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North Dakota Bakken

Bakken Formation of North Dakota Some people find the flat open land of North Dakota to be boring and uninteresting but the black gold rush is on full swing and it is kind of groovy in a way. Many people are flooding into the area to look for work. Tank truck drivers with hazmat certification [...]

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Gobs o’ planes

- aircraft in the desert… Airplane with cactus. Airplanes in storage at the Pima museum. Resting in the desert. Yellow taildragger. Torpedo Bomber Squadron Two One Grummen E – 1B Airplane used to haul big things. Wide load. Helicopter Skycrane Coatimundi walking across the street aircraft in storage Aircraft boneyard in the desert Unused aircraft [...]

TWA Constellation

Lockheed Constellation – TWA This big 4 prop airplane was used for military transport in World War 2 and used as a civilian airliner after the war ended. The 18 cylinder radial engines are impressive. The triple tail configuration looks rather cool and helped keep the planes profile low, making easier to fit in existing [...]

Fetch

Fetch has decided to take early retirement after pulling dog sleds in Antarctica 7 days a week for the past 5 years. He is undergoing pool therapy to help heal tendons that were damaged after endless weeks of chasing penguins around in the snow. Seems like a pretty good idea to me. Lots to be [...]

Inside Saguaro Cactus

Saguaro Cactus of the Sonoran Desert Have you ever wondered what the inside of a Saguaro looks like? These cactus have fibrous ribs that look like wood and kind of look like re-bar reinforcement in a concrete column. The Saguaro cactus skeletons are fascinating. Most cactus seem to topple over when they die but some [...]

Whaleshark nibbling on seaweed

Oslob Whale Shark Whale shark nibbling on seaweed in the Tan-Awan Marine Sanctuary near Oslob on Cebu Island I enjoyed swimming along the sanctuary markers in Tan-Awan every morning for three weeks. Occasionally there would be a whale shark or two swimming past the marker buoys and it was a thrill for me to watch [...]

Scuba and Snorkeling

Whale shark watching – scuba and snorkeling It has been an amazing three weeks for me snorkeling with the whale sharks off the coast of Cebu near Oslob in the Philippines. The local fishermen had been feeding the whale sharks some small shrimp called “uyap” . Several of these whale sharks became temporary residents looking [...]

Feeding whalesharks in Oslob

Tan-Awan Feeding whalesharks The fishermen on the southern tip of Cebu Island near Oslob have grown accustomed to feeding whale sharks in an effort to increase tourism in the area. There is a marine sanctuary in Tan-Awan where the sanctuary administration is set up under some trees and the local boat men are hired to [...]

Oslob Whalesharks Butanding

Oslob Whale Sharks Butanding Tan-Awan Cebu Philippines I have been spending a few days on the south coast of Cebu Island looking for whale sharks. The fishermen in the area feed them shrimp in the mornings in an effort to increase tourism in the area. It seems to be working because a resident school of [...]

Sinulog 2012 Scoring the Gecko

Sinulog 2012 Cebu – I decided to stick around Cebu City this year for Sinulog and scored an amazing dutchpickle gecko fastened to a carabao horn last night at a flea market booth on Osmena Blvd. Here the artist Jen from Dumageute shows off his work. He and friends also have a crafter’s booth at [...]