Blog Archive 06/2009

June 28, 2009 by Bill Strong

Petrified National Forest and the Painted Desert

June 27, 2009 by Bill Strong

Yesterday, on our beautiful trek from Sedona, AZ to Santa Fe, NM we decided last minute to take a detour through the Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert. The petrified wood was interesting - especially when you consider that they are a few HUNDRED MILLION years old. They look...

Sedona, Arizona

June 25, 2009 by Bill Strong

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Trip stats:

* Mileage this segment: Las Vegas, NV to Sedona, AZ --- 276 miles
* Cumulative mileage: 643 miles
* Cumulative gallons of diesel gas: 113 gallons

Sedona, Arizona. What a truly special town nestled amongst a spectacular, unique setting.

We were wowed on our drive in from Las...

Hoover Dam by RV

June 25, 2009 by Bill Strong

On our way from Las Vegas, NV to Sedona, AZ yesterday we took the RV over the Hoover Dam. It was truly an experience! What an amazing architectural feat considering it was constructed in the 1930's. Although, I'm 99.999% certain they never, ever, ever, ever, ever imagined a 36-foot decal plastered...

SB Independent: Strong Family Takes to the Road

June 25, 2009 by Bill Strong

Thank you so much Santa Barbara Independent and Ty Manning for running such a great story on SMA, PetitionToCureSMA.com, the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation, and SponsorAMile.com. We really appreciate your help in raising awareness about Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the #1 genetic killer of young...

KVBC-3 (NBC-Las Vegas): Family brings awareness to a little-known

June 24, 2009 by Victoria

Thank you KVBC-3 (NBC-Las Vegas) and Katherine Whaley for featuring SMA and helping us further our mission to raise awareness about SMA, which we believe will lead to a cure for future generations.

Thank you also to Heather for helping pull this all together for us. You are awesome!

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Leaving Las Vegas

June 24, 2009 by Bill Strong

We had so much fun with Heather and Wade these last few days in Las Vegas. They are such dear friends and we always love being with them whenever we can. And seeing Gwendolyn thoroughly enjoying herself with Reagan just melts our hearts.

Yesterday Heather and Wade graciously hosted a party in our...

Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Family Hits the Road in Continued Quest for

June 23, 2009 by Bill Strong

Thank you Noozhawk for running a story on SMA and Gwendolyn's 5,000 mile cross country RV adventure to meet her 104-year-old great-grandfather, Harry Gillespie, and raise much needed awareness about SMA in the process.

Click here to read the Noozhawk story!

Ahhhh, this is the life…

June 22, 2009 by Bill Strong

Gwendolyn spent the day playing with her new friend Reagan and
relaxing in the warm late afternoon shaded pool in Las Vegas. She especially loved putting her hands and feet in the waterfalls. This is the life!

Pajama Party

June 22, 2009 by Bill Strong

Gwendolyn is having a blast with her new best buddy, Reagan, and so are we!!! This is the girls getting their jammies on together -- they did not want to be apart after their big evening dance party. So fun! And they both couldn't wait to see each other this morning.