On an airplane today… In lieu of content two pictures that’ll fill in for my 1000 words… h/t Stretch And one more that says it all… h/t Les … Continue reading
Category Archives: random travel
I’m amazed at the fascination of Asians with Koi… It’s a Carp… Not real good eating, but it’s a food fish… Cyprinus carpio or more specifically nishikigoi, are a group of fish that are ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp … Continue reading
Is not necessarily a bad thing… 🙂 Spent the last week with for all practical purposes no connectivity due to work. And honestly it was kinda nice to NOT have to worry about jumping on the net and trying to … Continue reading
Or another one of those things most people never see… Just a weird looking fabric hangar sitting off the end of a runway… Except for a little plaque outside the door…Kauai is the home of one of the busiest test … Continue reading
Fort Elisabeth at Waimea, Kauai… See the link above for more details. But the twist is, this was a RUSSIAN fort! Built around 1815, occupied until 1817 then finally ‘destroyed’ in 1864… Looking out over the approach to Waimea From … Continue reading
Is playing my song again… Sigh… In lieu of real content, I give you Jace and his ‘horsie’… Vito’s got that long suffering look, “Mommy, there’s this BIG tick on my back, can you get it off PLEASE!” 🙂 Gonna … Continue reading
Taking a weekend off and getting the @#$*$^ out of NOVA for a few days… Go read the folks on the sidebar. I found a couple of pics for your ‘enjoyment’! I would question the ‘order’… But… 🙂 And the … Continue reading
Must come to an end… One more bag drag and it’s back to the home 20 and reality of working for the man. While it’s great to see the kids, they are now grown (they sure as hell aren’t 12 … Continue reading
There’s lost, there’s really LOST, and wherethefukarewe… I ‘won’ the third one last night… Make ONE simple wrong turn in central Naha, and you can end up so far down the rat hole, there IS no light… I swear I … Continue reading
TWO good meals this trip… And a trip down memory lane for those old Okinawa hands (Juvat, MSgtB, OldAFSarge, Frito, Woody, et al)… Sam’s Anchor Inn one night for teppanyaki and all the trimmings! Now I ‘know’ I stuck that … Continue reading