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My good freind Ray from Champlain EMC made a ton of wonderful Samstonw placements..<\/div>\n
YOu gotta see his actual blog at\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/blog.corinnandray.com\/blog\/post\/2009\/08\/12\/Sam-Stones-in-the-UK.aspx<\/div>\n
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Name = Ray McCarthy Bergeron<\/p>\n

Email = bergeron@champlain.edu<\/p>\n

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\nHappy (1-day late) Birthday John! Hi Diane!<\/p>\n

I wanted to put something together for both of you and sorry it took
\na while, but it’s a culmination of the stones Corinn and I placed
\nwhile in Scotland this past year.\u00a0 I blogged about it and here’s the
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\n(http:\/\/blog.corinnandray.com\/blog\/post\/2009\/08\/12\/Sam-Stones-in-the-UK.aspx).
\nIt was recently posted though the date was logged differently.\u00a0 As I
\nplace more, I’ll try to do similar blog posts.\u00a0 Hope all is well…<\/p>\n

-Ray<\/p>\n

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SamStones in the UK<\/a><\/h1>\n
Wednesday, 12 August 2009 @ 02:05 by raymond<\/a><\/div>\n
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I had the great opportunity to learn from and know more about a great friend of the EMC, John Cohn, over the past several years. \u00a0One of the stories John shared to us a while ago told touched our hearts. \u00a0In short, pulled from his\u00a0website<\/a>, this is the short story:<\/p>\n

Sam was an exuberant boy with a 1000 watt smile. He loved his friends, family, dog, and bird deeply. Sam was passionate about guitar, snowboarding, lacrosse, and having fun. Yes, having fun was important to Sam.<\/span><\/p>\n

Springtime meant lacrosse for Sam and a time to play hard with his buddies. Ultimate frisbee at the park were memorable times for Sam and he would come home with a big smile on his face and grass stains on his body. Summers you could find Sam floating down the rivers, swinging from a rope swing, biking, or just hanging with friends. A summer would be complete with time spent at Camp Abnaki and jamming at Burlington Rock Camp. Fall would be the season Sam would try and stretch summer out a little bit more until the snow started to come. That time was then spent at Bolton Valley Resort on his snowboard. He enjoyed ariel tricks and hitting the rails. Mostly he enjoyed just hanging with his friends and little brother Gabe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam loved music and was always plugged into some song. Guitar was second nature to Sam. He could play \u201cAsturias\u201d on his classical guitar to heavy metal on his Gibson. He enjoyed playing bass and wailing on the drums. His favorite times were when he would jamming with one of his friends, or his big brother Max.<\/span>
\nIt is hard to capture Sam\u2019s true spirit in a few paragraphs. He taught us so much. Mostly he taught us to have fun, ease up, and to be there for each other. He is a true best friend to many and deeply missed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam was born on May 28, 1992. He was hit by a car on November 20, 2006 in Florida while visiting friends. His beautiful body stayed strong long enough for organ donation. He gave his heart, liver, kidney, and kidney-pancreas so that four others would live. His spirit continues on through them and surrounds us today. Sam lived his life to its fullest on this planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help with Sam’s passing, John and his family create what are called SamStones. \u00a0Here’s a short description, found on his\u00a0website<\/a>, of what they are:<\/p>\n

SamStones are made with love by Sam\u2019s friends and family. Our intent with these stones is to pass on some of that love. \u00a0If you have found a SamStone please feel free to keep it, move it or pass it on. We hope that you will pause and feel the love that is being passed on to you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like to know more about Sam Stones, you can find out more here: \u00a0http:\/\/www.samestone.org\/. \u00a0Corinn and I wanted to contribute, so we were given a bag of stones from Diane, John’s wife, and will now bring them on our McBe Adventures. \u00a0My goal is to, as accurately as possible, track where I placed them with a photos of the location and to document that location within something like Google Maps. \u00a0So if you see future posts of SamStones, you’ll know that we’ve traveled recently. \u00a0Below is our first map of where we placed many Sam Stones while in the UK. \u00a0Click on each marker, as the map is interactive, to learn more about the location we placed the stone and a short story of the site. \u00a0You can even change the terrain, move the map around, and zoom in and out!<\/p>\n

View our McBe’s in Scotland: Sam Stone Placements<\/a> in a larger map.<\/div>\n
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Below are photos where we visited with Sam being part of the shots. \u00a0We tried placing Sam where we though he’d have a great view of the locations we visited. \u00a0Some shots were difficult to obtain while others we though were really great. \u00a0We figured this would be good to compliment the map above as a way to visually see more of where we traveled with him. \u00a0Hope you enjoy them!<\/p>\n

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Loch Lomond<\/span><\/div>\n
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Arthur’s Seat<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Nasmyths Home<\/span><\/div>\n
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Loch Linnhe<\/span><\/div>\n
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Claigan Coral Beach<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Quiraing<\/span><\/div>\n
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Eilean Donan Castle<\/span><\/div>\n
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Loch Ness<\/span><\/div>\n
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