Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Annular Solar Eclipse Day

Above, first order of camping business is to show the RV parked at the American RV Park taken after the day’s festivities. This is the third time we’ve camped at this particular park – once in 2017 and again in 2019.

Now, in 2023, we’re back again to witness one of God’s spectacles, to wit, the great annular solar eclipse of 2023. Without going into a lot of detail, this is an image of the annularity taken by Damsel this morning at 10:37 local time.

Click on either image to enlarge.

Tomorrow, we will be headed to the Texas Panhandle.

14 Oct 2023 by Astronomy Retirement Technobabble Wanderlust

Camping Day 2 (and 3) – Albuquerque

Lot of driving and stops for supplies and fuel today. There will be no camp picture until tomorrow since it was too dark to get a decent photo this evening. We are safely camped and getting ready for the eclipse tomorrow. We paused at Petrified Forest NP today and got a picture of painted desert. We didn’t go through the entire park due to time restraints.

Painted Desert:

Balanced Rock near I-40 in western New Mexico:

Giant Navajo Pot Gallup, NM:

All Photos courtesy of Damsel.

Maybe some “Ring of Fire” photos tomorrow.

13 Oct 2023 by Photography Travel Wanderlust

Camping Day 1 – Holbrook, AZ

Just a quick post to let y’all know we’re on the road headed for Albuquerque to witness the annular eclipse on Saturday 10/14/2023. We’re camped in Holbrook, AZ tonight and will head out tomorrow to the next stop at American RV Park.

We may post some pix from Painted Desert and/or Petrified Forest tomorrow night after the commute.

We saw these on or way here:

Saguaro Forest AZ on Hwy SR74

San Francisco Peaks approaching Flagstaff on I-17

UPDATE: We had a dramatic change in weather – the overnight low in Holbrook was 29°F!

12 Oct 2023 by Arizona Travel Wanderlust

Fourteenth Retirement Anniversary

These various anniversaries seem to be coming faster and faster. Perhaps it’s just my imagination, but it seems like we just celebrated thirteen years of retirement! Tempus Fujit!

Our goals that we set a year ago never seemed to come to fruition; we were supposed to take the RV on a shakedown cruise and never got to it. We were too busy enjoying retirement I guess. Anyhow the plans for the cruise have changed and we’re going to head out soon. We had the Diesel shop inspect everything and got new tires for the trip. It should be fun. See our Eclipse Countdown Page for a preview of one planned destination.

During the next year, we have a loose plan to visit the homelands of some of our ancestors. We have traced our lineage back to the 6th great grandparents in some of our family trees and wish to see the places where they farmed, built homes and lived their lives as pioneers. It should be interesting and inspirational.

And now, as we head into our fifteenth year of retirement (25th for Damsel), we thank God for our good health and plan to ask His blessing on more of the same.

01 Oct 2023 by Notions Retirement Wanderlust

Blogiversary No. 18

Every year our Blogiversary falls on or around the Autumnal Equinox; in this year’s case, equinox is tomorrow, so happy fall y’all! Our weather has been like “second spring” for over a week now, and we’re expecting the same until near the end of October when the temperatures usually start cooling down.

As for the Cap’n Bob and Damsel Blog. we are now old enough to be considered an adult blog (however, not in the nasty or obscene sense). Our sporadic blogging still continues with a few offerings a month and when warranted, daily accounts of significant events such as traveling reports, etc.). We should be reporting on our Eclipse excursion next month.

Thank you all for watching over us these many years and hope to see you here whenever we post something.

22 Sep 2023 by Blogosphere Cyberspace Notions Retirement Wanderlust

Great Grandkids

In the photo above, Mikey (5) and Alex (9), our two great grandsons are enjoying a carnival ride somewhere in Northern California. (Photo courtesy of Granddaughter Anna.) The boys look like they’re having a bit of fun out there.

The big news, however, is that today is Alex’s 9th Birthday. Anna sent me this photo of him and his birthday cake. Looking all smiles and handsome, Alex will be getting a new pair of rollerblades and numerous other goodies for his 9th. Happy Birthday, Alex!

We really miss the great grandkids, the boys above and the two girls, who all live near each other in the Santa Rosa, California area. We, however, no longer travel to that area because both Damsel and I carry concealed sidearms for self protection all the time and cannot carry in California because of their insane (and unconstitutional) gun restrictions. That may be resolved one of these years, but we’re not holding our breath.

Perhaps we can convince our (broke in California) three Granddaughters and their significant others to bring the Kids to Arizona for a visit. We will probably wind up helping them to “foot the bill” for all the travel expenses, but it would be worth it to us to see them all again.

Meanwhile, Happy Birthday to Alex and many happy returns!

19 Sep 2023 by Family

Never Forget

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the tragic events at the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City, NY, in a field near Shanksville, PA and at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Many have forgotten the events, but we have not.

On the right is the animated .gif version of our famous “Never Forget” graphic which had upwards of 95 million views before we took it down due to most browsers not supporting the format. We are still proud that the animation received such widespread recognition. The .gif version lacks all the dramatic zooms, fades and pans that the Flash® version had, but the main idea still comes across.

Now, that another year has passed since the attack, we find ourselves more concerned about the sabotage from within our own borders under the current administration. Out of control agencies like the ATF, FBI and most others have shown and continue to show threats to the Constitutionally-protected rights of Americans, particularly those of us who support our original Constitutional Republic under God. Pray with us as we ask the Almighty to continue His Blessings on America.

11 Sep 2023 by Never Forget

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