In my current location the Intarwebz connection SUCKS… I think we have about 90 rooms sharing ONE access point… It only seems to work for more than about 10 minutes as a time between 0400-0600 local. AND a bunch of … Continue reading
Category Archives: random travel
I’m still working through some issues with the whole captcha thing and trying to get comments out of the spam folder and through the moderation folder into comments. If you don’t see your comment it is because I probably haven’t … Continue reading
That’s how long ago I graduated from high school… Saturday night was the reunion and it was interesting, to put it mildly! There are always the one or two that never change (check), the ones you don’t remember (check), and … Continue reading
Last night was our 45th high school reunion… More about that later… The ‘boys’ out cleaning fish… And this it Vito ‘hiding’… My eyes are closed so you can’t “see” me… And this is one rifle I don’t think the … Continue reading
Made a low pass yesterday by the Texas Ranger’s Museum in Waco on my way to my next stop. If you go, take a bib… You’ll need it to keep from drooling over all the historic guns in there!!! The … Continue reading
KLM does it right… MUCH better than dealing with the grumpy lost articles and baggage dragons… sigh… h/t JP … Continue reading
A wrap up from the last trip… Leave it to a bunch of American ‘kids’ to find the hot cars/hot rods regardless of what country they’re in… Everybody has heard of the Nissan GT-R. It was the answer to the … Continue reading
I was asked in an email how accurate the 3 inch Naval gun was in Monday’s post… According to Capt Kouta (JMSDF Retired), they are this accurate… This snow lantern top is made out of the center of a military … Continue reading
Well, there was a Mikoshi Festival here Sunday, and it’s quite the experience if you’ve never seen it… A mikoshi (神輿 or 御輿?) is a divine palanquin (also translated as portable Shinto shrine). Shinto followers believe that it serves as … Continue reading
That goes up… Just lean into the white bar, get a good sight picture and pull the trigger… And make sure you’ve got your ear plugs in… And there will be a ‘bit’ of recoil… … Continue reading