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Extended Sojourn in New Jersey
It was June. Restaurants were opening, children were laughing, birds were singing. Also, the virus was spreading at record speed. So needless to say, there was some conflicting messaging going on. When things first looked like they might be improving in early June, Nicole and I looked into going to the Azores in Portugal since…
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Back in the "City"
For what would be my longest amount of time off for the entire month of March, I double-legged it from Seattle over to Newark by way of Minneapolis, my old stomping grounds. Doing it that way allowed me to arrive at a reasonable hour instead of 6am after a red-eye. Thanks in part to loud…
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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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Ah, the Stress of Holiday Travel
We find our heroes in Michigan’s upper peninsula. After a significant delay due to low visibility, we finally acquired the aircraft, flew it to Detroit, turned around, and did an approach to minimums in Escanaba, Michigan. The following morning, we all woke up at 5am in an attempt to take the first flight to Detroit…
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Fall in Jersey
Two days off. Where should I go? Well, across the country of course. Nicole was keen to return to her motherland in order to shake hands and fist pump with a new arrival to her family, so I tagged along. My disdain for the garden state and the majority of its residents is rarely disguised,…
Flyin' Brian 