Jalama Beach Campground, Lompoc CA

When we lived in Ojai California and worked in Santa Barbara, my wife and I would take camping trips up the coast at a remote beach campground near Lompoc called Jalama Beach. It was a great place to camp almost literally on the beach. The area was very remote so it wasn’t crowded back in…

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Merry Christmas!

Finally got the time lapse video I’ve been trying to get for a while with my GoPro. Sunrise Christmas morning in Nevada, Merry Christmas to all! Cheers!

Ride around the neighborhood

Been playing around with my GoPro 9 and am digging the time warp mode and the results that filming in that mode produces, it’s a pretty cool effect. Here’s a short film I made riding to my friend Gary’s house and back in our neighborhood in Nevada.

Stargazing in Nevada

Dec 2020 The star of Bethlehem was visible this week for the first time in nearly 800 years. The “star” is made up when the planets Jupiter and Saturn align just right to appear as a single very bright star. This is the star that the wisemen followed that famous night on Christmas Eve to…

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Space Shuttle Launch, Cape Canaveral FL

Sept 8, 2000 In late August 2000 I was sent to Cocoa Beach Florida to work at NASA Cape Canaveral for a few weeks to work with another vendor to troubleshoot a storage network problem at their data center. Ended up being there for three weeks but it was one of the best trips I’ve…

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Travels in China

Back in 1999 I was sent to Beijing China by my company to train a few local companies how to use and sell our computer storage products. China is a place I would have never gone on my own, never ever had a desire to see the country. Being sent for work brought on a…

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Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago IL

November 2018 Since 1934 the Billy Goat Tavern has served up food to Chicagoan’s at 30 N. Michigan Ave and was made famous by Saturday Night Live’s John Belushi and cast in the late 70’s. The Billy Goat Tavern become a famous icon in the city and the saying Cheezborger Cheezborger Cheezborger, No Pepsi… Coke…

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Mt Patterson Off-road Ride, Nevada/California

September 2020 Met up and went for a ride in Nevada a few weeks ago with a bunch of friends out to Mount Patterson in Nevada/California where we rode 85 miles up, over, and around the entire mountain. The ride took us thru spectacular aspen and pine forests, lots of creek crossings, Lobdell Lake, a…

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