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The End

This week is the end of a wonderful lifetime.  I am sad to see it go. I am sad about many things.  The many years have been  truly wonderful and I am thankful for them. There were happy times and sad, care-free times and difficult – I look at them all now as pure joy… [Read More]

Thanksgiving Proclamation

The following is the original Thanksgiving Proclamation signed by President George Washington in 1789.  I LOVE the writings of our founding fathers.  It is very, very clear to me that they were God fearing men and knew exactly where our many blessings came from.  All of this nonsense about ‘separation of church and state’ is… [Read More]

Swing Bridge

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Yes, I admit it – I could not stop once I started researching the Bascule type of bridge.  So, this is somewhat of a continuation of that post.  Bridges are amazing – maybe this is a little boy thing. They are big, heavy, mechanical structures most often (these days) made out of steel.  The engineering… [Read More]

Bascule Bridge

I was perusing a nautical chart the other day and noticed a bridge that did not have a raised vertical clearance listed. It was marked as a “Bascule Bridge.”  The following chart snippet is what I was looking at – specifically the center bridge. For some reason, I had it in my head that a… [Read More]

APRS

I was doing some thinking about the benefits of having a Ham Radio license after writing my previous post.  One of the things that came to mind was APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System). I had not thought of this since I was thinking of adding to my airplane so others could see my position/movement.  In… [Read More]

I am HAM!

Yay Me!! I took the FCC Amateur Radio Operator – Technican test today and passed it with 97%! I spent quite a lot of time studying for my Ham license over the last few months and I guess it paid off.  I used mostly online resources rather than books so I can attest to the fact… [Read More]

Driving Home

My return drive to New Mexico from Phoenix was on the same route as I took going over (photos here) but the weather was very different – clear skies and sunshine!  Of course, my camera battery died half way home but it was getting dark anyway so you are probably only missing “night landscape” photos!… [Read More]

The Drive

As usual, the drive between Socorro, NM and Phoenix, AZ was spectacular.  The weather was a bit of everything – sunshine, blue skies, heavy snow, rain, and low clouds/fog.  Apparently I filled up with some bad gas as my car had some real problems for several hours. After filling up and adding a bottle of… [Read More]

Road Trip

I have the opportunity to work in Phoenix this week and I am taking it!  Not because it is warm or the golf is great (I’m not a golfer though I think I would like to be) but because it is chance to get away and do something different.  I seem to be caught in… [Read More]

Time Rages On

It doesn’t seem to matter what else is happening – time marches on. I keep hoping but road-blocks, delays, and “life” keeps getting in the way. If a person had a negative attitude, it would easy to think that everyone was conspiring against you. I choose to think that is not the case – I… [Read More]