Winter Adventures around Dayton (February 28, 2021)

Winter came with full fury during much of February, there was the early snow fall in the previous post followed by many days of snow on the ground. We had over three weeks of pretty constant days of snow which along with the near zero as well as below zero cold made for a very interesting period. 

It was amazingly beautiful to see, after all this is Ohio and Ohio has winter. I did enjoy walking around and photographing it, though it was for brief periods.      

Visited the Air Force Museum, where I checked out the new Space display. Had a number of interesting items there including a moon rock, a Mars Meteorite which I touched (in the photo above) and even got a FLIR selfie of me as seen at left. Lots of interesting items there at one of my favorite places to visit and especially on cold snowy days its a lot of fun to go there. To be totally honest on any day its a lot of fun to go there.  

One of the other things I enjoy here is the geese. Not the geese crap which is pretty wild and abundant at times, but fun to see them fly around. I live close to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and often see the C-17's fly over the house (and there are a number of photos of them doing just that on this site) but also enjoy the geese formations. They are amazing and when it comes to formation flying they are also among the most professional in the skies. 

On Saturday February 27, temperature got up into the upper 50's. To be honest it felt like t-shirt weather. I did a little tree trimming around the house, some car washing, moved the Christmas decorations from the basement to the shed and charged up the battery on the motorcycle. 

I did not ride it mainly due to the still very salty streets out there, but I did fire it up, and enjoyed that sound. Spring and rides which will be featured on my "Racing with the Wind" blog site are not far away. The sound of that Triumph vertical twin engine sure put a smile on my face. Looking forward to Spring and the days ahead. Thank you for visiting my page. 
 

Into 2021 (February 3, 2021)

So anyhow, the nightmare of 2020 in the land of the Coronavirus is still continuing. That said, had a very fine Christmas and enjoyed the season though with the social distancing and under the new rules. Worked out ok. Very happy that the former President is no longer in power, hopefully it will be better and do not see how it could be worse. January was pretty good, with reasonable weather and not much snow. That changed a few days ago, and took these photos. Still not a major storm. 

Went to Louisville a few days ago at the end of January for the funeral of my daughter in law who ended her fight with cancer. She put a remarkable effort up for seven years and will be missed. Was the best part of my family, at least the nicest.      

Not much in the way of motorcycling here (as you can see) but have been enjoying the geese and ducks and the snow. Snow I found is like being a kid again when you are retired. I can enjoy it for what it is. As for the birds, always have been fond of things that fly and they really put on the air show here.

I am planning to make a trip to the National Museum of the US Air Force soon, for one its nearby and for another they have a major Space exhibit there for the next few months. A favorite place of mine, if you have never been its highly recommended. If you can not go will be bringing photos here on my next post. 

Thank you for visiting my page and have a great day!