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My First Regional Burn

My First Regional Burn

The past weekend I went to the 2009 Florida PreHeat regional Burning Man event.    About 500 people were in attendance (or so I heard) at a ranch in Lakeland, Florida having come from places as far away as Miami or Atlanta.   From my experience it was closer to one of the weekend campouts [...]

[ More ] April 20th, 2009 | 27 Comments | Posted in Art, Food, Outdoors, Social Activities, Weekend Wrap-up |
Sailboat

Sailboat

A hope of 2009 is to end the year aboard my sailboat. I’ve just started looking about to see what is available. The ideal sailboat will comprise of as many of these specs as possible: Two masts Ketch preferred over schooner Cruiser more than racer Catamaran hull design 20m (though it may be more practical [...]

[ More ] April 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Goals, Outdoors, Social Activities, Travel |
Florida PreHeat

Florida PreHeat

With the passing of the 2009 Burnal Equinox it occurred to me that I’ve not participated in any Burning Man flavored event for over a year now. To ease my withdrawal enter Florida PreHeat. As its a smaller gathering of about 250 people I’m expecting it to be similar to the Fire Mountain gatherings. One [...]

[ More ] April 12th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Outdoors, Social Activities |
Las Vegas Santa Run

Las Vegas Santa Run

Every year in Las Vegas there is a fund raising run for Opportunity Village called the Las Vegas Santa Run. Maria has recently become enamored with distance running and has talked Abbey and myself into joining the fun. The registration is about $35 and includes a 5 piece santa suit. In 2008 6,119 santas participated [...]

[ More ] April 12th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Goals, Outdoors, Social Activities, Travel |
Lines Drawn in the Sand

Lines Drawn in the Sand

As part of my sanity day on Wednesday I rode out to Treasure Island beach. I was amazed at the warmth of the water, evidently the water temperature sensing part of my brain vividly expects to find all large bodies of water the temperature of the Pacific off Ocean Beach. As I walked the beach [...]

[ More ] April 9th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Beach Report, Outdoors, Space |

Irene rains arrive in BronxHe came back!New boat in the making - its the one on the right... 3 weeks till its completed and ready to go sailing.  Still working on a name.Walter Cronkite's house.USS New York arrives for 2011  NYC Fleet WeekStormking sculptures come to Governors Island!!  Art you can climb on!Fields of dandelions on the grounds of the Vanderbilt mansion.Megayacht week continues as EOS worlds largest sailing yacht (305 ft) moors to Chelsea Piers for her NYC stay.Aviva superyacht from Georgetown docked at Chelsea pier. Her 223 feet keeps her in the top 100 largest yachts in the world.Waste your life following the wall
man in a powered parachute flying over palm trees with the sunset in the background