RenegadeRider

The Nevada Democrats in a quest for more attention and influence moved it's primary/caucus to an earlier date. Consequently, we have been infested with those Dems on the campaign trail. Today we were "treated" to a Barack Obama rally. I decided to attend. The crowd was surprisingly normal and well behaved. I don't recall seeing any of the moonbat types that I had expected. I had a conversation with a woman who had just move here from Chicago. She was a volunteer assigned to a crowd control function. She noticed my shirt and indicated that she didn't like it's message (see photo). I asked her what she had against diversity? She responded that it was guns, not diversity made her uncomfortable. She knew very little about guns but was afraid of them, and that there were no guns in Chicago because they had been made illegal. I asked, if that included the police? She replied that they were in fact armed. The same story was for the ba

Dianne and I are planning a trip across the country this summer . This time we will explore the northern states. We plan to visit friends and family that happen to live along our route, unless of course they find out we are coming first. One caution, though: we don't know when we will arrive. We're not ever sure when we will leave. Tentatively, we are looking at early June. Since the season finale of 24 was shown tonight we are free to set out at any time Likewise, we don't know which route we will follow. We have already changed the route three times and we haven't even left home yet. I intend to post on our experiences as opportunity permits. The post may be sporadic since we will be travelling in areas with limited internet access.

Yesterday I received the sad news that my friend Frank Reed had passed away from an aneurysm. Frank ran a hot air balloon ride business in the San Diego/Del Mar area. Through him I learned to fly balloons and I worked for him for four or five years. Frank began his flying in Anchorage, Alaska in 1979. He had over 3,000 hours as the Pilot-in-Command and has trained numerous other pilots throughout the years. One well-known flight was his 1982 trip over Mt. McKinley (North America's tallest mountain). Frank has finally slipped the surly bonds of earth. Godspeed.