As a follow-up to my previous post here back in the 1980’s, I departed from Narita Airport in Tokyo on an overnight and almost empty PAN AM 747 to Hawaii. I would meet my wife, Jeanne, as she arrived from New York, where there was a glimpse of the British Airways Concorde Super Sonic Transport, at that time providing regular transatlantic service at over 1300 MPH (~ 2100 kph.)
Above:British Airways SST as seen landing at JFK, NY, March, 1981Above: From the waiting room at Narita Airport, …my overnight ride to Hawaii.Sleep, stretched out on empty seats, was easy on the overnight, above …and approaching Honolulu, below.
Above: Jeanne arriving from the mainland, later that afternoon.Above: From our balcony in Waikiki. Rainbow courtesy of “Pineapple Showers.”
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Face masks have been common in many world cities well before the Corvid – 19 pandemic. So I recently looked back at a business trip I made to Tokyo some years ago. Back then: …no masks, no worry.
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Lately, I seem to be hung up on Swiss Army Knives. See here. Originally, in that post, I wanted to compare the enormous display with my real knife. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the knife. But …here it is. I had used it as contrast to the ash from the Mt. St. Helensexplosion, nine years earlier. The two pictures below, from our vacation in August, 1989, were taken on the banks of the Toutle River some 30 miles downstream from the catastrophic event which literally blew the top off the mountain.
ABOVE: A few miles east of the Mt. St. Helens Visitor Center in Washington State, Rt. 504 crosses the Toutle River, (located near “Toutle” on the satellite image below.) BELOW: Topless Mt. St. Helens is visible from Interstate 5, about 35 miles away.
The Visitor Center is between “Castle Rock,” and “Toutle.
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Forty-four years ago to the day, this young guy (me!) captured sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean, as my young wife and 10 month old daughter slept in the Madrid Motel room before another vacation day at the shore.
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Some images from our rainy three-day drive from Disney World, Florida, to New Jersey. The weather system intensified on the last day as we withstood 8′ seas on the Cape May (NJ)-Lewis (Del.) car ferry, an 80-minute open sea transit of 17 miles.
Leaving Disney WorldVirginia Beach, 40 F deg, (4.4 C) anda mean Atlantic OceanThis series shows the pitfalls of an embarrassed seagull on a wet railing – Virginia Beach.
“Humph!”On the ferry, walking was impossible after leaving the dock.
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Tooling around Florida after the wedding, (see previous post here) the two of us would spend some time on St. Petersburg Beach…
Our son and Grandson flew in for the wedding and would spend the next day with us afterward. Here, the art of “catching” is demonstrated… in this case, either a small seagull or a tennis ball!
Then, visiting friends, and eating out on Long Boat Key, and Punta Gorda…
An alluring on-water restaurant, (Mar Vista) sitting amongst sprawling Silver Buttonwood Trees, Whitney Beach, Long Boat Key
And then, two nights inside Disney World, doing the entire day in between within Epcot, each of us walking about 22,000 steps (about 10 miles – 16 km!)
A last-minute call for any available room on this Spring Break weekend succeeded in getting a very reasonable “yes” in the Pop Century resort. 🙂The iconic “Spaceship Earth,” Epcot
The last post in this series will cover our rainy drive back to New Jersey.
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