Eclipse 2017 Leg #3: Totality then Baker City -> Walla Walla
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Eclipse 2017 Leg #2: Prosser -> Baker City
Today we made our way from our overnight stop in Prosser, WA down south into Oregon. Our path took us up and down over the likes of the Horse...
Eclipse 2017 Leg #1: Seattle -> Prosser
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Drive East & Columbia River Gorge Dusk
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Returning to a cloudy land
Matt and I woke up at 6am this morning from some much-needed sleep. Slightly chilled from a lack of blankets due to warm temperatures the night before we got...
Up and back ~ SpaceShipOne's successful spaceflight
They did it! Matt and I are now waiting to see if they parade SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded crewed space launch vehicle, in front of the crowds. We...
10 minutes to go
The loud speaker said we're go for launch. We wait among thousands of people for the takeoff and launch of SpaceShipOne. Matt and I got nearly no sleep so...
Screw Wasco
My ass is also a nice place to live....
From Firebaugh onward
I'm now navigator on the home stretch of our journey. From our changeover in Firebaugh Matt is now taking a sip from a green-flame painted can of energy drink....
Baboon Figs
In the valley, the baboons have an acute tendency to throw the hardest of figs. This, or so the story goes according to Mr. Turner, is how the crack...
Our fruit runneth over
Apparently there's no longer a mandatory border sniffing upon entering California. I could be wrong but if they don't scrutinize our vehicle by the time we reach Yreka, we...
California boys
We're in California! Yes, the sight of Mt. Shasta in the distance harks back to a time when, during family trips, the are-we-there-yets began. Our poor parents probably spent...
Like bugs on the windshield
...These are the days of our lives. Yes, I'm writing from the passenger seat after the first driver hand-off on Matt's and my road trip to Mojave. We just...
Going for a ride
After some wrangling and angling Matt and I will be heading out on June 20th to Mojave, CA to spectate at the first private crewed space launch....
A new drive home
Sarah and I concluded our work weeks tonight with a smooth drive to my parents' house in La Center, WA. After last week's outing to the mountains for some...