I’ve logged about 1000 km in the first two days and the natural wonders I’ve seen are simply breathtaking. I’ve found myself completely exhausted at the end of each day, plopping onto the bed and having no appetite at all. The ride from Snohomish to Sumas was familiar and uneventful, if a bit cool, even [...]
Yamaha Midnight Warrior, Kuryakyn GranTour Bag with lumbar support (sweet!), reinforced gas can. I’m loaded for bear…. literally I head out on my Alaska sabbatical on Monday morning.
The plans are falling into place. Ferry tickets, reservations, extra gas can. Just a little over two weeks until I set out on my personal retreat – my motorcycle adventure to Alaska and back. Here’s the route I’ll be taking. 2000 miles in 8 days. 1700 by motorcycle, 300 by ferry. There is, as Steven [...]
In 1997, while working for Lockheed Martin Space Mission Systems, I designed parts of the ground station hardware and software that supports the Globalstar satellite constellation. My piece was responsible for picking up commands for the satellites from the network and pumping them into the transmitters on the ground, where they would then be amplified [...]