Some time ago we had rented a small boat near Little Hickory Island, south of Fort Myers, Florida. These two Pelicans remained perched, even though we were slowly approaching, giving me an opportunity for this image. I particularly like the sharpness of the nearer bird’s head, as he peacefully scrutinized our passing.
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At forty-two stories, 462′ (141 m,) the Smith Tower was the tallest building in Seattle for fifty-five years, 1914 to 1969. On a vacation some years ago, we enjoyed the history of that building and climbing to the observation level near the top.
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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