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Baltic Cruise Part 3 – Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallin
August 23 – Helsinki I was on our balcony as the Splendor sailed into the port of Helsinki. My first impression, as we passed pine and fir covered islands, was that it looked a lot like the south coast of Alaska. Indeed, Helsinki is a little further north than Juneau and the climate is similar. […]
Continue readingBaltic Cruise Part 2 – Sea days, Copenhagen, Warnemunde
August 19 – Sea Day Our first full day on board the Splendor was a sea day. We used the morning to explore the ship and attended cruise director John Heald’s first port talk covering Copenhagen, Warnemünde and Helsinki. Lunch on the Lido deck was followed by more explorations and some quiet time on our […]
Continue readingBaltic Cruise Part 1 – London and Dover
August 13 – 14 – Chicago to London I worked a half day then got home in time for Georgia and I to take our prearranged cab to O’Hare. We were there the required two hours before our flight, cleared the security checkpoint relatively quickly, sat in the gate area for an hour and boarded […]
Continue readingMore AirVenture 2008 Photos
Click the picture to the left or go to http://picasaweb.google.com/tclough1/Airventure2008 to view an online album with a few more AirVenture 2008 pictures. I also added a link to a Harrier video to the opening day post and a JetPack video link to the JetPack post. Look for the links within the posts or click the […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Back Home Wednesday
We checked out of the hotel early Wednesday but, made one last visit to AirVenture before driving back home. This morning, we went to the Affordable Flying Center for a forum on aircraft ownership. Presenter Mark Scott gave us some very good tips on how to own an airplane for less than the cost of […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Jet Pack Tuesday
The one Tuesday highlight we didn’t want to miss was the unveiling of the Martin Jetpack. From the talk I had been hearing around the grounds, everyone else wanted to see it fly too. The Jetpack unveiling was probably the most hyped event of the show and was scheduled for 9:30AM. When we got to […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Opening Day Monday
The official opening of AirVenture 2008! My top priorities for the day were to pick up my “free” SPOT Satellite Messenger and to see the unveiling of the Icon A5. We had breakfast at the motel and were at AeroShell Square by 8:30 AM. The Icon unveiling was scheduled for 10 o’clock, so I went […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Pre-show Sunday
Georgia and I made the two and a half hour drive to Oshkosh on Sunday morning and went directly to Wittman Regional Airport, site of AirVenture 2008. Monday will be the official kickoff day but, getting there a day early gave us an opportunity to get oriented without fighting the huge crowd to come. After […]
Continue readingOn the Road for Another Weekend
Once again, Georgia and I were out of town last weekend. It has been a busy summer for us and, looks to stay that way. This time we were back in Michigan where Georgia’s sister and her husband have rented a lake cottage. Most of her family got together there over the 4th of July […]
Continue readingA Short Road Trip
Georgia is on the planning committee for her 40th high school reunion. She was going to Grand Rapids, MI for a committee meeting on Saturday so, I tagged along. We left about 7PM Friday (after yet another round of thunderstorms), drove half way that night and finished the drive Saturday morning. Georgia got her meeting […]
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