Visit a Crumbling, Soviet-Era Floating ‘Oil City’
This is fascinating as many decrepit structures are.
GM readying aluminum-body fullsize pickups
Hardly surprising... and probably a good thing once they work out all the glitches with aluminum body construction.
Not Too Much Longer Until Camping Time
I really get bored with being home all the time, and not traveling and camping in the backcountry. I guess I could do winter camping, but most of the weekends have been fairly cold, and the winter nights are still pretty long. But in a month from now, assuming the snow melts relatively early, I hope to spend a least one night in the wilderness camping.
Late March camping is always an adventure, as you never know how much snow to expect. You really have to bring snowshoes, because in the mountains snow can still be quite deep – and plan carefully on where your driving to — and figure you will have to turn back. But sometimes you can get some quite nice and warm weather.
The first “big” camping trip is planned for one of the two last weeks of April. It probably will be an extended weekend trip down to the Finger Lakes (e.g. 3-4 nights). While it won’t be totally spring like by then, it should be quite nice, and greening up at least down by the lake. I look forward to seeing some of the wild landscapes I’ve missed since the fall.
It sure will be nice once the weather is good enough for camping once again, e.g. once the snow is mostly gone.
That’s the Only Way I Know
Thoughts for making it to the weekend ...
"Don’t stop 'til everything’s gone, Straight ahead, never turn round, Don’t back up, don’t back down, Full throttle, wide open, You get tired and you don’t show it, Dig a little deeper when you think you can’t dig no more, That’s the only way I know"
Very Cold Weather for the End of February
You would expect a forecast like this to be the norm during early January, not the end of February and early March. Not a good sign for early spring.
Reports spot endangered sturgeon near Tappan Zee Bridge construction
The good news is they are finding endangered sturgeon. Hopefully someday in the future, sturgeon will be common enough in the river, that they once again can be called "Albany Beef".
It’s One of Those Mornings
That’s all I can say.
I had trouble getting up this morning, and felt a little congested, probably because I got a little drunk last night let down my immune system in the winter. Decided to have eggs for breakfast with all of the fixings. Decided to look for my missing sweater vest, and generally was running late.
Which of course made me miss the usual bus downtown, so I had to catch the later bus – the local Route 18. After riding the Route 719 bus to work the past month, it’s hard to get back on the local bus. I actually hate working late, because I so much prefer taking the express downtown.
Getting the bus I tripped on the step onto the bus. I almost fell. The air bag was frozen on the bus, so the bus wasn’t kneeling properly. Frozen bags in a bagged suspension aren’t uncommon occurance in the winter, although lately with improved CDTA’s bus maintenance program, they are pretty rare. They are more problematic when the bag suspension is frozen in the down position over one wheel, where it can rub or at least leave the bus angled at a 5-10 degrees from the normal position.
It was NOVA bus 9931 running on CDTA Route 18 leaving Shoprite to Downtown at 9 AM. So you’ve been warned.
Its a bright and sunny but cold for late February day. Good morning!
Kind of rough start to this Thursday morning, not helped by tripping on the bus step because the bus wasn't kneeling properly.