January
HAPPY NEW YEAR 1
Dive #25 Star of Scotland. Happy New Year dive, aka "Polar Bear" Dive. Conditions perfect, calm,
sunny, and Great visibility on the wreck, about 25-30 feet on the wreck.
Could not have asked for a better way to start a New Year. (And Happy New
Year was given to Patrick Smith on our way to the wreck. Patrick said that
some "CEDU BREW" was discovered and enjoyed. Yet another way to Dive Into
Oblivion. Smile.)
8 Ride: 2N37, Miller Canyon in SNOW. I
will not do this again real soon. It did not take me very long to
realize that I loose traction as the knobs pack up with snow But it was
fun learning !
16 Ride: First use of GoPro Video, 2N40 to
Marshall Peak.
17 Dive #26 Star of Scotland w/ Jane. Great day, great dive, great
wine cellar. (#5 DIO) 77fsw/40min
Jane stocking the SOS Wine Cellar.
21 Road to California/Quilt show, Jane
22 Road to California/Quilt show, Jane, Celeste, Jinna
Ride: Miller Canyon to AF&G w/GoPro.
(2N37, 2N34, 2N33)
28 Ride: Miller Canyon to AF&G w/GoPro, Pilot Rock, home
(2N37, 2N34, 2N33, AG&G, 2N33, home)
25dirt/40total (remount front tire prior, adjust front fender during)
29 Begin frame for deck roof
February
4 Continue to work on framing of deck
5 Rockhounding with Francis and Paul, Lucerne Valley, Marble,
and Geological Fissure
Paul at a marble quarry, Jane climed up on a marble hill, Paul and Francis at the
Fissure in a "dry" lake bed.
Some flora from Lucerne Valley.
6 Bowers Museum, Thomas Jefferson Exhibit. Me, Jane, Nate &
Jenny
11-13 Deck Roof, completion
Finally our deck has a rain/snow resistant roof. (And a runway was
provided for the Cat's enjoyment.)
19 Frist Cold Front brough
heavy rain and winds. (Gusts to 90mph was expected. By morning the
small greenhouse had seven panels blown out. They were spread though
out the neighborhood. All panels retreived and the green house is fully
functioning.)
20 Second Cold Front brought 8 inches
of snow. Glad to see the Deck Roof held up to it's design specifications
of 90mph winds and 8 inches of snow.
Front yard with freshsnow, 8 inches measured on trash can, Deck Roof doing its
job. (Now to shovel the stuff...)
March
11
Rockhounding with Francis and Paul, Lucerne Valley. Bugeye Rhyolite,
Mines, Incidental Geocaching.
The last landscape reminded me of a Salvador Dali painting: Soft Construction
With Boiled Beans. (What do you think?)
23-27 Grand Canyon Vacation with Thea and Ron:
Grand Canyon National Park:/Hualapai Reservation/ White Water Rafting Trip down
Grand Canyon/ Grand Canyon West Sky Walk, and
23 Drive, arrive Grand Canyon, check in, meet up with Ron and
Thea, dinner at El Tovar
24 Grand Canyon South Rim, Tower, check out, arrive Haulapai,
check in
25 Haulalipai River Rafting, great ride, very cold.
Water temp. about 45 degrees.
The rafting trip ended with a helicopter ride back up to the rim. Ron was
our Co-Pilot.
26 Grand Canyon West, Sky Walk
From the Skywalk, we went to the Guano Mine, then after lunch at the Western
Town there was some cattle roping and axe throwing.
27 East went east, West went west. Good bye from the Hualapai
lodge. Happy trails till our next adventure.
By the end of March I finally achieved the highest rank I can acheive in the
Marines. RETIRED Marine. Semper Fi.
April
1 Ride: Cleghorn Rd. 2N59, 2N43,
2N59,
8 Ride: Local area
16 Mt. Palomar Observatory with Francis and Paul
27 Sivilla Restraunt, Birthday
greetings
29 Ride: Local area: Mt. Pike Rd.,
2N49,
Toni
Restraunt, Birthday greetings w/Bea, Jinna, Celeste
30 Arcadia Cat Show w/ Yoza and Katsu
May
5 Ride: Local area: 2N43 (Mt. Pike
Rd), 2N49, 2N45, 2N59
7 Ride: 2N03 (Burnt Mill Canyon)
20 Date: Pirates Movie
21 Ride: Loop (Mt. Pike Rd 2N43, 2N49, 2N45,
2N59, 2N03)
22 Griffith Observatory, Planetarium w/Francis and
Paul
27 Ride: 2N37, 2N34, 2N33, AF&G, 2N33, 2N34, 2N37
June 4 To MDR with
inflatable, did not launch, high winds greeted us. 11 BBTR meeting. Ride ~ 82miles in
Big Bear to Lucern Valley with James, Paco and Jake (Fell two times, rode
under railroad tracks using large drainage Pipe.) (It was
a really big pipe.) 19 Koroneburg Old World Festival,
Jane and the Monk returns 24 Ride: to Big Bear
25 Volunteer: Check Point #4, Big Bear
Run
30 Adventurers Club: Marston Smith,
Lord of the Cello
July 1 Ride: 2N43, 2N49, 2N45,
2N59, 2N03[Burnt Mill Canyon], [2N43 Saw Pit Canyon Trail
2 Ride: GS500 (Back fired a few
times, cancelled ride.)
