Our View of the Eclipse The eclipse was awesome when viewed through our special glasses. We were able to follow the moon’s progress across the sun. Since we cheaped out and settled for 97% totality, darkness eluded us but we did experience cold! We also avoided a 150 mile trip north, traffic jams, fuel shortages, […]
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Redwood Forest and Pre-Eclipse Experience
South toward the Redwood Forest A towering cumulus cloud to our south has been tweaking our curiosity for the last several days. The winds and low(er) humidity here are not normally conductive to vertical cloud development. Therefore unusual conditions must be promoting the growth of this blossoming nebula. Because we reside in a television signal […]
A Final Visit to Junction City – We Hope!
On Sunday the wind at the coast calms and the ceilings drop to six feet. We drive to Junction City after work to get a new end tank installed on our radiator. If the RV Gods are smiling on us, this will be the last of our RV repairs for a while. Matt and Sherry, […]
Missed Oshkosh 2017, But Not Slopefest
Zooming gliders in all shapes and sizes soar off the cliffs near Cape Blanco for Slopefest 2017. RC glider pilots flock to Slopefest like airplane pilots descend on Oshkosh. Dogfights and acrobatics fill the air well within observing distance from our work at the lighthouse. Here is my report from this exciting event. Sunny Visits […]
Fliers Soar on Waning Cape Blanco Wind
Normal Cape Blanco Winds Unlike the relentless, inescapable mosquito thwarting winds in South Texas, the winds here are strong, but avoidable and insect free. Northwest winds blast across the cape in excess of 30 mph at Cape Blanco on most days. But the moss adorned canopy protecting the shoreline disarms the potentially forceful nuisance and […]
Of Mice and Woman
Mice perform in the lighthouse workroom A troupe of what appear to be escaped circus mice join me in the workroom of the lighthouse today. Leaping 8″ to mount the baseboard, they scale the wall and begin aerial work on the strings supporting the displays. Disappearing briefly through tiny chinks in the lighthouse, their antics […]
