Burlington, Colorado.

I’m spending the night a little farther west than I intended to stay tonight, but the room was available and affordable and clean so I’m good.

I spent most of the day chasing clouds along the Colorado and Kansas and Nebraska state lines. There’s a lot of open road in these parts, but my timing was a little bit off on seeing any thunderstorm action. I saw some lightning strikes but that was about it. We may get a light show tonight; I’ll keep an eye on things and see if there’s some chasing to be done during the hours after dark.

Tomorrow’s forecast has another round of severe weather predicted for the southern half of Kansas, so I’ll be headed in that direction. I’m having a blast discovering small towns all over this part of the country. I’m looking forward to continuing the adventure.

5 June 2022 by Fun and Games Dept 0

UA5535

And so begins my solo adventure to the Plains states. My husband dropped me off at Tucson International Airport at lunch time; our flight departed on time and I’m comfortably seated in seat 2A. I’m not as close to a yoke as I want to be but I’m not rated to flying an ERJ-175. Maybe someday. That’d be pretty awesome.

The Storm Prediction Center maps look quite promising for the next three days. I’ll be heading due east from Denver and roaming Americana from there. Come Thursday I’ll start heading back to the desert southwest with my intent to return the rental car to TUS on Sunday afternoon.

There’s a lot going on at work this week but I have the utmost confidence in my team that all is handled. I have my work laptop in tow in case I have to jump on the network.

Right now I’m going to sit back, relax. and enjoy this flight on United Express.

4 June 2022 by Fun and Games Dept 0

Caturday.

Truman likes to hang out in the middle of the floor from time to time. He keeps it quite casual.

4 June 2022 by He's A Feline. 0

Ginger Hints.

In this photo taken at a ridiculous angle, you can still see the remnants of my ginger past in my mustache. The gray is winning the race for prominence but that’s OK because I’ve earned the gray.

A year ago I wasn’t ready to be a guy with gray hair. Today I don’t mind at all.

3 June 2022 by Mustache. 0

Don’t Look Up.

There was a pretty impressive meteor shower earlier this week. We were lucky to have clear skies and a moonless night; we sat on the roof over our garage, which faces east, and at the peak was able to see a meteor or two every 30 seconds. It was beautiful. The remnants of this comment were a bit more orange than most meteor showers I’ve seen. The universe is amazing.

I have concerns about the longevity of humanity. I saw this tweet pass by and I wonder if the person tweeting this actually thought the meteor shower would light up any clouds or come through clouds.

Meteors coming through the clouds would be a bad thing. There’s been quite a few catastrophe movies with that very sort of plot line.

2 June 2022 by Geek Why. 0

Moral Foundation.

I still maintain that a good chunk of my moral foundation I learned as a kid came from the “Shazam/Isis Hour”! I paid very close attention when JoAnna Cameron spoke directly to the camera as Isis. These little lessons at the end of every episode, and their counterparts after “Shazam!”, definitely lent to who I am today.

31 May 2022 by Ponderings and Musings 0

Memorial Day.

Living in the desert has really messed up my sense of time. I had a hard time understanding that today is Memorial Day and not Labor Day, since what I have always known as “summer weather” has been cranking along for the past two months.

Regardless of the weather, we need to take a moment to thank those that gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country.

30 May 2022 by Ponderings and Musings 0

Bucket List Item.

I’ve never really had an interest in going to St. Maarten, but there’s a part of me that really wants to experience this beach that’s right up against the airport.

29 May 2022 by Fun and Games Dept 0

Caturday.

I call this Truman’s “Royal Pose”. This is his usual way of relaxing on the floor, usually in the afternoons. I come up to see how things are going in other parts of the house during the workday, and he’s usually waiting by the door of master suite in this pose.

He’s so regal.

28 May 2022 by He's A Feline. 0

About J.P.

Just a guy with a husband. We’ve been together 28 years and he still makes me see fireworks on a daily basis. Hiker. Storm Chaser. Private Pilot. Tech Guy. Hackerish.

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