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David Luckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519685989888578343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597158848970937213.post-63543002272875254682017-01-07T14:57:00.000-08:002017-01-07T14:57:59.343-08:00Historic Cuban People-To-People Tour, 2016For many years I have wanted to travel Cuba to see the beaches and farm land, and get to know the Cuban people. So, in 2015, when the Obama Administration loosened ties with our southern neighbors, I signed up for a “people to people tour”, the only legitimate way to visit. It was a wise move and a fabulous trip. As the political climates in both Cuba and the US change, I am fortunate to have gone when I did. If free travel ever does occur, I will go back in a heartbeat.
The Republic of Cuba consists of one large island and several small ones situated on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea, about 90 miles south of Florida. With an area of 42,803 square miles, it is slightly smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. It is primarily agrarian partly due to the need to raise much of their own food. In the past, there was a thriving sugar industry, and currently tobacco is large. Today, one of Cuba’s greatest exports is doctors, a result of the mandatory education system and the overproduction of medical people.
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We flew from Miami to Camaguey International Airport, then traveled by bus through the country side to Trinidad, Cienfeugos, and Havana. Going to Cuba is a lot like stepping back to the 1950’s, thanks to an accumulation of austere requirements of the Communist-Marxist rule, then Russia leaving the country, and now the rigidity of the current regime. But, as you may have read on my earlier post, I happened to go at an historic time. Fidel Castro died the day I left for Miami. What this would mean for our tour was unknown, but the only changes due to the mourning period were no alcohol and no music. I certainly missed the music, one of the reasons I wanted to go, but considering the historic significance of the time, it was a small hardship.
The people-to-people exchanges were with artists, cowboys, librarians, botanical specialists, parks managers, day care caregivers, a retired baseball player, and a wonderful cemetery guide. The food was varied and delicious.
Please enjoy the photographs of Camaguey, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, and, of course, Habana . . . .
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The day I left Denver for Cuba via Miami, Shirley emailed me that Castro had died. I didn’t know what this might mean, perhaps even the cancellation of the People-to-People tour I was scheduled for. (The only changes that occurred were there was no liquor served or music played during the mourning period which included all but our last travel day).
Since I had an extra day in Miami before the tour left, I caught a train and a bus to Little Havana to witness the celebration. There was literally dancing in the street.
<b>Little Havana, Miami, FL</b>
<b>November 26, 2016</b>
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Finally in Cuba and on our 5th day, we were exploring the mid-island, southern port city, Cienfuegos, founded in 1745, with its UNESCO World Heritage town center, when word on the street was that Fidel’s ashes would be passing through. He was on a 4-day journey from Revolutionary Square in Havana to his final resting place in Santiago on the east end of the island. We had noticed people along our route sprucing things up, and the city square was beginning to show signs of people gathering. Rumor was he would be coming between 4 and 4:30. Some of us petitioned our tour leaders to let us watch the proceedings, and they agreed.
I walked back to the square and gently elbowed a place to stand in the gathered crowd. The sunny afternoon had gradually turned into a cool evening and Castro remained a no-show. It wasn’t just I as the entire crowd became restless and the aligned military people were shifting their positions. The rest of my group had drifted away some time ago with plans to gather in our evening restaurant. I continued to stand, but after five and a half hours had passed and I was supposed to meet my group at 8:30, I walked through the crowd away from the square and arrived at my destination.
I was very disappointed and rather despondent as I ate my dinner to be so close and not witness this moment in history. Our group spent a little over an hour with our meal and as we were about to leave, word came that Castro would be coming down the street in front of the establishment in approximately 20 minutes. We spilled out the door and joined the gathered hundreds, and in about 30 minutes, here he came. I was a witness to history, and after all these years, I finally met Fidel Castro. . .well, kind of.
