Brown Motion

Not unlike a loud Bruce Willis flick it was a very good day to be out by the waterfront and listen to some hard rock.  As in the loud booms created by the flying fighter aircraft of the US Armed Forces as part of Fleet Week celebration.  You cannot hear yourself speak as the display dazzles the million plus audience mere feet away from the screaming hardware overhead that costs millions. So this being a fine autumn weekend a work colleague and I decided to check out the aerial acrobatics and air power display by the American and Canadian navies.  This is an annual tradition here in San Francisco where for almost 30 odd years the armed forces and public get a chance to interface and learn and appreciate some of the challenges of and awesomeness of the American military. The air show is the most watched and admired part of the entire three day long celebration.   It varies each year in terms of overall hardware displayed but always ends with the grand finale of th...

America and Canada are blessed with large tracts of land that they can inhabit.  The USA more than Canada since most of the latter is ice or close to it. What they lack in amazing cityscapes or pedestrian friendly areas where people work and live they more than make up in wilderness. What the nations have done exceptionally well is to reserve thousands of acres as National Parks so that mankind's steady march does not eat up what ever is available to chew on. This results in amazing and secluded acres that one can literally get lost in.  My favorite parks in America include Yosemite in northern California and the Rockies that run the north south spine of the continent. The geographic area known as the Colorado Plateau which is approximately acerage that makes up the four corners of four states in SW USA is worth exploring by foot.  Eons of geology has shaped red sandstone into amazing and awe inspring formations that no architect on earth can hope to accompli...