*UPDATED* Check out new video at the bottom of this article! I believe we so often take the amazing accomplishment of flight for granted. Safe, fast and modern air travel is still really a relatively new thing when you think about it. One sure fire way to appreciate…Continue reading Plane Spotting at YYZ (Toronto Pearson)
Pictures of Detroit: A City Transforming
On March 4, Angie and I found ourselves staying in downtown Detroit, Michigan at the Greektown Casino Hotel. The hotel is top-rate and a relative bargain at $95. I hadn’t stayed in the core of Motown for about a decade. This is a changed city. Part of me was a little disappointed that the city…Continue reading Pictures of Detroit: A City Transforming
There’s No Spacecraft in This Romulus
No Clingons, Ferengi or even Romulans. This Romulus is not a planet from the future world of Star Trek. This Romulus is a city on the outskirts of Detroit and home to the Detroit Metro Airport. Angie and I spent a night at the Metro Detroit Airport Marriott this past weekend on our two night…Continue reading There’s No Spacecraft in This Romulus
Cayo Largo, Cuba in Pictures
In the winter/spring of 2011, we took a week, via a rickety Canjet Boeing 737, in Cayo Largo, Cuba at Sol Pelicano All-Inclusive Resort. Cayo Largo is an island off the southwest coast of Cuba, on the Caribbean Sea. The island is small, measuring 25 km long and 3 km wide at its widest. All civilization is…Continue reading Cayo Largo, Cuba in Pictures