO. 2} AT THE NOVO AIRPORT...LIKE TO PIZZA AT 3AM IN THE ROOM AFTER TWO HAM SANDWHICHES IN THE PLANE....BUT ALL GREAT FUN TO DO..ONE GETS A GREAT SENSE OF ACCOMPOLISHMENT JUST GETTING THRU THE DAY AND DOING ALL THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE PILLING B TWICE A DAY...ANYWAY WE LEFT NOVO AND FLEW TO BRATSK FOR REFUELING THE NEXT DAY..HAD TO AVOID SOME HIGH LEVEL CBS AND TRS {FOR THE UNWASHED THOSE ARE CUMULIOUS NIMBUS BUILDUPS AND THUNDERSTORMS} ...11,100 METERS ALTITUDE..U FIGURE OUT THE FEET...METERS ARE USED IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR AVIATION ALTITUDE...MADE ALL AOK...BRATSK IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL..A GIANT DAM HAS CREATED A LAKE WHICH IS WONDERFUL ..PICS WILL FOLLOW..WE ARE ON HOTEL WIFI AND CANNOT USE MY COMPUTER ... THEN FLEW ON TO YAKUTSK THE RICHEST CITY IN ALL OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION...THE STREETS ARE LITERALLY PAVED WITH DIAMONDS...GRANTED SMALLER KARETS..USUALLY UNDER 2 KARETS BUT STILL NICE TO WALK ON....WE ARE OFF TO TOUR THE CITY....TOMORROW TUES WE FLY TO MAGADAN FOR FUEL AND THEN TO NOME AND ON TO ANCHORAGE WHERE WE SHALL SPEND THE NITE...WE SHALL LEAVE HERE ON TUESDAY ..TOMORROW BUT ARRIVE IN ANCHORAGE ON MONDAY.....INTL DATE LINE....ASSUMING ALL GOES WELL AND THE LORD WISHES WE SHALL FLY ON OUR SECOND TUES TO MEDFORD..MARK I SHALL ADVISE TIME TO HAVE CARAVAN THERE...CHUCK SEE THAT THE ESTATE IS PROPERLY PREPARED INCL ALL FLAGS EVERYWHERE FOR THE RETURN OF CHALK HILLS VERSION OF MAGELLAN...CAROL BE ON ALERT STATUS....BRANDEN IS FINE AND WANTED ME TO DO THE TYPING SINCE HE IS KNAPPING...PREPARING FOR THE TOUR AND NEXT FLIGHT...HE SAYS THAT NO-WHERE IN OUR TRAVELS HAS ANYONE ASKED FOR ALL THOSE PAPERS EXCEPT IN NOVO WHERE THEY LOOKED AT THE VERY IMPRESSIVE RUSSIAN FEDERATION LICENSE THAT WE GOT IN D.C....HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A LICENSE...PEEEED IN THEIR PANTS AND LET US GO..ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WORRIED ABOUT BRANDEN MAKING THIS TRIP HE HAS BEEN THE EASY PERSON AROUND..HE LIKES THE ROUTINE AND MAKES ME FOLLOW IT EXACTLY..HE IS GOOD FOR 10 HOURS IN THE ROOM WITHOUT RELIEF..OK..THANKS FOR READING THIS IF YOU GOT THIS FAR......UNTIL WE TALK AGAIN ....B&F
Friday, June 22, 2007
BRANDEN TV STAR IN PARIS
GREETINGS FRI EVE MOSCOW...CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR B ON PARIS TV...F
http://www.aintv.com/results.asp?CATEGORY_ID=42
Thursday, June 21, 2007
MOSCOW AND HOLDING
GREETINGS FROM MOSCOW...TOOK OFF FROM PARIS RIGHT ON TIME AT 8AM LOCAL TIME..EXPECTED A 2:15 FLIGHT TO WARSAW..ONE HOUR ON THE GROUND...AND A 2:00 HOUR FLIGHT TO MOSCOW...SO WHY DID WE ARRIVE IN MOSCOW AT 10PM...WELL THE FLIGHT TO WARSAW WAS UNEVENTFUL..WHEN WE LANDED OUR FARIS CO. AGENT SAID I HAD TO CALL UNIVERSAL IMMEDIATELY WHICH I DID TO FIND OUT THAT WE COULD NOT LAND AT VUKNOVO AIRPORT IN MOSCOW FOR UNDEFINED REASONS....WE HAD ALL PERMISSIONS AND PERMITS FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION BUT ARGUMENT WAS TO NO AVAIL..THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A NEW PERMIT TO LAND AT DONOVOOO AIRPORT NEAR MOSCOW AND SINCE THEY HAD ASKED FOR THE CHANGE IT WOULD ONLY TAKE 20 MINUTES....7 HOURS LATER AFTER WE CONVINCED BELARUS THAT IT WOULD BE THE SAME ROUTE AND WHY SHOULD THEY CARE SINCE I HAD AN OVERFLY PERMIT AND WOULD NOT BE LANDING IN THEIR NATION AND CONVINCED THE RUSSIAN THAT I WAS NOT GARY POWERS BROTHER ...WE TOOK OFF AND HAD A FINE FLIGHT TO MOSCOW AIRPORT UUDD....SINCE WE DID NOT GET TO THE HOTEL UNTIL 1AM WE ARE GOING TO STAY FRI NITE..IT IS 3:47PM THURS IN CAL AS I WRITE THIS AND 2:47 AM FRIDAY IN MOSCOW....WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF BEING WITH MEGAN SEVERAL TIMES IN MOSCOW..SHE LOVED THIS CITY AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND SO DO I...BRANDEN TOO..HE IS THE ULTIMATE GENTLEMEN IN CONTRAST TO HIS DAD...WE HAD EVERYONE AT THE AIRPORT COME AND SEE B, TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM INCLUDING THE RICHEST MAN IN ISREAL WHO WAS ON HIS WAY MOSCOW-KAZAKSTAN.....HOPE ALL ARE WELL AND ENJOYING THE SUMMER...SATURDAY MY TIME WE FKY TO YEKERENGBURG THEN OVERNITE IN NOVOSBRISK....B SAYS HI TO ALL. SENDING PICS BY BLOG.....F&B
