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There may be a ways to go yet. From (click →) the Foliage Network, Midwest US, Current Season: (Click thumbnail for larger image.) (Click thumbnail for larger image.)

1. Re my previous post (now titled "GE Aircraft Engine Group (GE-AEG)"): I have changed so much of that post as read: to read: :sleeping: 2. TRACKER: While you were there, did you see anything left of of GE's Nuclear Aircraft Engine Project display? GE-J47 engine (Click thumbnail for larger...

GE Aircraft Engine Group (GE-AEG) Ahaa, I used to work at the giant "Generous Electric" Aircraft Engine Group facility in Evendale, OH: (Click thumbnail for larger image.) … circa 1998-1999, er oops … make that 1968-1969! [Even with 3 iterations of write, proofread, re-write, I still musta...

Teen pilot starts world record quest from EAA AirVenture Whut, no pilots here following this around-the-world flight? (XXX007 are you out there somewhere?) Only 10 days in (7/22-8/01) and he's in Grossetto, Italy. From: [Monroe, LA] to Oshkosh, WI to Sheboygan, WI to Niagara Falls, NY...

We lost it! Re (from my previous post): "This just in" (from 2017): We lost it! Not to Marquette, but ultimately to some wealthy private collector near Chenzhou City, Hunan China! This from the Ancient Artifact Preservation Society (AAPS), (click →) "The Long Journey of World's Largest Float...

Copper Boulders? What else are you looking for? 1. Native copper boulder weighing 17 tons on display at the Quincy Mine. (Click on thumbnail for larger image.) Photo by Capt. Paul & Dr. Nat Brandes, courtesy of Pasty Cam. 2. The worlds largest glacial copper boulder (28.2 tons), found in the...

1: 2: Omigosh, what do I see there? Sentences! Six of 'em! With punctuation — commas, periods, and question marks — even. Though some are slightly misplaced (not closely concatenated to the preceding text); if it weren't for that, I'd a thunk that was a copy & paste! What we have here is a...

Ya think? "Big" is big in the Copper Country! ("All photos herein courtesy of Pasty Cam") Meet Erick "Big Erick" Julius Erickson. (Click thumbnail for larger image.) He was born in Froskog, Sweden. He and his wife lived in Skanee until after WWII, when they retired to Houghton. Legend is...

And here's another sign from da Keweenaw: (Click thumbnail for larger image.) There used to be several of these signs, one greeting new arrivals at Michigan Tech, just before the eastern most MTU parking lot coming up US-41 from Chassell, another on US-41 was just after the airport entrance on...

Anyone up for an adventure this summer? :) Inspired by this from WLUC/TV6 Marquette: (click →) "Three stand-up guys to cross section of Lake Superior on paddle boards". (From Sinclair Cove, Ontario, to Whitefish Point (MI), total distance ≈40-45 miles? Hah! Pikers!) I want to see them do it on...

For more pix & info, see: (click →) Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2018: June: Jun 17-18. (click →) Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2018: June: Jun 18-18. Un-frackin'-real! Sure, there has occasionally been some local flooding during the spring runoff around da UP, but in all of my 77+ years I have...

Yup, that fella was whatcha call "bear bait"; let 'em lure the "bears" and keep 'em busy as you sail by honking waving and laughing all the way! That reminds me of my days (in the early 1970s) flying a tail-dragger (click →) Citabria 7GCAA out of (click →) Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (DVT); On...

Wow, 3 (click →) liters of cubs! Tiny little rascals, eh? One liter: Slightly more than one U.S. quart (1.056688 U.S. quart) or a cube 7.81176958791875" on a side. I din't know that bear cubs are measured that way! :devilish: (Nuttin' personal, I just couldn't resist!)

Meanwhile, look who we have in my neighborhood: [click thumbnail for larger image] That's a purty healthy lookin 'yote — well not quite my neighborhood, but seen in North Central Phoenix, AZ, right about here: [click thumbnail for larger image] on Wednesday, June 30, about 10:30AM.

Hmmm, methinks I see two areas with water content = 16 (both circled with a thin red line, with a thin red leader connecting the two: #1 Looks to be in San Juan County, UT Near: <tbody> City/CDP (census-designated place) elevation (ft.) Bluff 4,324 White Mesa 5,305 Blanding 6,106...

I'm not usually one to pass on rumors, but I just received this from a "usually reliable source". FWIW. (No surprise to me, I've never trusted "Farcebook"!) "There is a new malware that is really causing problems with Facebook today." Read about it (click →) here.

You made it up to the eastern UP to ride? Now can't go back home again! As of 3:54PM (EDT) Mackinac Bridge is CLOSED - falling ice! See (click →) current Mackinac Bridge Conditions.

What he said. Plus: As Dr. McCoy would say: “He’s dead, Jim.”

You have a back door still? You better hope the revenooers don’t find that !:devilish: