Grandson Alex is at Regional competition in Reno tonight. Hundreds of kids from Arizona, Nevada, California, and Hawaii. Matt is feeding us scores. Alex is off to a good start. He stuck his landing on the vault. 11.6Parallel bars went well. 12.15A fall on the high bar, but he stuck a double back-flip full-twist dismount. 10.612.5 on the floor. Awesome! Two events to go. He doesn’t need to win this to go on to Nationals in Orlando in May. The top tier of finishers in each age group move on. We’ll report back.
Locomotives in the Arizona desert
Driving down Interstate 10 in Arizona, there is an odd sight; hundreds of Union Pacific Locomotives lined up on a siding for miles.
(not my photo) It looks like an entire train of locomotives, except it’s longer than any train you’ve ever seen. It’s eerie. We googled it. Seems we, as a country, are using less coal. That means less coal trains hauling it across the country. That and a decline in the sale and transport of a few other commodities results in a whole lot of idle locomotives right now. The Arizona desert is the perfect place to store them. The military has been using the Arizona desert as a parking lot for unneeded aircraft for years.
(not my photo) The conditions outside Tucson are perfect for minimal corrosion, and minimal site preparation to store airplanes on the ground. There is a separate boneyard for civilian aircraft. So now there is a locomotive “boneyard” out there as well.
(not my photo) It looks like an entire train of locomotives, except it’s longer than any train you’ve ever seen. It’s eerie. We googled it. Seems we, as a country, are using less coal. That means less coal trains hauling it across the country. That and a decline in the sale and transport of a few other commodities results in a whole lot of idle locomotives right now. The Arizona desert is the perfect place to store them. The military has been using the Arizona desert as a parking lot for unneeded aircraft for years.(not my photo) The conditions outside Tucson are perfect for minimal corrosion, and minimal site preparation to store airplanes on the ground. There is a separate boneyard for civilian aircraft. So now there is a locomotive “boneyard” out there as well. Ow
My skin hurts! Judy got sick so we came home. I got sick too. We’ve got the same thing; a brutal fast-acting chest cold (acute bronchitis). In their early stages, these things are viral, so nothing to do but get plenty of rest and fluids and wait it out. It’ll get better on its own, or morph into something worse, that can be treated. We’ll see. I figure it’s only fair that I get sick like this from time to time. It will (almost) keep me humble about hardly ever getting sick. Otherwise, I would be unbearable. (Just ask Judy.)
My abs at 20
When I was at my leanest. (I was juggling rocks.) Lindsay’s abs now.
Lindsay wins. Plans change
The coach is fine, Judy broke down. The crud she has been fighting off for the last few days hit her with a sledge hammer last night. She feels so bad we decided to bail on the rest of the trip and just come home. A quick morning walk on the beach for me.
Then one more day of driving, and here we are, safe and sound at Sandpipers. return trip map Ninety-four degrees and not too humid. Yesterday when we got to Mustang Island, there was more humidity than degrees, 80 degrees, and 90 percent. That was plenty wet.
Then one more day of driving, and here we are, safe and sound at Sandpipers. return trip map Ninety-four degrees and not too humid. Yesterday when we got to Mustang Island, there was more humidity than degrees, 80 degrees, and 90 percent. That was plenty wet.