K Diamond K

All good things must end

Submitted by AJ Chavar on 7.12.2010
All of us with our K Diamond K friends!
Co-authors: 
David Miller
Steve Davis
Bruce Strong
Ken Harper
Justin Murphy
Michelle San Miguel
Sherri Williams
Sierra Jiminez
Matt Nojiri
Kate Szrom
Kelly West
Juliette Lynch

Well, last week we packed up and moved out of the K Diamond K bunkhouse, where we had been living for nearly seven weeks. 

Now we're back in Syracuse, working in a windowless, fluorescent-lit room in Newhouse. Don't get me wrong, the computer labs at the university are fantastic, but nothing compares to working in a window-filled room surrounded by beautiful mountainous landscapes.

"Romance the spouse"

Submitted by Steve Davis on 6.6.2010
Liberty Chamberlain prepares to dip into the raffle hat. Photo by: Steve Davis

It looked like a cute baby convention‚ and in some measure it was. In fact, it was the ‚"Romancing the Spouse" event in DuPont, Wash., outside Tacoma and neighboring the Ft. Lewis military base. "We went expecting an army. We got one. An army of strollers," said Steve Konz, who purchased the 1,300-acre spread in 1961 that today is the K Diamond K dude ranch in rural northeastern Washington.

The K Diamond K Story

Submitted by Steve Davis on 6.5.2010
Steve Konz, on lunch break in Cle Elum, Wash. Photo by: Steve Davis

It was good to connect with my old friend I-90 again this past week for a short 322-mile trip over to Tacoma from Republic. (Three of us from SU drove out here from Syracuse two weeks ago, and the 2,500-mile journey has changed my perspective on words such as "short" and "long". My travel partners to Tacoma were K Diamond K patriarch Steve Konz and the ranch wrangler, Shelby Carradine. Our destination: Romancing the Spouse, an event in Tacoma for Ft. Lewis soldiers and families.

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