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- March 29, 2007: of the Pima Air and Space Museum
- March 28, 2007: of Detente
- March 27, 2007: of Santa Cruz River Disc Golf Course
- March 21, 2007: of Another Good Course in the Bay Area
- March 20, 2007: of the Top of the World
- March 19, 2007: of Good Friends that are "Rock" Solid
- March 3, 2007: of a man among Giants
- February 27, 2007: of the Graveyard of the Pacific
- February 10, 2007: of a great disc golf course in Lake Stevens, Washington
- February 9, 2007: of a warm welcome to The Orange Room
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of Good Friends that are “Rock” Solid
March 19, 2007 by Brian.
After spending some time on the road by myself, it was sure nice to have a couple of good friends out on the road with me. During what amounted to a week for Steve Morrissette and a week and a half for Teague O’Meara, the three amigos had some great times and visited some really great places, one of them being the City of San Francisco and Alcatraz, otherwise known as “The Rock.” Here are a couple of photos of my good friends Teague (left) and Steve (right).
Here is another photo with San Francisco as a backdrop.
Alcatraz itself is a really interesting place to visit. It is frightening to imagine the prospect of being imprisoned there. We caught the prison on a nice day, but most often it is a cold, damp, steel bar hotel that must have been horribly uncomfortable for the inmates. To add insult to injury, many of the cells had views of the City of San Francisco, so the prisoners had a direct perspective of what the would probably never experience again, freedom.
Alcatraz, beyond its image as an unescapable, intimidating prison, is also an interesting place to visit for its long and diverse history. It was once a strategic military point of defense and after the prison was closed, the island was taken over by American Indians wishing to make a point about the U. S. Government’s treatment of their people. An excellent audio tour guides the visitor through, and I would recommend this interesting island to anyone visiting to San Francisco.
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of raising the Bayliner
February 5, 2007 by Brian.
While I was back in Minnesota, the tragedy that all boat owners dread befell my friend Kylene: her Bayliner sunk. There is plenty of blame to be thrown around, but for anyone who has ever handled a boat, it is clear that sometimes these things just happen. The boat was fresh from the shop and no one, including the operators checked. The plug didn’t make it into the back of the boat. Though the problem was noticed before she sunk, she had capsized before anything constructive could be done.
Luckily, Kylene had good insurance and the whole thing was paid for by the insurance company minus two hundred dollars for the deductible. It took a couple of months to repair, but the fair craft again navigates the waters of Lake Union and Lake Washington. We even snapped a photo of a foggy Seattle on our way by.
The weather out here has turned sour, but I guess I can’t complain, since my nose hairs are not freezing together like all those folks back in Minnesota. Let this tale be a lesson to all of you. I wish you a fair voyage and and a plug in your stern.
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