<b>Cienfuegos, Cuba
November 30,2016</b>
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David Luckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519685989888578343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597158848970937213.post-4939435914683735292016-04-16T18:30:00.000-07:002016-04-16T18:30:32.166-07:00The Desert in Bloom, March 2016We took another trip to the desert, this time to see the blooms, check out the stars, cozy with the Saguaros, and see the border wall. We don't think we really need more border wall.
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How come I had never heard of these before? So, I asked my wandering son about them. He had never heard of them either. So right then and there we planed on tracking them down and seeing them for ourselves. We were delayed a year because of our schedules, but finally, we made the trip.<br />
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You know the old story: it's the path you wander, not the destination that is important. No truer words were ever spoken, especially when you travel with my son, Greg. He is a born wanderer, and there is never a straight path to anything. So, of course, we wandered, we wandered, and we had a wonderful trip. Oh, and did I tell you about the stars? Oh, my, the stars! We hope you enjoy our trip too.<br />
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</a>David Luckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519685989888578343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597158848970937213.post-12049897849821795992015-11-03T17:54:00.001-08:002015-11-03T17:54:44.081-08:00<!--[if !mso]>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ah, A Quick Road Trip to Beggs, Oklahoma</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "forte";">David</span></div>
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I knew when I started going through boxes stored in the garage
that I might be surprised at what I would find. Family treasures, seas shells
and rocks collected on trips, boyhood memories in items treasured, and
memories.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zDz7_cXPkNePfnabfM0gYdxzZHpRoV9oK5U-bVKrxrVNmkIG4vb5IWY7iduUPKXDnVN1mdJe4gbNP1XDzKYYoWjfpzlYcijxo0KCFCvMHIHylDM5ZPyjZZmyZY-g5MFsuJTD6OliBOP6/s1600/IMG_6726-gif.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zDz7_cXPkNePfnabfM0gYdxzZHpRoV9oK5U-bVKrxrVNmkIG4vb5IWY7iduUPKXDnVN1mdJe4gbNP1XDzKYYoWjfpzlYcijxo0KCFCvMHIHylDM5ZPyjZZmyZY-g5MFsuJTD6OliBOP6/s200/IMG_6726-gif.gif" width="200" /></a> <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxf2uO7WFCiTjViyVLqX5QZJ4Ppb6kRlt_LpHO8E7tgYOpzp3YZMP1MalTY2Lmgrwun3xtfRuYvpn8svxSXKlKiz8lGi6IFlifJxfYsyL6PGk0-Hy-fkttRHr0W0rTYbnqV7vdBbUmvgV/s1600/IMG_6728-gif.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxf2uO7WFCiTjViyVLqX5QZJ4Ppb6kRlt_LpHO8E7tgYOpzp3YZMP1MalTY2Lmgrwun3xtfRuYvpn8svxSXKlKiz8lGi6IFlifJxfYsyL6PGk0-Hy-fkttRHr0W0rTYbnqV7vdBbUmvgV/s200/IMG_6728-gif.gif" width="121" /></a>When I was a kid in
junior high and high school in Wyoming, I worked ranches. Cowboy boots were a
necessity and all the old cow pokes I worked with thought Blucher boots were
the best. </div>
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Sometime in the
fifties, I sent away for a catalog, as Blucher was a mail order company. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You measured your foot,
sent in your money, and in a month or two your custom made boots were delivered
by mail. Only problem was, I didn’t make enough money to order a pair. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZ8gDP7FZwzkS1Jf1zrDuuTFSUsn5eM3sZ90kJJAD0w07K8j4_JfjaPvzmKK-PPAo4A97cg0Ph4spOnodwAVOxzdZCaz3NoBMzw70w6azNhqqUhRtA7Qhs49IWS8T-IbK0NsKcgjt4_wb/s1600/IMG_6732-gif.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZ8gDP7FZwzkS1Jf1zrDuuTFSUsn5eM3sZ90kJJAD0w07K8j4_JfjaPvzmKK-PPAo4A97cg0Ph4spOnodwAVOxzdZCaz3NoBMzw70w6azNhqqUhRtA7Qhs49IWS8T-IbK0NsKcgjt4_wb/s200/IMG_6732-gif.gif" width="195" /></a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Finding this old catalogue brought
back a lot of memories and got me to wondering if the company was still in
business. Thanks to the good old internet, I found that the company was still
making boots. They had moved from Kansas to Beggs, Oklahoma, a small town just
south of Tulsa. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I dialed the number and a man
answered and assured me that Blucher was still making boots. I said, “Maybe I’ll
drive down and check it out,” and he replied, “Come on down. My name is Smitty
