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Wyoming and Idaho

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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...
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Airlines we have been on SO FAR

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Over breakfast today, Angie and I worked out a list of the different airlines we have flown on (that we remember). Some of these airlines are old and long out of buiness, bought-out or done the commercial shuffle. And some are/were very small regional airlines in distant lands. In no order: Malaysia Airlines United American Korean Air Emirates Air Asia MEA (Middle East Airlines) Delta USAIR Copa Aeroflot Ural Airlines UTAir Air Berlin Germanwings Lufthansa Swiss Air Alitalia Iberia PAN AM Alaska Airlines Hawaian Hainan Airlines Air China Norwegian Asiana IcelandAir LAN Argentina Airlines LATAM TAM OceanAir / Avianca Brasil Allegiant Air Avianca Turkish Airlines Buta Airways Azerbaijan Airlines Peoples Express Georgian Air ANA (All Nippon Airlines) JAL (Japan Airlines) Vladivostok Air FinnAir Jet Blue CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air) Dalian Airlines Philippine Airlines A...
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