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Coolest thing you’ve seen or done recently

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HuskyNan said:
I have an ulterior motive for starting this thread :) I went to an air show yesterday that showcased military aircraft from the C-17 cargo planes to The A10 Warthogs to B52s to the Navy’s F18s to the fabulous Air Force Thunderbirds. There’s nothing better than sitting on the beach with a few thousand people cheering on our military.

So, what cool thing have you done, or seen, or visited recently?

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Excellent photo of some F-16’s. :cool:
 
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On the visitor outside my window theme... it walked RIGHT past my window this winter but I was too slow fumbling with my phone or I could've had a reach-out-and-touch-it type pic as it didn't see me on the other side of the pane. I went outside to capture this, and as it didn't immediately bolt upon seeing me, and I was steps from my door, I thought it prudent not to try to get closer. It turned and ran soon after. Bobcat in Ivins, UT.

On a (not recent) coolest theme, a friend and I took an RV trip from Colorado to the Calgary Olympics in '88. Skied, biked and hot spring'd everywhere in-between on a month long loop. Also saw the Beatles at Shea in '66 when older sis got roped into taking little me.
 
Last October, Colleen and I were in eastern Pennsylvania for a week. We spent a day visiting the local wineries. In Drum, PA we encountered the Honey Hole Winery. Not like any other of the dozens of wineries we've visited in North and South California, Delaware, Texas, Arizona, Connecticut, New York, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Washington and Georgia! Upon first entering, we encountered this:
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(the ones at the end are peach-apricot, strawberry and bitter orange), and this:
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Those are all wines.
 
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One final shot of Honey Hole Winery:
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Note the flavored meads on the right bottom of the blackboard, and the Chocolate, Coffee, Sour Cherry, Toasted Marshmellow and Creme Brulee dessert wines (port style, no less) above the meads. Finally, the machines in front of the blackboard are holding wine slushies. There are a couple more machines to the left of those shown.

We had a fun (and surprisingly enjoyable) time trying out a number of these not-found-anywhere-else beverages.

Note: they did sell more conventional white and red wines as well, but we didn't try any.
 
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Hosted a Ukranian "New Americans" couple and their three year old in our home for their first week in the USA. Saturday (4/15) we moved them into the apartment our sponsorship group found for them. Full on Google Translate all week. Worked out wonderfully well.
 
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A couple of weeks ago, the band I play in did a 2+ hour dance gig. We have a 9 piece band - 2 keyboards one doubles on alto sax), rhythm guitar, electric bass, congas, drum set, alto saxe, a trumpet and tenor sax. We back up 9 vocalists.

We perform songs from the 50's thru the 80's. We have three and four part vocal harmonies on most songs.

The last gig was a packed house of 300+. The dance floor was full the whole night and at the end we got a standing ovation!!!

Even at my age, 72, a standing O is still a big trill.
 
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I received word that I've been approved to purchase a Golden Retriever puppy. My Golden Retriever passed away on Nov. 26 and I've been devastated by the loss. I was on a waiting list for a puppy sired by the No. 1 Golden Retriever in the country out of a grand champion dam. There was great interest in the litter of six puppies and I'm excited that the breeder has chosen me to receive one. The litter was whelped April 2 and I should be bringing home my boy at the end of May. Hopefully, he'll be in the show ring this autumn.

Here's a photo of my puppy at three weeks of age.

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The avatar to the left is the Jupiter Lighthouse on the Jupiter Inlet and the bridge is the Cato's bridge, which is a drawbridge over the intercostal. I bought my first house in Jupiter in 1984 and have tried to spend as much time there as possible. When I was younger I used to jog over that bridge. I've driven over the bridge 1000's of times and lately I've been riding my bicycle over the bridge to go to the beach.

About a month ago a friend told me about the snorkeling under the Cato's bridge. I didn't believe him and google told me he was correct. I went looking for my mask and snorkel and my wife put the kibosh on my plans. The current is strong in that area and there are many boats, not to mention a stray gator or shark.

Anyhow, I wanted to see it but didn't. You can watch the same videos I watched.
 
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The avatar to the left is the Jupiter Lighthouse on the Jupiter Inlet and the bridge is the Cato's bridge, which is a drawbridge over the intercostal. I bought my first house in Jupiter in 1984 and have tried to spend as much time there as possible. When I was younger I used to jog over that bridge. I've driven over the bridge 1000's of times and lately I've been riding my bicycle over the bridge to go to the beach.

About a month ago a friend told me about the snorkeling under the Cato's bridge. I didn't believe him and google told me he was correct. I went looking for my mask and snorkel and my wife put the kibosh on my plans. The current is strong in that area and there are many boats, not to mention a stray gator or shark.

Anyhow, I wanted to see it but didn't. You can watch the same videos I watched.
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I found out it’s not the gators you have to watch out for, it’s the cottonmouths. I only swim in pools in Florida and I check those out before getting into the water
 
HuskyNan said:
I found out it’s not the gators you have to watch out for, it’s the cottonmouths. I only swim in pools in Florida and I check those out before getting into the water
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Snakes in the water are bad.

I think the animals are trying to take the state back. I wish I had seen this alligator in the ocean.
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Alligator spotted swimming in ocean near Jupiter Inlet

Nick Serrano, a local aerial photographer, said he and his girlfriend went to the beach on Saturday to record some footage of migrating blacktip sharks.
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I was in AZ and I was taking a run along a old little used road one morning (just tire lanes in the grass/sand) and I saw a small black log laying in the road. I got about 10-15 feet from it and saw it was a huge diamond back rattle snake sunning itself.
 
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