Necessary Roughness

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Archive for the 'travel' Category

EFO CPD: Public Works Security
Friday, November 14th, 2008

This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.Angela Newland, PE, gave a presentation on the most interesting subject of the day, public works security. Since she is a VP at the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, her emphasis was in airport security.
Three times during the presentation we were asked to [...]

Flight 93 Crash Site
Friday, September 12th, 2008

Seven years after some American heroes foiled the plan of Saudi Arabian hijackers to crash a fully fueled airplane into our nation’s capital, I had the opportunity to visit the site of the crash near Shanksville, PA. Eleven pictures are in the gallery.
A children’s choir, arrayed in white, sang several songs, including “God Bless America.” [...]

Conemaugh Gap
Sunday, September 7th, 2008

On the way back from church this morning, there was a scenic view I wanted to check out.  The Conemaugh Gap is the deepest gap east of the Mississippi.  The foliage made it impossible to see the trains that ran down below.
The NR Gallery has three shots, but this one is my favorite. In the [...]

Visit to Boalsburg
Saturday, August 16th, 2008

A 1.5-hour drive took me to Boalsburg, home of the Pennsylvania Military Museum. The married bloggers who write Random Intolerance also live in the State College area, and I got to meet them, too.

Dan Nation Tour Hits Pennsylvania
Monday, August 11th, 2008

I made it to Homer City, Pennsylvania, about 10pm last night. The drive from Ohio was about four hours.

photo credit: RabunWarna
The GPS I occasionally rent from the rental car agency historically has been merely something nice. Last night, I’m not sure I would have made it to the hotel without it. The storm during [...]