2024_07_29

IMG 5559  Guest picture by KT. Where is Koba? IMG 5563  Guest picture by KT.  I reserve the right to check TikTok now and then. IMG 5564  Guest picture by KT.  Whiskey o'clock is just about here. IMG 9200  Tides Wharf chowda. Yes. IMG 9201 IMG 9203  We know a good espresso place too. Lucky us.
IMG 9205 IMG 9206  We were there. IMG 9207  Summer is road repair season. IMG 9208  Telling people who are probably settled into their site in the campground that they need to drive to another campground for a basic amenity is quite the scandal, sez I. IMG 9211  E-bike achievement unlocked. IMG 9214  Set up and settling in.
IMG 9216 IMG 9224  Happy boi. IMG 9225  Accurate wind direction indicator. IMG 9227  Little succulents put out big, vivid flower displays. IMG 9230  Halibut for dinner. IMG 9231
IMG 9232  Something bright is rising up and passing straight over us. Zoom in to the center. IMG 9233  Let's go look it up on heavens-above. IMG 9235  This was the (at the time unseen) star backdrop. IMG 9236  ISS matches the time. IMG 9237  That would be it. IMG 9238  Another bright one moving nearly 90 degrees to the earlier one.
IMG 9239  Right through the handle of the big dipper. IMG 9240  Dark sky was amazingly clear considering how close we are to the ocean. IMG 9244 IMG 9249  Milky way easily visible by eye. Very impressed a hand held camera phone can do this now. Tiangong 7 29  That second pass was the Chinese space station.