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Joy of Discovery: December 2014

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Sunday, December 21, 2014. C-121 Super Connie Pegasus Plane wreck. A C-121 Constellation ("Super Connie") crashed on October 8, 1970 in Antarctica. I was fortunate enough to enjoy several boondoggles to this site this year. The Lockheed Constellation "Pegasus" (VXE-6) crashed due to very low visibility landing conditions. Nobody was seriously hurt and all 80 crew and passengers survived. ANITA III, LDB, NASA and CSBF. ANITA III Launch, LDB, Long Duration Balloon facility, McMurdo, Antarctica. ANITA III (...

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Joy of Discovery: October 2013

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Friday, October 18, 2013. Springtime in Christchurch, a fantastic time to visit. I was there for a week waiting for my flight to McMurdo, Antarctica (that never came) and enjoyed the spring like weather, the green, green grass and the friendly fun people who inhabit this beautiful city that's suffered so much. Punting on the Avon. Sign in store window, well said. Kiwi Hagglunds at the Antarctic Center. USAP hanger in Christchurch. Beautiful place and amazing architecture. Kiwi humor, awesome.

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Joy of Discovery: September 2014

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Monday, September 1, 2014. Last October HAP (Holland America - Princess) bought the McKinley Chalets, where I use to work. So now I work for HAP and enjoy the new challenges. Here's a couple of photos of where I worked last summer as a logistics warehouse manager. It is now guest rooms. Quite a transformation over the winter. Getting ready to move employee housing. November, 2013. Moving stuff around, November, 2013. New location for guest room buildings, along the river. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Joy of Discovery: ANITA III, LDB, NASA & CSBF

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Sunday, December 21, 2014. ANITA III, LDB, NASA and CSBF. ANITA III Launch, LDB, Long Duration Balloon facility, McMurdo, Antarctica. The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment has been designed to study ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic neutrinos by detecting the radio pulses emitted by their interactions with the Antarctic ice sheet. This is to be accomplished using an array of 32 radio antennas suspended from a helium balloon flying at a height of about 120,000 feet. I love to travel, i...

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Joy of Discovery: March 2013

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Sunday, March 31, 2013. Some fog, the car's loaded and ready to go. The open road, I-5 North. The quaint town of Hope. Bridge over the Fraser River at Boston Bar. Lots of tunnles along this part of Highway 1. Fraser River, again. The twin railroad bridges. A northbound train crossing the Fraser River. A train on each side of the river. A westbound coal train. My accommodations on my first night. A bit drafty and cool, but affordable (free)! Friday, March 15, 2013. Gold Coast, part II. A path to Broadbeach.

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Joy of Discovery: Williams Field, McMurdo, Antarctica

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Saturday, December 20, 2014. Williams Field, McMurdo, Antarctica. Here are some more photos I've taken of Willy Field and the NYANG LC-130's (NY Air National Guard C-130's on skis) that use the skiway to supply field camps all over Antarctica. A busy, active functional airfield serving the entire continent. Beautiful machine and blue sky. Hut 19, the Cargo and MC1 office. Shed, Plane, Delta and the Royal Society mountain range. Engine heaters and planes all lined up and ready. Attaching JATO canisters and.

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Joy of Discovery: May 2014

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Thursday, May 29, 2014. The many faces and moods of Mt McKinley, Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge. I get to spend the summer in Alaska at the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, the largest hotel in Alaska. With over 650 rooms, seven F&B outlets and 15 acres of beautiful landscaped grounds, it's not difficult to like my job! DPWL and the Seawitch logo. The front of the main Lobby Building. The Front Desk and Tour Activities Desk. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Joy of Discovery: Don't Date a Girl who Travels

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Saturday, December 20, 2014. Don't Date a Girl who Travels. No matter how interesting, fascinating or beautiful she is, don't date a girl who travels. She’s the one with the messy unkempt hair colored by the sun. Her skin is now far from fair like it once was. Not even sun kissed. It’s burnt with multiple tan lines, wounds and bites here and there. But for every flaw on her skin, she has an interesting story to tell. Chances are, she can’t hold a steady job. Or she’s probably daydreaming ...Don’t d...

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Joy of Discovery: September 2013

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Saturday, September 21, 2013. Autumn in Denali National Park. Here are some images from the last couple of days. We've had some amazing clear blue sky days and other days that were overcast, and a couple overnight snowfalls. It's beautiful and cold here, things are winding down and closing for the season. And we're anxious to move on to the next new adventure whatever that turns out to be. The life of a seasonal employee. change and beauty at every turn. The entrance sign at Denali National Park. Wonder ...