and I am Blucher Boots.”</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It took me
a few weeks to think about it, but when my daughter, Lisa, decided to join me,
we took off for the 800 mile trip from Denver. We arrived and checked it out, a
wonderful place smelling of leather and feeling of good spirits. Beautiful
product, beautiful people. Blucher Boots.</div>
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had never explored the city. What was it like now that the steel mills
are gone? We found a beautiful city with the three rivers floating
through it: The Monongahela, the Allegheny, and the Ohio. The three
river cruise is a must! We explored some of the many bridges crossing
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Thanksgiving 2014: Let Us Be Thankful</div>
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It’s the children worldwide. Whether ravished by war,
separated by diseases such as Ebola, or bullied, children by the thousands are
being displaced from their families, homes, and even countries. They cannot go
to school because there is no school left to go to or it is too dangerous to do
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just that: protection and education for children around the world. You can look
them up at <a href="http://www.savethechildren.org/">www.savethechildren.org</a>.
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support of this very worthwhile organization. Let us be thankful. David</div>
David Luckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519685989888578343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597158848970937213.post-50918062396940854552014-11-20T20:47:00.000-08:002014-11-20T20:57:04.321-08:00<b> An All-Electric Affair</b><br />
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By David Luck<br />
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Okay, I admit it. For the last fifteen months I have been driving an all-electric plug-in automobile. And you know what? For the most part it has been great.
When I got ready to trade in my older car, I really thought I would end up in a hybrid type vehicle. I knew several people that drove them and all were very satisfied. But what about an all-electric car? I began some research and analyzed my driving habits as I was concerned with the limited range of plug-in electric cars. I knew hybrids had unlimited range but they still needed fossil fuel to achieve that added range.<br />
I have a business that requires me to travel around the city to a different destination every day of the week. I rarely travel more than 65 miles in a day, well within the range of an all-electric car, and on weekends, my car usually sits at home. I am fortunate that my wife has a car that I could always use for any longer trips that might come up.<br />
As I started looking more seriously at all-electrics, the lack of required maintenance intrigued me: no oil changes, no transmission checks. Just tire rotation. Down the line, there would be coolant requirements for the heater and air conditioner, but I would avoid these with a 2 year lease.
What about charging? The salesman told me I could charge it on any ordinary 110 volt outlet. This I found to be semi-true as my car didn’t like sharing a circuit with anything, so I did have to invest in a dedicated line for charging. Cost, $290.00.
I could have invested in a charging line with 240 volts for double the cost and reducing my charging time by half, but the extra cost, in my case, didn’t seem necessary as overnight charging works well.
The all-electric that I did lease is also equipped with 440 volt charging port which allows very short charging times, but is only available through commercial charging stations which I have never had the occasion to use. I do have a membership in ChargePoint, a commercial charging company, in case I would need that service. (There are several commercial charging companies around the United States).<br />
Let’s talk about the general driving capabilities of my all-electric. I leased the car for economy, so I drive my car in the Econo Mode most of the time. There is no transmission, only forward or reverse. Even in Econo Mode, I find the car peppy, and merging into fast lane traffic is no problem. It is quiet and smooth driving. It is extremely efficient in stop and go traffic. Whenever I take my foot off the accelerator or apply the brake, the car regenerates or makes electricity, recharging the lithium battery on the go.
