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I’m sick of Politics

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I think I’m done with politics.   I know where I stand, and where I’ve always put my vote.    I’m just sick of how divided the world is, and how its trickled down to daily life.

I’m looking forward to the time when we judge people by whether they’re an asshole or not, not what color of state they’re in, or whatever else.

You can feel a revolution coming on, or some kind of social civil war.   It’s dumber than hell.

Man, life is too short.   Aaaaand, for me anyway,  There’s too many good things out there to enjoy….

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Catching up

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I need to catch up.   May was pretty busy, and spent a lot of time on the road.   4 states and about 3500 miles.

Finally found the farmhouse/Tire change scene from Easy Rider.

My oldest daughter is officially having a baby, and turns out I’m going to be grandpa Zip (still not comfortable with using the G-word).

I’ll get caught up this weekend.

It’s spring.   Ride hard!

 

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I feel a road trip comin’ on

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I’m about due for a road trip.   It’s one of the reasons I moved to Arizona!   I’m not sure where I’ll go yet, but took some time off from work next week to point the bike somewhere.    I’m thinking Route 66 through the Texas panhandle and maybe hit Oklahoma.     The beauty of a good road trip is I’ll figure it out when I get there.

Can’t wait for Thursday.

 

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Falcon Field in Mesa Arizona

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Yesterday was veterans day.   My father was a marine and a pilot, and just like I find my mojo on a motorcycle, he found his in the air.   To this day, I’m a sucker for an air Museum.   I’ve been driving by falcon field on the way to work for months now, and I’ve wanted to check it out.    Veterans day seemed like a good day to do it.

Falcon field had a short military history:  It was opened 4 months before Pearl Harbor was bombed, with the Intent to train British and American Pilots.  3 years after the war it was deeded to the city of Mesa as a municipal Airport.    Its a small, but pretty cool museum.

Falcon Fields P-51 Mustang
Maybe the most influential fighter of any era, the P-51 has always been my favorite. It had the horsepower, ceiling,range, firepower and everything else to turn the tide of air supremacy of WWII. It did just that.

 

Falcon Air Field F4 Falcon
F-4 Falcon…. I read somewhere once that the F-4 is proof that anything can fly if you put a big enough engine in it.

 

Cockpit of the F4 falcon at Falcon Field in Mesa.
Inside the cockpit of the F-4 Falcon. This is where you kicked some ass.

 

WWII Dog tag machine at falcon field.
WWII dog tag machine. I thought it was kinda interesting.

 

B-25 Mitchell Bomber Falcon Field Mesa
The B-25 Mitchell Bomber. Jimmy Doolittle figgered out how to launch these off an aircraft carrier in the wind to bomb Tokyo as a fuck you to Japan after bombing Pearl Harbor. America needed some morale.   Now, In the shop, getting some maintenance.

 

B-17G Flying fortress, Falcon Field Arizona.
As I drove in, I got to watch this beautiful old B-17G bomber fly over my head and land after flying over the veterans day parade.    I’m not going to lie:   I got a chubby.

A helluva good day.   I came home and watched P-51 dogfights.     I hope you had a happy veterans day!

 

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