Posts

Showing posts from February 17, 2013

Wyoming and Idaho

Image
We are back from a quick vacation. I managed to score three (actually several more) bucket list items in 4 days. 1.) Long Snowmobile Trip. 2.) Yellowstone Park and 3.) Wyoming. I reached my 50th State --Wyoming! And we took a 90 mile snowmobile trip in Yellowstone National Park. We went to the "Craters of the Moon--National Monument and Preserve" in Idaho and also stopped at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) where I got to see (with my own eyes) the very cool nuclear powered twin turbojet engine. It was a successful experiment in the 1950s and 1960s. https://whatisnuclear.com/safety-minutes/htre-3-meltdown.html Of course, I had my Radiacode scintillation detector with me and yes, the apparatus is "Hot". The screenshot of the readings from my three walk-arounds the artifact. I swear you could smell the radiation. There was a very un-natural burnt smell something reminiscent of burned bakelite. Although, I am quite certain the emitted radition was not the source...
Image
I heard some street wisdom a while back that said if you are absolutely destitute you will do at least one of the following, Steal, Beg or Sell your body. I have trips to Brazil and Arizona coming up. I am excited about Brazil. I am going to an "Eco Community" (basically tree houses) for a weekend.
Image
I went flying this weekend. It was very cold in Atlanta. The windchill got down to +17 degrees F. Brrr. I took a very fancy plane out (2012 Cirrus SR-22) for a test flight. I think the avionics in the plane are better than most jets.