September 2025 Newsletter
I hope you enjoy the twenty-sixth edition of the newsletter. Please click the links in the newsletter for the articles, (or the link below it) to open the attachment. Note on a phone you may not see the newsletter and need to click the download link to download the PDF and view it. Please feel […]
One Tent, One Bike, One Plane + Bison: A Weekend on Catalina
Escape Southern California’s crowds with a 20-min flight to Catalina Island. Camp at the airport, mountain bike amid bison, and savor serene adventures.
August 2025 Newsletter
I hope you enjoy the twenty-fifth edition of the newsletter. Please click the links in the newsletter for the articles, (or the link below it) to open the attachment. Note on a phone you may not see the newsletter and need to click the download link to download the PDF and view it. Please feel […]
Staycation: A Week of California Adventures
It was those last few miles
A Vacation a Year in the Making July 4th festivities have been over a year in the making. Though they’ve evolved, the foundation of getting kids and grandkids together was always there. The first 4–5 days of the month are always busy (translation: “mandatory”) for me at work, so with the 4th falling on a […]
July 2025 Newsletter
I hope you enjoy the twenty-fourth edition of the newsletter. You read that right, the newsletter is 2 years old! Please click the links in the newsletter for the articles, (or the link below it) to open the attachment. Note on a phone you may not see the newsletter and need to click the download […]
Sometimes Just Fly the Bomber Pattern
A little while ago I read a comment about someone’s favorite day trip flight out of Southern California. They would fly north, overfly Yosemite, stop in Tahoe for lunch and fuel, then fly the San Franciso Bay and along the coast on the way back. My wife enthusiastically supported the idea. She’s tried a few […]
June 2025 Newsletter
I hope you enjoy the twenty-third edition of the newsletter. Please click the links in the newsletter for the articles, (or the link below it) to open the attachment. Note on a phone you may not see the newsletter and need to click the download link to download the PDF and view it. Please feel […]
Plan A, B, C, and Maybe D
Kathy stayed behind in St George on Easter to spend the week with her Dad and Step-mom and to travel with them to Vancouver, WA later in the week for her Aunt’s Celebration of Life. Easter Sunday found myself flying back to SoCal solo on and then playing the bachelor role (going to work and […]
May 2025 Newsletter
I hope you enjoy the twenty-second edition of the newsletter. Please click the links in the newsletter for the articles, (or the link below it) to open the attachment. Note on a phone you may not see the newsletter and need to click the download link to download the PDF and view it. Please feel […]
The Perfect Plan, Maybe
It was a perfect plan, until it almost wasn’t. We planned a ski trip to our place in Colorado, but I was in California and Kathy was going to start the trip in Utah and end it in Idaho. How do you make that work? With a Mooney of course. After taking a commercial flight […]
Skunk Works
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed By Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos is the story of the legendary Lockheed Skunk Works. The Skunk Works developed the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk, F-22 Raptor, and F-35 Lightning II. This is the story of the development of the U-2, SR-71 and F-117 […]
