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Photos were taken in Puerto Rico on a 1992 Navy operation

Minnesota Fall Colors Trip from St. Paul to Duluth

Story and Photos       October 2006

Jon and Hasmin become grandparents.  Cenah Barker was adopted in the Philippines by our daughter Sharon and Son-in-law Jai in February 2006.

Here is the story and photos of her first days in the U. S.

"Mississippi Gulf Coast Revival" is a Katrina Benefit CD written by Alan Soder and Thomas Novak. This CD has 2/3 of the cost going towards helping victims of Katrina.  Click here for sample sound clips from the songs, the stories and how to purchase your own copy of the CD.

View Soder Family's Katrina Survivor Story and Photos

Katrina in Mississippi - One Year Later (August 29, 2006) as photographed and narrated by Jon Soder

Story and Photos

Link to Spam Museum Tour Photo Album In August 2005 we toured the SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota.  A must see for SPAM lovers and a couple of surprises.
Story and Photos

Mobile Riverine Force Association (MRFA)
Veteran's Day Mini-Reunion and Memorial Ceremony
Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 12-14, 2004

Story and Photos
The Minnesota Army National Guard Retired its Vietnam Era UH1 Hueys.  A Flyover and Retirement Ceremony Was Held on the State Capitol Grounds on November 10, 2004.

Story and Photos

The Grand Excursion - July 2004
Flotilla of Mississippi Riverboats Comes to St. Paul, Minnesota

Story and Photos

Photo Link to Ice Palace Photo Album Winter Carnival Ice Palace, January 2004, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ice Palace was built using 27,000 blocks of ice weighing 500 pounds each. Over 700 volunteers built it. Ice was harvested from a local lake and trucked to the downtown St. Paul construction site. Ice blocks were welded together using blow torches. When completed, visitors were able to go inside the palace grounds and through the palace.  Photo album shows the construction process and daylight, dusk, and night photos of the completed palace.
Find out how you can get all 107 original photos of the Ice Palace project
Photo linked to Memorial Day 2003 Photo Album Memorial Day 2003
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Photo Link to 2003 Ics Scuptures Photo Album Winter Carnival Ice Sculptures
January 2003
St. Paul, Minnesota
Phot Link to Back to 50s Autos Show at MN State Fairgrounds Back to the 50's Auto Show
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Over 10,000 cars 1965 and older displayed
Photo link to Flowers and Garden Photo Album MonsterChef's Flower and Vegetable Gardens
  Cruising the Bremerton to Seattle Washington Ferry (coming soon)
  The Minnesota State Fair - Largest in the Country (coming soon)
  Duluth Minnesota - Our Little San Fransisco (coming soon)
   

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