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COVID-19 and “Unskilled” Labor

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COVID-19 and Unskilled Labor

In Case You’re Wondering . . . Photo 2

. . . why therere no blog articles this week, its because I got miscalculated my return date to the U.S. and wound up short. Ursula and I just made it back into Los Angeles after over a month in Oceana. That includes four days on Rarotonga of the Cook Islands and a 34-night circumnavigation cruise around the continent of Australia with a side trip to New Zealand. We were also supposed to make port in Bali, but no one was allowed off the ship for obvious reasons.

So, for this week Ill post...

In Case You’re Wondering . . . Photo 1

. . . why therere no blog articles this week, its because I got miscalculated my return date to the U.S. and wound up short. Ursula and I just made it back into Los Angeles after over a month in Oceana. That includes four days on Rarotonga of the Cook Islands and a 34-night circumnavigation cruise around the continent of Australia with a side trip to New Zealand. We were also supposed to make port in Bali, but no one was allowed off the ship for obvious reasons.

So, for this week Ill post...

Fun Photo Friday — Kennedy Space Center Favorites 1

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Mercury-Redstone (suborbital) and Mercury-Atlas (orbital) manned vehicles

The first of two Fun Photo Fridays showing Kennedy Space Center favorites:

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Alan B. Shepard First American in Space

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Shuttle Atlantis panorama

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Saturn IB in repose

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Cloud Iridescence hiding behind a Gemini-Titan II

Repositioning South — Kennedy Space Center Part 2

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Full Saturn V assembly and Apollo Mission logos

Today were just going to mosey around the Race to the Moon: Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. There are many Apollo artifacts here to see, such as the actual Apollo 14 command module:

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Apollo 14 Command Module

The interior is glassed off from prying fingers, but you can still peer inside:

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Inside Apollo 14

Here is a replica of the lunar suit worn by Gene Cernan during the Apollo 17 mission (the real suit is on...

Repositioning South — Kennedy Space Center Part 1

Apollo Firing Theater

While our journey aboard the Royal Caribbean ship Adventure of the Seas may have started off in Quebec as a fall foliage cruise, it was never meant to remain so. This was also a repositioning cruise, as Adventure of the Seas need to get to its winter season port of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. So, after a couple of days at the bridge table, we arrived at Port Canaveral, Florida. Ursula already had our excursion planned out for this stop — Kennedy Space...

Fun Photo Friday — New Brunswick Favorites 4

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Fall in Fundy

One last look at fall foliage before Adventure of the Seas begins her southward relocation voyage. Next stop: Kennedy Space Center.

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Pine Towering Over Bay of Fundy

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Reflecting on 104474

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Traps on Color

Fall Foliage Cruise — New Brunswick; Saint John and more on Quaco Head

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Quaco Head by early morning light

It was time to head back into Saint John. Along the way we returned to Quaco Head Light. In the first photo below you’ll see Quaco Head in the morning light, and in the second the same lighthouse in the early afternoon:

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Quaco Head Light

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Quaco Head Light in the afternoon

Before leaving Quaco Head, let’s take a quick look at nearby fall vegetation:

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Quaco Head vegetation

On the way back Diane Howarth took us on a little unscheduled side trip for a scenic...

Fall Foliage Cruise — New Brunswick; St. Martins Sea Caves and Lunch

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St. Martins Sea Caves at high tide

Another place we visited twice this day was the area of the St. Martins Sea Caves. As with previous places we visited twice, the purpose was for Diane Howarth of Go Fundy Tours to show us the same location at both low and high tide. The other purpose for our visit here was lunch, which we’ll get to shorty. But first, let’s take a look at the caves during that morning’s low tide:

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Low Tide at St. Martins Sea Caves

As you can see, the Bay of Fundy waters along...

Fun Photo Friday — New Brunswick Favorites 3

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Lighthouse and Covered Bridge

Time for Part 3 of New Brunswick Fun Photo Friday favorites. With the exception of the above shot, today it’s all about the color:

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Once Upon a Tide

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Lobster Traps

This next shot is a fun one because at first glance it appears to be one of those manipulated images in which the subject is left in color while the rest of the image is converted to monochrome. But that’s not the case here. All colors throughout the image were left intact:

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Splash of Color