When I drive into the foothills or mountains, it uses more electricity, just like a fossil fuel vehicle uses more fuel. Of course, on the return trip, I regenerate electricity, so it balances out. An extreme example: I occasionally take the car up to a mountain property I own. It is 35 miles one way. Since it is up hill going, I have to make sure I am fully charged (in the 90-100 mile range) before I leave and I will arrive with somewhere between 9-13 miles in reserve upon arrival. Not much, and if I had to use the heater or air conditioner, I might not make it as these use electric power. Now I have two choices: plug the car in and re-charge before I start for home or now, with more experience and confidence in regenerative power, I can turn around and go for home covering the same 35 miles and end up with somewhere between 45 and 50 miles in reserve depending on my return speed.<br />
So what about overall economy? My car has a rating of 102 mpg equivalent compared to 32 mpg for the car I had replaced which also required premium fuel. So, on the surface, my all- electric looks very good. But according to a recent exhaustive study of electric car usage worldwide, ( Shrink that Footprint: http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/electric-cars-green) it’s all about the juice (meaning how our electricity is generated) and in the Rocky Mountain Area where I live, my green efficiency is just a little better than a comparable fossil fueled car. This report took into consideration the manufacture and shipping of the car in addition to the electric resources needed to power the car.<br />
So let’s summarize: negative thoughts to driving an electric car would include the initial higher price of an electric vs a comparable fossil fuel car, the limited miles that can be driven without charging, the long charging times especially with 110 volt charging, the reduced efficiency in cold weather (it can be 1/3 less efficient in my experience), the inefficiency of the air conditioner and heater which can substantially reduce overall range if not used prudently.<br />
On the other hand, here are my positive thoughts: most of us, if we carefully analyze our driving habits drive less than 65 miles in a day, thus an electric car would fit our needs. It is especially designed for the commuter that drives a set number of miles per day, and many businesses are supplying charging stations for their employees which will enhance the number of miles one can commute.
I have no way of qualitatively charting my actual energy costs on a day to day basis as my charging station does not have a separate meter. My electric bill has averaged an approximate $10.00 a month increase since leasing the car. The difference between this and my previous monthly gasoline bill pays for over ½ of my lease payment. Not bad.<br />
No scheduled maintenance. I have taken the car in once for a required battery check. That’s it. I like how quiet it is, and I like the power it has and is capable of having if I kick it out of Econo Mode. I like its economy. I also like the challenge of seeing how far I can push the mileage in different terrain situations, but I know that would not be for everyone. So far I’ve only run out of electricity once, and I had to be towed to the nearest charging station.<br />
After driving my all-electric car over 10,000 miles, I know, as I have already reported, I am not as green as the car manufacturer would like me to believe, but the fact that I have no tail pipe spewing out fumes and particulates makes me feel good that I am not contributing to my city’s smog problem on a day to day basis. Really good.
David Luckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519685989888578343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597158848970937213.post-32494877753923445102014-11-20T20:45:00.000-08:002014-11-20T20:45:17.589-08:00A Road Trip: Denver to Upper Idaho and Return This road trip occurred in September: I've been a little slow in getting the photographs out for you to enjoy. Well, here they are:
<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/41837744" width="476" height="400" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>David Luckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519685989888578343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597158848970937213.post-18456225194510997592014-07-27T20:12:00.002-07:002014-07-27T20:13:24.649-07:00Skinny Fish Lake Backpacking Trip with Gregory and Conner, 2014Here is some fun and scenery for you. I recently went backpacking with my son, Gregory, and grandson, Conner. Need I say we had a wonderful time. The wildflowers were superb. We didn't catch any skinny fish (or fat ones either), but it wasn't for lack of trying.
<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/37408300" width="476" height="400" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>David Luckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01519685989888578343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597158848970937213.post-34256911858459549532014-07-08T21:30:00.000-07:002014-07-08T21:30:54.554-07:00New York City Through a Westerner's EyeMy daughter, Lisa, and I spent 10 wonderful, eye-struck days wandering all over Manhattan, New York City. We had a wonderful time gawking at EVERYTHING.
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