What do I do with this? Almost everyday I hear on public radio a program about stars, blackholes, quasar’s, Goldilock planets, and marvelous detailed color photos from telescopes previously launched far into outer space. What do I do or even we do with such eclectic information? How does it affect me here in northcentral Oklahoma.Continue reading “Fly me to the Moon but no further.”
Category Archives: Travel
Look what I found.
posted by Chuck Ayers Empress Hotel Victoria British Columbia. Vancouver Island, March 1973. We all were coming down one of the hotel’s elevators and when we arrived at the main lobby, wife and I stepped out in to the lobby and ever so quickly the elevator door closed behind us. However our 3-year-old daughterContinue reading “Look what I found.”
Travel the world and buy a bank.
International Travel. East Los Angeles 1956. We got a call from our uncle Kelly wanting to know if we cousins want to drive with him to Tijuana Mexico. A good two hours south. And again this was pre-Interstate driving down the coastal highways. Driving the PCH and other coastal roads. So uncle Kelly shows upContinue reading “Travel the world and buy a bank.”
Who needs inflight entertainment,anyway.
Eventful flying. Spouse and I have flown here and there on occasion. Sometimes taking our daughters along with us. None the less, always a momentary adventure. Our oldest daughter flew with us several decades ago on Canadian Pacific flying from Honolulu to Vancouver, BC. A six-hour red eye overnight flight. CP air must notContinue reading “Who needs inflight entertainment,anyway.”
Boy were they happy.
Flying the boys home. November 1973 Sheba our three-year-old daughter and myself were flying on what they called a MAC flight from Honolulu. The flight, on a PanAm 747 was mostly loaded with US Marines coming back from Vietnam. A joyous flight for sure. To back up, Sheba was back then an employee ofContinue reading “Boy were they happy.”
Where will I get an Egg McMuffin?
Let’s assume we actually rocket to Mars. Let’s also assume there is about of hundred of us who came along on this six-month long voyage. We also could easily assume dozens of us could be stuck in the middle seat getting there. Then about half way to Mars they could run out of peanutsContinue reading “Where will I get an Egg McMuffin?”
Left holding the bag.
Air travel, kids, and throwing up. I will not name names but both daughters have upchucked more than once either before flying or inflight. And I say this because some other kids while flying seem to be okay with air travel. Meaning not throwing up. But there was this one time at about 25KContinue reading “Left holding the bag.”
No one knew we were coming.
Another from the first ten years. It probably was Summer 1952. Now there was one or maybe two summers our ‘Old Maid’ redhead Aunt Elsie drove we kids and our mom up to Portland, Oregon to my mom’s and Aunt’s Brothers’s house. Maybe he was also we kids uncle. Are you following me? But anyway,Continue reading “No one knew we were coming.”
A great place to buy potato chips.
It was a wonderful place to visit. The banyan tree in Lahaina Maui was one good reason to visit the old whaler village. Its expansive canopy almost covered the entire park. Yes, it was severely burned but efforts are now underway to revive it. Not being an expert arborist I’m not sure how this isContinue reading “A great place to buy potato chips.”
Stay on your side of the car. You’re touching me.
Our August vacations 1950 to 1963. Being the low man on the vacation totem pole my dad got his vacation time off in August. The hottest month of the year. Most of our annual vacations were driving to Oklahoma from Los Angeles. This was pre-Interstate on the southern route going through Yuma through southern Arizona,Continue reading “Stay on your side of the car. You’re touching me.”
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