Bonjour tout le monde, je m’appelle David.

Greetings, my name is David and welcome to my blog “French Phrase-a-day”, this is the start of a new adventure for me and it is one that I am very excited to begin. I hope that you will enjoy your visit and that you find something of value from the content of my posts.

I have lived in the Salt Lake valley since 1985, my wife and I have two wonderful daughters that live with us in our home at the south end of the valley.  We enjoy living in Utah where there are many beautiful National Parks that we continue to enjoy, National Forests that we love to hike in, and I have ridden thousands of miles on my road bike in the  valley and surrounding areas.  The scenery is amazingly beautiful, each of the four seasons accentuates the natural beauty in ways unimaginable.

My family and I enjoy traveling, each summer we plan a family vacation and go someplace where we have never been before.  I have had some very special experiences on these vacations that I am grateful for, one of those times was celebrating my birthday in Paris.  This day was magnificent for me, we were on our 3rd day of 6 in Paris, we were acclimated and had a plan for the day.

Une journée mémorable à Paris.

I spent the entire day sight seeing the city with my family until we returned to our rented apartment sometime after midnight. Here I am with my two daughters on a bridge with the Seine river in the background.  There is something special about Paris in the rain.

Nous sommes traversé un pont dessus le fleuve

The relationship that I have with my wife of 30 years is what I am most grateful for, we met in Colorado in 1980 and we have remained together ever since.  She will always be the love of my life, we have shared some great moments together.  Here we are touring the canals in Brugges, Belgium having another romantic experience together.

Nous sommes fait une circuit à travers les canaux de Bruges Belgique.

New Energy and a Fresh Outlook on Life.

I turned 60 in July 2015 and two weeks later I retired from a 23 year IT career developing software.   The first four months of retirement were a whirl wind of activity and adjustment; I emerged out of that period with new energy and a fresh outlook on life.  I am now happily involved with creating a new life style for myself and I have new views on life, family and happiness that are full of love and compassion.

My career for 23 years in Information Technology was a very rewarding for myself and my family.  Over the last 16 years in that career I became very involved with the collection of aerial imagery and mapping services.  I found it fascinating that there were so many ways that one can get to know an area without having to be there.  Please feel free to use the map below to explore the surrounding area where I live.  Be sure to use the Satellite view, you will certainly see some amazing imagery; which by the way I was involved with the management, access and retrieval of.

Below is the Salt Lake valley where I live, use the scroll feature of your mouse to zoom in and out.