reflections

reflections
Below are several of the 100 or so pictures I took on our
recent Alaska cruise. The cruise came about because of our
Daughter, Deborah ZurSchmiede, who is very active in a folk
singing group, playing the autoharp. This group got together
a party of about 60 to go on an Alaska cruise for 7 days. Deb asked us to join, and we did. The weather left a lot to desire, but it was a great week.

This is one of the many WW II war planes
on display at the Boeing Museum. It is
A British Spitfire. For Most of the war
it was the best fighter plane the allies
had. The late model of the P-51 finally
became the best. My escort planes
in WW II were either P-51s, or P-38s.
The 51s were often the red tail planes
flown by the 99th, the only black group
in WW II 

This is one of the Air force one planes.
It was used by, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
and Ford. It is now on display at the Boeing
Museum 

Our last stop on the trip was Seattle, Wa.
This is the Boeing museum. The plane in
this picture is a Gee Bee. Designed and built
in the 30s, it was successful racing, and set
a world speed record. It was though a
difficult plane to fly, and had many accidents  

Greek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska.
A designated historical site. 

Dolly's house. A legitimate whore house
until 1953 . This and the next picture
show Greek street, a historical designated
site. 

At anchor in Sitka, fellow cruise ship. 

Same glacier as the one below. Clearer
than it though.- 

One of the numerous Alaska glaciers.
It was a rainy, cold, day. Picture shot
through a rainy window 

A Redneck bar in Sitka. 

A beautiful mounting fo an eagle in flight.
Again, once a real live eagle 

Same nest as the one below, more to follow. 

Same museum, a true replica of
a nest, or as the crossword have it,
an aerie.  

One of the several pictures I took
at Juneau museum. These eagles
in this and the other pictures are
real birds that were retrieved
after suffering accidents. Very
realistic. Eagles, of course. 

Same trip, museum at Juneau 

Marge, Debby, and I on recent trip toAlaska 

reflections

reflections

Last week end, April14-17, 2006 we traveled to Tallahassee, Fl. and spent the weekend at our daughter's house. It was a wonderful time. Deb was a most perfect hostess. She had one of her friends at our dinner out, and another at the dinner at her house the next night. At her house, she and her friend made super music on a dulcimer, and Deb's harpsichord. They are part of a small group who play folk music together, and they are great. The pictures below are at the dinner, and in Deb's living room. Our Grandson, Nathan, was not there. He is
in Pensacola where he is in college.

Our new Toyota Prius performed like a dream, 45 miles to the gallon!

At our Daughter's house the weekend of
our anniversary 

Marge, Debby, and I at our 58th
anniversary dinner 

reflections

reflections
Well we did it, traded the Lincoln town car, 2002 with 20,000 miles
for the toyota Prius. Since I will probably only drive about4-6000
miles a year, I guess I'm not making much of a statement. However,
I do feel we should as a nation face reality, and force ourselves to
break the Country's oil addiction,
RHD