Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Girdwood Alaska, Truth (?) in Advertising

Girdwood Alaska is an odd little place. It has a whopping big ski resort and real estate values are sky high. But it also has a sort of hi...

Friday, August 1, 2014

Strolling to the Copper River

Fishing had been a bit slow so our host/guide suggested we try a spot down river a ways. Specifically where the Klutina and Copper rivers me...

Fish Eyes

King Salmon do not in fact have anthopomorphic "Disney Eyes". They are in fact rather "beady" The one on the r...

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Roadhouse - Copper Center Alaska

On a previous fishing trip to Copper Center my sons and I had a couple of meals at the Copper Center Lodge. It was a funky old log building...

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

A Travel Camera for rough neighborhoods

I have for years used a variety of Canon digital cameras for blog and general photography. Most of my recent stuff has been taken with a SX...

Monday, July 28, 2014

Off the Map

I sometimes wish I were born centuries earlier. In an era of GPS and jet travel it is technically very difficult to be literally "o...

Friday, July 25, 2014

Darth Vader Meets Hello Kitty

We had some "loaner grandkids" up at the cabin recently. Great fun, and it was nice for their official parents/grandparents to ge...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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