Archive for 'Musings' Category
Docked at the ISS
21 November 2007I’ve been playing around with “Orbiter” which is a simulator for orbital and interplanetary space operations. I just conducted my first two successful dockings at the International Space Station. This is an interesting psychomotor skill, like flying. It involves controlling the spacecraft in it’s three axes - pitch, roll and yaw, while also managing […]
Booth Dwelling, in theory and practice
28 September 2007Well, we had a wonderful Wedndsday night (first night of Sukkos) dinner in the Sukkah. Like 90% of the Jewish population, we had chicken. The other ten percent had brisket. It is very cozy, with a Sukkah that is 5.5 feet (1.6 meters) on a side. A table in the corner, two chairs at right […]
And Ye Shall Dwell in Booths
26 September 2007The Bible tells us that “You shall live in booths seven days; all citizens in Israel shall live in booths, in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt” (Lev. 23:42-43). This is a part of Succot, […]
I’ll see your challah…
20 September 2007… and raise you a challah.
I’ve been wrestling with the consistency of my challah, and decided to make one by hand, rather than produce the dough from the bread machine. I am hoping for a softer “crumb.” Also, I discovered that, while it’s muscle intensive, making the dough by hand is not beyond me. This […]
I Haven’t Been to Boston, but I May Have Gotten Scrod
5 September 2007We had yet another disablement yesterday, calling into question whether I’m just unlucky, or whether I’m somehow doing damage to things.
Anyway, we were in the Baskin-Robbins after dinner last night, and when we returned to the truck, it wouldn’t start. We got a ride home to the trailer, and I took a cab back this […]
Lots of stuff
31 August 2007First, a tip of the customer service hat to Sonny’s RV, which got me into the shop and fixed my jacks and my leak.
Second, a doff of the hat to Bellew’s Hitch in Tacoma for a fine job on hitch and mirrors.
In other news, we moved again… from Escapees Evergreen Coho Park over to the […]
We moved today
28 August 2007One of the things I haven’t written about is that this trip has been a maintenance nightmare. So far we’ve done brakes, a new trailer hitch, and two water pumps. When the trailer hitch broke, in Puyallup, we were pretty much stuck in our site until we could get it replaced. We had electric, but […]
The Eclipse
28 August 2007I went outside about an hour ago and watched the earth take a bite out of the moon. It started as a little darkening at the upper left of the moon. In about ten minutes, there was a noticeable shadow line across the moons surface By 2:30 AM (PDT) there was a half-moon showing, and […]
Return to a long lost hobby
17 August 2007From 1993 to 2000, I spent lots of time photographic Masonic Lodges as we traveled by car and motorcycle. In 1995, when the World Wide Web was born, I started posting those photos on my site. At the last, I had over 600 photographs of over 100 lodges in about 20 states. Somewhere around […]
Portland, and northbound
10 August 2007Saturday, August 4 found us traveling into Portland for the day. We attended the Saturday Market, an eclectic collection of arts and crafts, as well as music and food. We drove to a park and ride, then took the Max light rail into Portland. I’m impressed with Max. They did a good job. One spooky […]