My wife and I have been wanting to visit the Southwest US for quite a while, and decided that this was finally the year to do it. There’s a ton of stuff to see in the Southwest, but it turns out that it is all very far apart (I’m from Delaware, so this is a [...]
You may have noticed that good ‘ol Rocket Trombone went missing for a little while, namely the entirely of October. To make a long story short, it turned out that an underground line servicing my area went bad, taking out my internet service and degrading my TV signal to the point of being unwatchable. After [...]
Last weekend, we met up with several friends to go camping at Cunningham Falls State Park, out near Frederick. It was an interesting weekend, but of course camping always brings with it the potential for adventure! Driving out on Friday night, we passed through several storms, a few of which were pretty serious. This was [...]
This post continues the story of our Alaskan vacation, picking up as we disembark from the ms Ryndam in Seward. The latter half of the trip was spent wandering our way north from Seward to Fairbanks in a rental car, visiting Anchorage and Denali National Park along the way. Seward: We spent our first few [...]
A few weeks ago, Shelley and I went on our big vacation for the year, a 2 1/2-week trip to Alaska! The basic plan of the trip was to start with a cruise of the Inside Passage, departing from Vancouver and arriving in Seward, and then to rent a car and drive to Fairbanks. Shelley’s [...]
My coworker Pete and I traveled to Tullahoma, Tennessee last week for a rocket propulsion course at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. Both of us have an interest in rocket propulsion and our boss thought it would be a good idea for us to learn more on the subject. Pete and I also liked the idea of escaping from the office for a week and getting paid for it! I’ll apologize now for the length of this post, we found fun things to do and a lot of great food!
