The State continues to maintain those pumps.
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Add Vegas & Phoenix to that. In fact, they will probably be first to go. Either Powell or Mead (or both?) are on their way out.
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I’m getting my 48th (RI), 49th (VT), 50th (CT) states this fall and coincidentally have a trip to PR in Jan to get 51 
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Gotta say I’m consistently impressed by @330ute’s photos from his office in the sky.
Wow
I use my drone to get some new angles, but I’d need a Learjet to try and get anything approximating some of 330’s shots!
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It’s been a fun career ! only 2 years left, so enjoying all the sights and layovers😁
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I’d love to hear your top 10 from a remarkable career. Pilots always have great stories. I have a few from driving my old Mooney, no way to match the pros.
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I’m in recurrent training right now, but when I get home and have some time I’ll try and compose a top 10 list.
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Love to hear testimony from both of you and many others
I spent the entire month of May in UK and Europe for an extended work trip. Been going through my photos and there are a couple cool ones worth sharing.
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Old Town Prague from the Charles Bridge. Prague Castle is seen off in the distance.
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View of Edinburgh from Calton Hill:
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Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Kirkyard Cemetery. Truly a fascinating place.
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Feeding my obsession with very old college campuses, I visited Trinity College in Dublin. Established in 1592, it hardly compares with Oxford or Cambridge, but it’s fantastic nonetheless.
Here’s the Quad and the old library. The reddish building you see is famous for being the dorm of Oscar Wilde. The library is breathtaking.. it houses the Book of Kells and the Brian Boru Harp. A lot of the books are currently out for restoration, hence the many empty shelves.
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We have many empty shelves in our libraries here in the good old USA, but for an entirely different reason.
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BTW, Those are great pictures!
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Been to Prague. Amazing city. Amazing people.
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Ma’ake lost in the wilderness with a drone. This one in the GSL desert north of I-80, you can see the Bonneville shoreline, which means this peak was an island.
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Lone Eagle Peak in Indian Peaks Wilderness, CO. I ended up hiking 18 miles up (2k’ elevation gain) and back with an overnight stay. My body was not too happy.
Same place as the artwork on my backpacking meal
This moose wandered within 40-50’ (it was closer in the bottom of the little valley) of where I was camping a little before sunset
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…and I consider it a good hike when I hammer out 5 miles in a Magna Walkabout.
A mountain hike would maybe get me to the campsite, but the next day I would be looking for a hiking Über back down the mountain.
Love the pictures.
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Did you hike up there and say “hi” to the Grinch in his cave lair?
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I had a month off during June (sabbatical every 5 years at work). So here are pics from another adventure. My wife and I spent 5 days up in Spokane/Palouse, CDA, and rode the Hiawatha trail. I’ve been wanting to get to the Palouse and was planning on a Utah @ WSU game, but, well, that fell apart in a hurry. We did drop by WSU and their Grizzly Bear center and Ferdinand’s for ice cream. Also stopped by the Kibbie Dome at Univ of Idaho.
For those unaware, the whole SE part of WA was shaped by a huge flood when an ice dam broke from Missoula lake (last ice age) and wind-blown silt, creating rolling hills. The buttes we planned to go up for a better view were closed, but it’s just a beautiful drive no matter the season.
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Lewiston/Clarkston overlook. It’s a seaport (Snake to Columbia to Portland to Pacific)! 2,000 foot drop from the lookout to the city.
Palouse Falls State Park
Japanese garden at Manito Park in Spokane.
Other than the hate groups in CDA, Spokane folks seemed really nice and it was beautiful. Would be a good place to live maybe Apr-Oct. Then winter someplace warmer.
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Great photos of a beautiful area of the country, thanks for sharing.
I have a couple of high school friends who have lived in that area for decades (not of the hate group persuasion) and have been visiting the area, occasionally since sometime in the mid 80s. My son graduated from Gonzaga, in 2016, so we spent quit a bit of time up there in the the early to mid 20-teens. We went to a football game in Pullman (unfortunately one the Utes lost) during that time.
If you are ever in the area again, don’t miss having dinner at the Black Cypress in Pullman. It is a culinary gem in a place I did not expect to find one. Everything is great, but do not go there without trying the beet salad.
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That place looks great. I’ve had a beet salad like that somewhere, I can’t remember where and it was delish.
We ended up at the Breakfast Club in Moscow for lunch. Lot’s of good options, but the side huckleberry zucchini bread was really good. Was tempted by huckleberry stuffed French toast or huckleberry-zucchini bread French toast - I’m a sucker for any local summer berry.
Also considered The Old European restaurant in Pullman (also breakfast stuff). There was a Hawaiian food place in Moscow that caught my eye (Malō Cuisine), but they left their location and only do catering right now
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