Mom was in town this weekend with Gary and we decided to drive up San Gabriel Canyon to look at the old family cabin site (it burned to the ground in a huge fire in 2002). As we got out of the car, it started to thunder, lightning, and rain so we decided to drive down the mountain and over to Glendora Mountain Road to…
August 3, 2014YouTube user lunarmodule5 has painstakingly put together a compilation of all 135 shuttle mission launches that takes the viewer through a 1 hour 44 minute odyssey that features every shuttle, every mission from countdown to liftoff to Rocket Booster separation. It’s fascinating to watch how things evolved over the years of the shuttle missions. via Gizmodo
August 2, 2014The second big touristy thing I did for my stay at home vacation week, was to visit Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia with Daniel and our friend Windy. It had been 14 years since I last visited this theme park. No real reason for the long time between visits other than it’s pretty far from where I live, and I am not a crazy…
August 1, 2014I thought long and hard about what type of bike I should get to replace my old 12 speed Schwinn from the 1980s and the bike I bought at Target in the early 1990s. I really haven’t ridden a bike regularly since I left college, but with the many bike trails around Southern California and the fact I live not that far from work, it…
July 31, 2014I can’t say enough about how much I enjoy the central California coastline. For me, this starts at the city of Santa Barbara. I know, it’s technically in Southern California as evidenced by it’s warnings of severe drought conditions in shop windows, but for me it’s the beginning of one of the best parts of the state. I have lots of good memories of Santa…
July 29, 2014It’s been a few years since I’ve to the San Diego Zoo. The last time, we were there for a few hours and really had a great time, so I was happy to head back. I’m not really a fan of modern zoos. I hate that animals are cooped up in cages or in areas and for the most part they all appear either really…
July 28, 2014I’ve been debating over the last month whether or not to follow our friends Eric and Arthur on their adventure to Japan in October. While in the middle of procrastinating that trip, the opportunity to visit an Atlantic Island has cropped up for the week between Christmas and New Years. Now the question is do I try and do both this year? That’s overly ambitious…
July 25, 2014