Some Was True

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I can’t think of a better way to end a day than ice cream. This was our first ice cream outing of the trip, and it was great. We opted for Sprinkles instead of Larry’s, which would have been a blasphemous idea just a few years ago. Larry’s grip on our ice cream dollar is weakening, though, evidenced by Renee complaining about the lack of flavor in the vanilla at Larry’s (which, frankly, I don’t understand or appreciate because, well, it’s vanilla). We took Teddy with us and he was great. Great end to a great day.

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Jake kept me updated throughout the entire delivery, which took less than an hour. He sent photos when the truck arrived and then FaceTimed me after the car was tucked away in the garage. I basically watched the whole thing from the pool. I was worried about it being delivered while Renee and I were out of town, but, as things go, it worked out perfectly. Another point in my ongoing life lesson that I don’t need to control every aspect of everything. Things generally tend to work out ok.

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We came home from our morning walk to find this slight, but full, rainbow over the beach. What a great way to start the day. And it should be a great preview of things to come today…the Spitfire is on the way!

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It’s delivery day! Our 1968 Triumph Spitfire Mark III arrived today, fresh from Wisconsin. We won’t be home for a week so all I can do is continue to admire it from afar for now. Great to see it in the garage, ready and waiting for us when we get home, though.

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Jake sent this photo after they landed at Toledo Executive. I love the shadows of him and his instructor. Jake called us shortly after this and was just beaming with excitement. He had a lot of firsts as a pilot today - first flight in a turboprop, first with retractable landing gear, first time entering Class A airspace as a pilot, and many others. My favorite might be one Jake mentioned to us on the phone afterwards. His instructor told him it was the first flight for those two with him in the left seat and Jake in the right. Awww.

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Of course I didn’t have my phone with me so I couldn’t take a picture of Teddy sitting on the steps of City Hall in the pouring rain. I’ll have to commit that image to memory.

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Renee and I got caught in a sudden downpour on our walk with Teddy this morning. We camped out on the steps of the St. Pete Beach City Hall and eventually called Jake to pick us up. Quite the adventure!

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Jake sent us a few shots from the flight. I totally get what he loves about flying and planes. Beautiful!

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I love this shot of Jake, as copilot. He gave us a quick wave right after this and then they taxied out to the runway.

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Jake had an amazing day today. Yesterday, his former flight instructor texted him, knowing we were here in Florida, and asked if he’d want to copilot a Pilatus PC-12 back to Toledo with him. Jake would never turn down that opportunity (and of course we wouldn’t want him to), so Renee and I drove him down to Page Field in Fort Myers. This photo shows Jake and his instructor going through their pre-flight checklist. He told us shortly after they finished pre-flight that his instructor told Jake that he would be doing all the radio work. Always the teacher! Jake was a bit nervous about that, but excited, too. A few minutes later they were wheels up to Toledo, with a quick stop in Columbus.

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We noticed a couple new murals at the airport, too. This one is on the outside of a hangar that faces the parking lot for the restaurant. It’s big and bold, and quite impressive! I noticed Jonathan noticing it as we headed to the car after breakfast. I love this photo.

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We also got to see this 1941 Stearman Army Biplane take off. It’s slow, but very cool. This one is used for aerial tours of St. Pete, which can apparenty include an acrobatics option.

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Jake’s dream plane is the Bonanza. It would be my choice, too…if I was a pilot and if I was in the market for a plane! We watched this one on the ramp right below our table all the way through takeoff. He gave a nice wing wave on the way out, too. Beautiful plane.

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Jake’s leaving for home tomorrow, so, of course, we had to have breakfast at Albert Whitted airport in St. Pete this morning! It was a beautiful day for it, too. Perfect weather, and the airport had decent activity for us to watch. Great morning.

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Teddy was up early this morning, so we left on our walk a little earlier than usual. We saw the sunrise, which was nice. Now we’re back and enjoying a coffee on the patio before heading out for breakfast. Teddy is vigilantly watching everything and everybody.

