In fact, this young hiker made the ascent in 2001.

Someone asked me the other day where I get all this junk I throw out in this blog. Let me tell you, the sources are wide and varied. You see, I sit at this computerized window to the world all day long doing this and that. I work mostly, but during my coffee breaks, I get a chance to wonder the web.

Hey… What if I were to share with you some of the “neato” things I have found this week? Let me tell you; some of them are pretty goofy.  Know this;  there are web links in this diatribe.  Click on the link to see what it is I am talking about.  Just don’t forget to come back after you have had a chance to browse a bit.

When I was a kid, my folks stored food, water, medical supplies etc. in a closet just in case “they” dropped the big one on us. In school, we practiced our emergency procedures like crawling under our desks in case of a bombing. Today, we really don’t do any more of that nonsense… however, there are folks who still try and make a living by keeping us from harm. Here’s a Bomb Shelter kit manufacturer.

For some reason, large Mega-Yachts get my attention. Still pictures are usually the only way I can get aboard one of these gems of the ocean. However, a video tour has been produced and it really is kind of fun to watch. So click here for the tour of the Floridian Mega Yacht, then sit back and dream.

Not to be out done… I know what I want when I win the $34 million dollar Power Ball lottery. Take a quick look…

It’s not all boats you know. I also have this “thing” for motorcycles and M/C related things. I also enjoy open wheel racing. So what if you could marry the two things together? You know… an Indy Car cockpit using a powerful motorcycle as the engine? This is what you would have; a motorcycle powered Indy Car.

Now… if the BMW K-bike power plant could be used to power a car… Damn… already done. Would you like to see the BMW powered Grinnall car? Just click here…

With the price of gas running into the hundreds of dollars per week, I thought I would try and find a reasonable electric vehicle that could take me around town. You know, like get the dry cleaning, do the shopping and taking “Bowser” to the vet and, oh yeah, all the while I would leave gas guzzling pavement pounders standing at the light. Well, there is a startup electric car manufacturer that claims they have a vehicle that can do just that. It’s a bit pricey, but man what a machine.

Not too long ago, a very good friend of mine dropped a book in my lap. The book was all about a particular fascination of mine; nose art! On WWII airplanes no less. I have always been fascinated by the airplanes that flew in WWII and the men who flew them. I will probably will never get a chance to ride in one. So I found the next best thing!

If you have never been to an air show, then this bit of interest to me will probably not be of interest to you. But all you need to do is be there when a P-51 Mustang flys close in-board, man, the sound is something that will get your heart thumpin’.

And one last thing. Today’s Hell’s Angels are not the original. There was another group of Hell’s Angels that were bigger and badder than the M/C club we know today. They were the 303rd Bombardment Group (H) “Hell’s Angels” flying out of Molesworth, England during World War II. Here is special history that’s available at the touch of a button. Two thousand two hundred and fifty pages worth of history. Stop in and say “hello” to the 1942 thru 1945 Hell’s Angels.

What is really funny about all this? I found all of this stuff just this week. Over the past couple of months I have learned how to make a model volcano, visited the deep polar ice, flown on the shuttle during take-off, experienced the power of ten, obtained and fixed the recipe for a Weight Watchers 1 point chili, found out what it would be like to be an air traffic controller…

Heck, I’ve even been to the top of Mt. Everest.

Until next week…