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HOLIDAY TRAVEL
by Bob Sparrow No, this isn’t the counterpoint to my last post on all that is good about air travel. In fact one of the reasons I have such a positive attitude towards air travel is that I don’t travel … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday observations, Tributes, Uncategorized
Tagged Anne Margaret, Bob Hope, Charlize Theron, Christmas in Afghanistan, grandmother's house, Halle Berry, holiday travel, National Geographic Traveler, nightmare before Christmas, oxymoron, Raquel Welch, Salma Hayek, Scarlett Johansson, USO
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Things Not Heard From Passengers After A Flight
by Bob Sparrow “I wish we could go through security on our way out of the airport too” “I didn’t realize how comfortable those middle seats were” “I just never seem to get tired of sitting on the tarmac” “I … Continue reading
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Tagged airline food, airlines, airports, iPad, iPod, on-time record, pilots, uncomfortable airplane seats, window seat
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Veteran’s Day
by Bob Sparrow If you’re reading this on Monday morning it may have just reminded you that yesterday was Veteran’s Day. If you’re reading this after Monday, you may have just been reminded that you missed Veteran’s Day – … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday observations
Tagged c-rations, camo, Treaty of Versailles, US holidays, veteran's day, World War I
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Catalina, 26 Miles, The Four Preps and Earworms
by Bob Sparrow My most recent ‘road trip’ took me off the road and on the water, to Santa Catalina Island. It is a very interesting island, to say the least. It has a casino where gambling is banned … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Avalon, Bison, Santa Catalina Island, The Four Preps
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Death Valley – Why?
by Bob Sparrow When I told people that I wanted to go to Death Valley, they asked why? I wasn’t really sure. I had heard that it had recently reclaimed the honor of the hottest place IN THE WORLD, wresting the … Continue reading
The Ascent of Half Dome – Not Your Average Walk in a National Park
The literature on the Half Dome hike reads as follows: Difficulty: Extreme. It’s long, steep at the beginning and end, and more dangerous than most Yosemite hikes. It’s probably the most difficult of all Yosemite day hikes. On the traditional … Continue reading
The General Patton Museum – Tanks, But No Tanks (Part II)
by Bob Sparrow The Museum I turned off the freeway and headed for the museum and see a statue of General Patton and his trusty dog, William the Conqueror, atop the museum as well as an assortment of tanks off … Continue reading
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Tagged General George S Patton, Patton Museum, Patton the movie, tanks
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The General Patton Museum – Tanks, But No Tanks (Part 1)
by Bob Sparrow Interstate 10 I was recently just leaving Arizona, where I had just learned that it is legal to carry a concealed or unconcealed weapon into a bar in that state – an experiment, I suppose, to see … Continue reading
Stardate: 1968 – John Lennon and the Sawdust Festival
by Bob Sparrow My road trip last week utilized time travel and took me back to the 60s, not age-wise, I’m already back in the 60s age-wise, thank you; I’m talking time-wise, like in the 1960’s – you know … Continue reading
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Tagged goblets and gourds, hippies, John Lennon, Laguna Beach, Laguna Festival of Arts, Sawdust Festival, the '60's
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I Didn’t Know Jack . . . London
by Bob Sparrow When someone would say the name Jack London to me I’d think Call of the Wild, and . . . well, not much else. Maybe because I am from northern California, I’d think of Jack London Square … Continue reading
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