News and Views

Dale has been hiking the Appalachian trail since April 2nd for over 1700 miles, from Georgia to New England. Last week I joined him for a brief 5 day, 67-mile stroll through part of Vermont and New Hampshire. When I compare on a map how far he has come with the distance I accompanied him, […]

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We’re in camp for the second night, but I have to say that so far this is not the wilderness experience I was expecting. Yesterday we did eat lunch on the trail, but in the evening we came to a small community that welcomed backpackers, so we ate dinner at a deli, and camped in […]

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No, not Beirut, Lebanon New Hampshire. I spent the night in a hotel, and in about a half hour the shuttle will come pick me up and take me to 20 miles or so to where Dale is, just over the border in Vermont. Here’s the little ten-passenger plane I came in from Boston.

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Early tomorrow morning I catch a flight to Lebonon, New Hampshire (via Boston), where I will get a ride to meet Dale on the trail. I plan to hike with him for just a week. I’m sure I will be struggling to keep up! The weather forecast shows clearing on Friday and little chance of […]

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NASA and JPL successfully landed the Curiosity vehicle on Mars this evening. What an amazing landing! It started with a heat shield slowing it down in the atmosphere, then progressed to a parachute, and finished with a soft rocket landing with the rover suspended from a cable. See the video for a neat animation of […]

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I’ve had my Volt for 4 months now and have driven 4000 miles. So I’m doing just 1000 miles/month. I have burned 22 gallons of gas, most of it on the trip up north to see the eclipse in mid-May. I have not added gas since then and still have about a half tank left. […]

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