Category: USA

Gathering Gear

12EEEE and 12A. Today, I’m getting my brain in gear for a multi-day hike along part of the Superior Hiking Trail. To help me plan, I have some useful resources from previous trips. September 2011 Superior Trail hike: itinerary and GPS tracks (GPX format). The trail we followed is in dark red in the above map; the Canadian border…… Continue reading Gathering Gear

St. Paul Union Depot

Tuesday cycle with Biker Dave, Ft Snelling Station to Battle Creek Park via beautifully restored St. Paul Union Depot.

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Duckies in Space

A couple weeks ago we visited the Johnson Space Center near Houston. As well as procuring Space Shuttle Duckies for the nephews, we toured the sprawling, and still operational NASA facility. It was thrilling to visit Mission Control, still as it was during the Apollo missions back in the 1960’s and early 70’s. I sat…… Continue reading Duckies in Space

Suddenly it’s Very Quiet in Lihue Airport

The airport is awfully quiet, apart from the sound of a vacuum cleaner. Most of the flights to the mainland have departed.Dwight has just gone through agricultural screening, before boarding his flight to Phoenix.He’ll continue on to an unusually cold Minneapolis. Suddenly I’m all alone.We’ve had a wonderful time here on Kauai, getting reacquainted with…… Continue reading Suddenly it’s Very Quiet in Lihue Airport