Friday, December 29, 2006

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Huge Arctic ice break discovered


BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Huge Arctic ice break discovered: "Huge Arctic ice break discovered
Arctic landscape, Canada (Image: Science Photo Library)
Ellesmere island is about 800km (500 miles) from the North Pole
Scientists have discovered that an enormous ice shelf broke off an island in the Canadian Arctic last year, in what could be sign of global warming."
On the mend..

When we got home yesterday I had a flu like illness. Went to bed slept 24 hours. Feel a lot better. Probably will be out and about tomorrow. Jacky has been zonked too. Grandkids and travel wear you down evidently.

Hope to start putting things on the website again.

NewsGator Online

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'Things are only impossible until they're not.'"

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NewsGator Online: "'When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.''"

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Departing Arcata... All Aboard!

We are close.. Hope to be home today. I can hear the Oregon Angels singing at the border... Come ye all who are tired of brown sky and desert waste decorated by blown trash of dead grass and brown , brown, brown. Come to the Green.. We're coming.. Hope we don't get a speeding ticket even Betsy the car is in a hurry to cross that border.

Monday, December 25, 2006

Following the old adage...


That visiting relatives and dead fish are welcome for a very limited amount of time...

We start the journey home tomorrow. For those that want to follow the convoluted route around the Los Angeles traffic here is how we go to Lori's home.

  • I-10 west from Beaumont to Redlands
  • 57 north to north San Bernaardino
  • I-215 north junction of 215 and 15 San Bernardino
  • 15 north to Cajon Pass Summit
  • 18 west to junction of 395
  • 395 north to Kramer Junction in the Mojave Desert
  • 58 west to Bakersfield
  • 99 south to junction of 119 (3 miles)
  • 119 west (7 miles)
  • I-5 north
  • 152 west
  • 101 north
  • To Sunnyvale..
very easy.. very peaceful.. traffic nil and mostly freeway or 4 lane divided road 70 mph speed limit. No Kidding! And when you consider the amount of time traveling at 19 miles an hour with stop and go traffic in LA and surrounding area.. a heck of a lot faster. Check road conditions on the 395, 58 and Cajon Summit for snow or ice before using this route.

Two days rest then home to Newport.

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Rod McCready Pictures



Look at these pictures sent in by Rod McCready on our community photo album link on the left. Posted by Picasa
Until we meet again - soldiers in Iraq

Sent in by John Spangler. Remember those that serve that we might be free this Christmas season... Thanks John..