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I’ve had limited time to post over the last few days. We’re now at the beach. I’ll be working in the mornings but should have time for photographs and writing later in the day.

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This post-game interview with Paul Maurice is everything I love about sports. When the competition is over, it’s about pure emotion, and he’s not afraid to show it.

It’s not what I thought it would be but it’s so much better. But it’s the hugs, man.”

For me, Maurice is in the same category of coaches as Dan Campbell of the Lions in the NFL. His press conferences are pure gold, from a fan’s point of view, and I bet he’s a hell of a motivator in the locker room. Much like the Lions players for Campbell, I bet Panthers players would run (skate) through a brick wall for the guy.

[I]t’s the hugs, man.

I absolutely love that quote, and the fact that he said it in the moments after winning the Stanley Cup. It applies to so much more than hockey. We had a family wedding on the night of Game 7. Indeed, several of us watched bits of the game on my phone during the reception. At the end of the evening, after eating and dancing for hours, and right before we headed out in our separate directions, it was all about the hugs, and it was great.

[I]t’s the hugs, man.

That’s now one of my all time favorite sports quotes. Thank you, coach.

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I got some good news on the Spitfire this evening - the transport company is picking it up from the seller tomorrow. Hopefully that means they’ll be scheduling a delivery date soon. It’s possible they’ll deliver it while we’re on vacation.

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It’s always sad, infuriating, and even a little comical when we reach southern Georgia. The interstate is lined with billboards warning of Armageddon, praising jesus, and villainizing democrats (“Don’t be a Democrat, they’re destroying America!”). Give me a break. “Abortion is Murder” seems to be a favorite, too.

Someone is spending a whole bunch of money to infuriate folks. Or, more likely, to manipulate them.

The contrast between the outright nasty tone of these billboards and the welcoming tone of the many signs for sausage shops and boiled peanuts stands is really strange. I’ve driven through the area my entire life, but I’ve never spent any time here, other than the occasional overnight stay in Valdosta. It seems nice, until you get bombarded with those damn signs. I don’t think I’ll ever spend any time here, they clearly don’t want me.

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One thing I love about our drives to Florida, and the early departure time they bring, is watching the sunrise as we head south on I-75. We usually get a nice view of things around Dayton and Cincinnati. This morning, we still had some remnants of a beautiful sunrise at our first charging stop in Florence, Kentucky.

Beautiful light in Florence, y’all!

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Headed out on The Drive today. Up and at it!

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From sunrise to sunset…it’s been a long day of driving. Teddy’s been great, as usual. He soaked up the sunset at this charging stop in southern Georgia. Renee and I got Starbucks to help with the last leg of the trip.

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And the pecans, can’t forget the pecans!

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We had the web and it was glorious. Anyone with some basic technical skills, or the desire to learn them, could buy a domain and start publishing content on that domain in a matter of hours, if not minutes. But they took it from us. Not in the traditional sense, mind you, because technically we still have it. We can still publish content at will. No, their taking is little more devious. They built their silos and made it even easier for people to publish content…in the silos. And they let people do this for no money (not for free, mind you). And then they junkified all the great content with ads and algorithms and infinite scrolling and piss-poor organization that makes it damn near impossible to find your old content and that of others.

But, we still had the web, and I loved it. I used TypePad, Movable Type, Wordpress, and even Drupal. I rolled my own site and publishing system more than a couple times. I’ve bought more domains than I care to admit. I’ve written about everything from breakfast musings to pending patent legislation.

I built Daystream to bring the glory back. It’s a publishing system without the crap. No ads or algorithms, no infinite scroll, and logical content organization. It’s the web as I fell in love with it, and my goal is to help other people discover the glory of what we used to have. And if we get enough people to realize that we still have it, well, maybe it will actually move the needle a bit.

We still have the web, and it is glorious. We just don’t realize that we still have it, or that it’s glorious.

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Today is going to be a few degrees cooler than yesterday, but we’ve got a stretch of four to five 90°+ days ahead of us.

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