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Well At Least We Have Yesterday
Today was overcast and rainy the entire day. You can’t win them all, though. We were fortunate to have some unexpected sun throughout most of yesterday, so I suppose it’s fair. It wasn’t particularly rainy in the morning — just very grey, so we borrowed some bikes from the hotel and rode over to the…
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First Full Day on Turks . . .and Caicos Too
Fully expecting to wake up to rain, we were surprised to find the sun poking through some cloud cover. After a breakfast of bagels and donuts purchased from the grocery store, we went out to the beach in front of the hotel. After a bit we decided to go into the water. It was a…
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Finally Arrived in Turks . . . and Caicos too.
Well if you read the last post, it was considerable effort to finally reach the Turks & Caicos. I caught maybe 30 mins of neck breaking sleep enroute from Atlanta, but woke up in time for both biscotti and this view out the window. The water was a nice turquoise blue as you can see.…
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NonRev Adventures
Recently my parents faced a bit of a challenge trying to get to Santa Fe, New Mexico. You see, it can be a challenge to get to some of the less popular airports due to fewer flight options and one has to change planes somewhere and “Two-Leg It,” as I say. Over the course of…
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On the Oregon Trail
Although I flew in and out of Portland a few months back, I hadn’t been overnight in Oregon (job-related or otherwise) until now. We landed in Redmond, a small town in central Oregon, a little after noon. I had the rest of the afternoon to explore. It seems there are a lot of natural features…
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Back in the Saltiest of Lakes
Early last August, I earned my ATP certificate in Atlanta after almost two months of both ground and sim training. It was a great feeling of accomplishment to finally have the privilege to fly a jet. In order to maintain this certificate, however, I must come back once a year for recurrent training and be…
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Politics Politics Politics!
Through this job, I have flown places I’d never thought I’d see and met all types of people. Some like to discuss politics while I’m locked up in the cockpit. And to be honest, the only ones who want to talk politics are fervent supporters of Donald Trump. When they ask me what my political…
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It’s Up to You, Newark, New York.
Yes, I’m still here. The fact of the matter is that I can count on one hand how many overnights I have had over the last two months. Two. I was in Fresno once and ate at Quizno’s twice. This fact is perhaps not worthy of a blog post. And last week I was overnight…
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South to North Pole
Today we flew from Barrow down to Fairbanks and were transformed from a barren, cold, windy tundra into what appeared to be legitimate summer weather. The temps almost reached 80! It only seemed appropriate that our hotel was in a town just east of Fairbanks called North Pole. Everything is Christmas-themed. The streets are named…
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