From 1950 to 1955, Dad was stationed at the Chincoteague Naval Air Station, which was on the road from US Route 13 out to Chincoteague Island.  It forms my first memories.   Here is a Google Earth view of the area today. The facility was decommissioned by the Navy and used by NASA as their…

… from the Alcatraz weekend.

During the weekend of the Alcatraz race, we walked across the small park next to the Courtyard by Marriott to “Joni’s,”  a perfect little coffee-shop and restaurant.   It had simple and wonderful food — pancakes, eggs, oatmeal, milk, fruit … you name it.   Happily, we could sit outside, where, in the sun, it…

We just came to terms with the seller of a condo on the eastern coast of Kauai.   Closing in mid-June. It’s a wonderful location, right in the middle of a park.  This picture doesn’t show the new Kauai Path that runs along the shoreline.  The beaches are amazingly white and nearly deserted.  Just north…

I got back from a hike with Debi about 10a California time, only to see a number of emails from Caleb, wanting to talk about a business idea. He suggested we “do a quick Skype” [call] to exchange ideas. I said yes, he called — video call — and we were holding a crystal clear…