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My family and I, along with some friends went on a cruise to 3 ports in the Caribbean.
The cruise lasted for 7 days and was aboard the ship Carnival Dream. | |
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 | 5.2022 Park City Car ShowCar Show held at Mclean Park at Park City Kansas. Here are a few of the cars.
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 | 8.USS Olympia MuseumThese are pictures of the USS Olympia which I took while on vacation with my brother in Pennslyvania. Please click on the link below to learn more about this remarkable ship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)
The Olympia is an example of technology in transition, steam powered, but could still carry sail, operating her required a lot of hand labor, but she was one of the first ships equiped with an electric generator and electric lights.
For her time, she was a high tech weapon of war, equal to the Zumwalt Class destroyers being built today.
Follow along with me as I take a walk through this piece of history. | |
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 | 9.Trip To Phoenix and LAPictures chronicling my family's trip to visit my father in Phoenix Arizona and my Wife's friends and relatives in Los Angeles. | |
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 | 11.USS Midway MuseumThis November I had an opportunity to travel to San Diego and visit the USS Midway Museum.
USS Midway is a aircraft carrier that served the United States from 1945 to 1992. As a museum, she represents something special to me, because I served in the US Navy from 1980 to 1984 aboard a different aircraft carrier the USS Ranger. | |
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 | 12.Newton KS, EAA Chap 88 Fly-InThese are pictures of aircraft present at the EAA Chapter 88 Fly-In. The Fly-In took place at the Newton Kansas City/County airport. It was a beautiful, sunny and hot day, unlike last year, which was rainy and overcast. | |
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 | 15.Vacation in Vietnam 2009It’s become a tradition for my family to visit our relatives and friends in Vietnam about once every 5 years or so. Thus, since our last visit was in 2005, we started thinking about another visit. This particular trip was timed to coincide with the wedding of one of my wife’s good friends and the return of her parents to the United States.
On this trip we would be accompanied by my father, an 83 year old gentleman, whose love of life has been unaffected by his age.
So it was, on November 21st that we loaded up our luggage, and children and set forth to travel half way around the world to the tropical nation of Vietnam! | |
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Madness you SAY! Incredibly Stupid You Say!
Well, maybe you're right, but if you're curious as to why I would embark on such a foolish quest, read on! | |
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 | 24.Bliss's New Kittenthis is Anubis, the Elder God Ravik called me in to cat whisper this kitling out of his garage. We think someone dumped him in Ravik's nieghborhood and me being the soft touch I am with cats went and fetched him home.
Incredilby soft and fluffy! | |
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 | 27.Champlin Fighter Aircraft MuseumThese are pictures from the Champlin Fighter Aircraft Museum. Sadly this museum closed shortly after these pictures where taken.
The museum featured rare aircraft from both WWI, WWII and some jet aircraft. It was one of the best museums dedicated to fighters.
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 | 35.Christmas Vacation 2005We left Wichita and drove to Albuquerque, New Mexico. We stayed there for a couple of days and then pushed on to Phoenix Arizona. We celebrated Christmas in Phoenix and began the return trip a couple of days after. We stopped again in Albuquerque and made back to Wichita by Dec 29. Great Vacation, but too short. Next time up to stay longer. | |
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