The Ellis Airlines Grumman Goose.  This is the aircraft that helped to fan the flames for my love of Aviation.  I was always so fascinated by this aircraft. I was on the beach with my grandfather when they drove the plane out of the water onto the beach, down by the ball field in my…

Forget Rednecks, here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Alaskans: … If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Alaska. … … … … If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Alaska.   If…

Just a light humor for this eve!!!   Enjoy.   🙂   Top 10 Things Native Americans Can Say To A White Person    How much white are you? I’m part white myself, you know. I learned all your people’s ways in the Boy Scouts. My great-great-grandmother was a full-blooded white American Princess. Funny, you don’t look…

Love this story about the, “Chinese Bamboo Tree” I like the story of the Chinese bamboo tree: You take a little seed, plant it, water it, and fertilize it for a whole year, and nothing happens. The second year you water it and fertilize it, and nothing happens. The third year you water it and…

The question, “What Am I on Earth for”?  That seems to be a question that a great many people find themselves asking. I love this quote by Mark Twain: “…The day you were born and the day you find out why.” Why Were We Born?  That is a great question.  I believe that I was…

  The Annette Island Airport.   This is where my Love of Aviation was Born.  I remember my dad and mom taking me out to our little airport and got to see Pan-Am and Ellis Air and the Grumman Goose Aircraft, in picture and occasionally a Coast Guard Helicopter as well.  I instantly became amazed by…

To blog or Not to Blog, that is the question. So, time to begin my new blogging journey. Today, had the best time.  Went up to Sunnyside FC to help them unload pallet after pallet of hardwood flooring that was donated. It was alot of flooring material.   With the amount of people that showed up…