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View Larger Map Day Two started with the Evergreen Air Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. While we’re blessed with proximity to Boeing’s Museum of Flight in Seattle this museum, literally centered on the Hughes Flying Boat aka “The Spruce Goose” is amazing in its own right. Chris & I ended up spending the entire morning there.
One of the cool side-benefits of working where I do is our proximity to Seattle’s Boeing Field. Interesting aircraft seem to fly by fairly often. My office window faces NNW and Boeing Field’s main runway’s southern end is literally smack dab in the middle of my window, a bit over a mile away. My office … Continue reading “What Just Flew By My Office Window”
I was lying back in a dentist’s chair the other day getting my biannual scrape & polish when the hygienist withdrew her arms from my gaping maw and asked if my mother took a particular antibiotic when she was pregnant with me. A bit taken aback I answered: “I honestly can not recall, you see … Continue reading “Scraping, both teeth and memory cells.”
Saw this on I-5 near Boeing Field on the way home last week, had to share. Sort of like the last WTF, in fact it looks like the same exact wing. Odd to see it on an 80’s Vintage 300zx though. This is a cell-cam shot BTW. Not a bad photo for a cell-cam though. … Continue reading “Car Photo of the Day: another wtf…”
On my way home Friday I saw the car above on the I-5 Express lanes. It had “Super Bee” graphics on the sides. What is wrong with this picture? Then later on, in the midst of the never-ending I-5 construction in Everett, my car stalled and would not restart. Thankfully I was in the right … Continue reading “Odd couple of days…”
To summarize last week, for the terminally curious: Saturday, the wandering Jaguar E-type driver Larry Wade arrived at my house with his daughter. Partially inspired by my summer roadtrip with Nicholas a few years ago, he was out on a tour of the West with his kids. I gladly extended an invite to stay here … Continue reading “Playing catch-up”
The choices for dining near my office are slim. We are in a sort of no-man’s land between Boeing Field and Sea-Tac airport. The roads, due to topology only run north-south – we are on a steep hillside, with the Duwamish river below us to the east, and the hill behind us is topped with … Continue reading “Living in the Past”