Up And Away
Last week I had a "flight" out of Queenstown, New Zealand. Here we have just started take-off roll. This is in a B737 flight simulator. It was lots of…
China Trip 2015
We toured China for two weeks in October 2015. It was a fantastic experience. Flight on China Southern took us from Australia to Guangzhou (A), and then on to Beijing…
Paragliding In New Zealand
Oh boy, what a hoot. We all did it, including Nan, Ella and her parents Scott and Amy. We jumped off Coronet Peak, New Zealand and landed about 3 miles…
Massive Storm Two Days Ago
We had a massive wind/rain/lightning storm two days ago. The local wind speeds were recorded as close to . Here is a clip of some of the action. This was…
Google Voice and Obihai ATA Phone Adapters
After the announcement that Google Voice would stop supporting SIP and VoIP phone adapters as of May 2014, I switched my Google Voice phone number to VoIP.MS That all went…
Back in Chicago 2014
We are back in Chicago for a month. We spent a month here in 2012, and loved it, so we are back. This time we are staying in an apartment…
Across Kansas 2014
A few days ago, on our way from Las Vegas to Chicago, we drove across the state of Kansas. This was the first time either of us had been to…
Las Vegas to Denver 2014
We left Las Vegas and headed toward Chicago. The first day took us from Vegas across Southern Nevada, into Utah and then on to Grand Junction, Colorado. The sections in…
Las Vegas, NV, 2014
[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] These past few days, we drove from West Texas, to Las Vegas Nevada. We are planning to stay in Nevada for about a month and will be…
VoIP and GoogleVoice Migration
I have had an Obihai ATA phone that used a Google Voice phone number for a few years. Google is ending support for ATA boxes from May 15th 2014. Their…