Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Sign the US government has a sense of humor

Living in rural Oregon, quite far both spatially and culturally from Washington, D.C., we tend to eye the federal government warily.

Which is why I was endlessly amused by this sign at the federally-managed Lava Lands Visitors Center.

Do you think the building is called the Animal Inn, or were they referring to that hollow log?


Monday, October 01, 2012

Provide supporting details

Per my son.

What did it sound like? 
Whooooooooosh!

What did it feel like?
Cold. The air was cold, but I wasn't cold.

It felt like flying. I didn't feel like a bird. In a hang-glider you might feel like a bird, but not in a paraglider. In a paraglider you're sitting down.

Were you scared?
No.

Not at all?
No.

Helicopter Boy flies again

Tandem paragliding with Steve Roti. Pine Mountain. Yesterday.