3 Dive: Rock Pile w/Jane
(Used GoPro camera, first time wet. Works just fine.)
4 Ride: GS500 (Idle was fast,
adjusted idle, bike ran just fine. Ride to office and back, no problems.)
9 Ride: To Big Bear, Return in dirt
(about 40 mile in dirt, 88.7 mile day total)
12 Jay and Bill from St. Louis visit
13 Hike to Heart Rock, then ride to
Big Bear
14 Little boat ride in Marina Del Ray,
dinner at the Original Pantry, downtown LA
15 Harry Potter, Walk Lake Gregory
16 Magic Mountain, Visit Siena
Mariasha Schmidt
17 Ride: Local Loop, Jog Lake with
Bill ( 2.34 miles: Bill 21.5 min, Me 24.5 min)
22 oil change-Hyundai, ride
23 Happy Birthday: Joy Nowak
24 Dive: Catalina, Double Hose/Double
Tank w/Jocko/Erick/Rude Dog/Jeff
25 smog-Truck, ride
29 Vacation: Jane to Texas, Jane and
Thea to Galveston to Spa it Up. 30 Dive: SOS #28 and South Star
rock pile. Then dinner with Erick and Jocko. Actually I never did get on the SOS, poor visibility, but I did have a nice
dive on another rock pile about a half mile south of the Star. A nice dive day with a pod of dolphins swimming by on the surface and a
halibut greeting me on the bottom. (No spear gun this time, only
pictures.)
August 6 Pick up Jane
11 Jane, Back to Work
12 Redlands Bowl, Jungle Book, State
Street Ballet 14 Ride: Green Valley Lake area,
Lunch with Francis and Paul 16 Redlands Bowl: Dallas Brass
19 Dive: Rockpile ("Star South")
Caught first Halibut ever, about 37+ inches. We should have some good eating;.
13 pounds, 12 oz of Halibut steaks obtained.
Ruler on top of fish (note parallax), yardstick on table.
Adapted my GoPro HD to my dive mask. First video, and first video Edit:
see at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI48Bu-o3Lw
September
8 Adventuerer's Club:
Bob Silver, Mercedes Magic via Monte Carlo
9 Working on another unit:
(Adapting a RGU-FM regulator to a FEOR-2, Working name: FEOR-FM.)
FEOR-FM
17 Dive: Star of Scotland #29
(Closed circuit and Open circuit)
CEDU Open
water test of the FEOR-FM
First open water test of the FEOR-FM (FEOR with RGU-FM constant mass flow
oxygen regulator)
Successful R&D dive. No leaks, all systems worked well. Real world
operational testing identified three design improvements to be incorporated into
next iteration. (External Display, Automatic diluent addition, weight for
neutral buoyancy at maximum counterlung volume.)
October 2 San Bernardino Symphony
Orchestra, Mendelssohn & Beethoven Smyphony #4
Arrowhead Arts
Association @ Our Lady of the Lakes Church w/Jane, Bob, Jinna
8 House Party at Francisco's
15 BBTR, Ride, Big Bear to Green Valley
Yoza and Katsu. Because they are cute.
23 Night of High Adventure,
Adventureres' Club Banquet
29 Dive, MDR Rock Pile , got nice 22 inch Sand Bass
November 2 Baptism class for Siena in
Brentwood, Godfather Bob, Jane, Keith, Elizabeth, Grandma & Veronica (Godmother)
5 R&F Railroad with
Celeste,Bea,Larry,Ginna,Dick
18 Ride: to AF&G, Pilot Rock, Sawpit
Canyon (45mi)
19 CE (8 hour) Surgery
20 Day out with Francis & Paul
23-28 Thanksgiving Holiday
December 3 Baby Shower for Goeff and Robin
15 [Did not make Adv. Club Christmas party.
TRAFFIC !!! ]
16 Christmas Train, (Our first model
train set, Merry Christmas.)
MTH, O Gauge w/ Remote
Control and Sound
17 Crestline Neighborhood Christmas Party
25 Merry Christmas.
Ride: Miller Canyon, to Pilot Rock in
morning.
Turkey Dinner later. A
Great Christmas
31 New Years Eve. Prime Rib dinner, w/Celeste
Jan
1 No Dive. Arrived MDR w/boat
sans all required dive gear. Nice lunch, will dive another day
2 Rockhounding w/Francis and Paul.
High Desert.
7 Great Train Expo at Anaheim
Convention Center
Siena gets godparent 10
month visit.
20 Ride: to AF&G
21,22 Road to California Quilt Show
