Pictures of Mars

 

As interesting as it might seem, the main reason Spencer invited me down here is to look at pictures of Mars, with him.

Apparently he has many he wants to go through a lot of them. 

I have to admit. These colors are beautiful.

A man of action

 This is a picture of the man, who had to interrupt my retirement. But if there one person I know who can take on any challenge, it's Spencer.

 Age comes with set backs, bust some people just have a way with their energy. Age has seem to only harden his stare, while the fire he had in youth is still very much active in his heart. 

He might not be the friendliest person in the world, but he's still a hero.

Drafting/Surveying Ideas?

 At United Space Craft they had all of these new drawing and survey sheets laying out on the conference table. 

I honestly don't know what any of these designs are, but they seem interesting. I've never seen a space craft built like this.

There are also these survey sheets. From another planet.

This place also reeks of coffee, and cigar smoke. Someone is definitely planning something.

A Gaze at Models of Rockets

Here you can see a wide array of different types of models and space crafts. I thought this was pretty so I figured I'd show you guys. You can even see how the designs of these craft have changed over the past two decades. 

Here you can see an F-107 war tested super sonic fighter, from the last conflict.

Here you can the Jupiter, with the F-107 in the back ground. This was the vehicle that helped build Lunetta during the war.

Here you have a model of a 3 stage Sirius vessel, like the ones, we are currently launching to day.

Another Dimension?

 Hey guys so I know I promised I would send a blog post to your guys dimension every week. But I have to be careful with my camera and computer here. There's a lot of classified work going on, so you know how it is.

But here's a snapshot of a door handle. It's a simple object, yet it's built so beautifully. And same with everything else. Even the cigars we smoke on, are fine as well. I know your dimension doesn't have this type of beauty in the work place since the war. I'm sorry about it, but even the small things here are better. 

Just so you know I understand what happened to you guys during "World War II", and who the victors were compared to our timeline:

Through the Gates

 I finally made it through the gates, after some time. I'm limited as to what I can share here, but the architecture at this place never seems to surprise me. I can't show off many buildings, but I can show you this. It's an old watch tower from the war, to make sure enemy submarines and planes weren't going to attack us from the west.

While I'm down here I'll see what I can find and blog about to you guys.

Change of Mind

 

I had change of mind and I headed down to see Spencer at United Rocket. Maybe I'll get some interesting stuff to blog about. 

But for what it worth, this guy is seems desperate for me to come and visit. Literally promising me a free vacation. I like driving so I figured I'd make a road trip out of it.

Annoying Phone Calls

So apparently, even though I'm retired I'm still being called by United Spacecraft. For security reasons they couldn't talk about it, so they want me to travel down there and meet with them. 

I know how to use called ID, but Katy on the other hand answers. 

She was quick to hand the phone off to me. On the other end of the line was Spencer. Spencer was an old time friend and seem unusually excited to talk to me. I mean we drink together at the VFW.

The thing is I'm retired, I have my own life now. I don't need this.

Just Because I'm Retire: It doesn't mean I'm Out of Shape

 

Let's just say for an old man, I try to stay active, both in my community and building my body. Let's be honest, no one looking at the picture above, care about the Salvation Army, but some things draw more attention that ringing a bell. Anyway if you want to know how to do, and stay in shape, make sure that you are eating healthy. Protein is important. Also make sure that you are doing something to keep you active, either lifting weights or some other type of physical activity. Most people go to the gym, I have nature as my gym. 

Nothing but runs on the beach, along with oceans swims, a couple times a week, and a good diet, get's you a chance at getting the most Salvation Army Red Bucket donations. 

Also getting used to the cold keeps you healthy as well.

Love for Rocketry

 Don't get me wrong. Even though I'm out of the service, I still love rocketry, and the friends I've made over the years. I spend a lot of trading old stories with and learning about new stories in the media, about the field. The future generation has a great future ahead of themselves, in the field of space travel.

Greatest Adventure: Starting a Family

 My greatest adventure, without a doubt in my mind has to be starting a family. I've traveled to the moon, and became a war hero, but nothing is a fulfilling as starting a family of your own. While I sit here writing this blog, my two boys are in school. Everyone lives' chaotic lives, including myself, luckily, all four of us make such to have Lunch together on the weekends. Sometimes we spend time on the beach, when we have time to spare. We're always sunburnt after these days, but it's always worth it.

They both still live with us, but eventually they both plan on moving out. Hopefully we can still go out for our weekly Lunch.

It's also important to remember the future belongs to those who show up, and our offspring is ultimately responsible for continuing our greatness as humans.

My Favorite Place to Be: Right Here

 Now that I'm retired, I bought myself a nice place to live. As you can see I live right near a bay that's connected to the Pacific Ocean.

I know I that being by the bay might not be an exciting place to some, but it's actually very relaxing watching the ships go by. 

I honestly like the peaceful life, compare to adventure that once was. Don't get me wrong I love sharing stories.

Katy

 

If there's on person who make it all worth while it's my wife Katy. She herself has seen rough times in her life, but luckily we both found each other. Now everything calmed down, and we have a happy marriage.

Most Painful Experience: Landing in the Indian Ocean

 One time I survive being hit with an AA missile from Lunetta, with my comrades Bill Anderson and John Wiegand. This was back was the enemy was still able to design and manufacture there own surface to air missiles. When we were first hit it was a sudden scare, however we were able to still functions. With the craft still intact, we were able to maneuver it, into a crash landing into the Indian Ocean, away from the enemy's land force. It is true that a healthy landing capsule, is meant to land on the ocean. Ours' had a hole punctured through the one of the tanks, causing it to eventually sink. With the time allotted to us, where were able to manufacture a make shift life raft, which ultimately kept us afloat, until help arrived. 

The reason this is the most painful experience, is due to the fact that were starving, and exposed to the elements. The ocean, might not be as exotic as space, but it still can be a terrifying place.

Scariest Moment: Nearly dyeing on the Moon.

 On one of the later missions on the moon, things did not go as smoothly. We had a navigation problem which forced us to make a bad landing, with our spaceship falling to side. We had to syphon oxygen off the rocket tanks in order to survive. However, to do this safely we could only get a small amount, to barley keep us alive. One day our system failed which meant one of us had to "go low" on oxygen while the other went and repaired the craft. I volunteered to risk death, in order for my technician to repair the craft. It pushed me to my physical limits and nearly killed me.

Luckily the Space Force was able to scramble another lander, in an effort to rescue for certain doom on the Moon.

First Moon Landing

 Some of you might not believe me when I tell you, but I was part of the first lunar landing. I can still remember the arid landscape, as we adventured into these new lands. 

Life on Lunetta

 Another amazing job I had was being an executive Officer at Lunetta.

This was another place, that I spent many years of my time. I even remember them building it after the great war froze, and how lethal it became. Lunetta was very powerful and was almost seen as a sort of sky ghost, since it couldn't be seen, but was still very influential on earth.

Best Job Ever: Space Force Commander

 The best job I've ever had, was definitely either being a Chief Rocket instructor. These things were fast and fun to fly, and I also enjoyed teaching people how to do something that's this incredible.

Here are some old patches and a commander pin, from back in my day.

The Most Beautiful Place: Maui

 Out of all of the place I've adventure to Maui is my favorite. It is really amazing how beautiful this place is. It's exotic compared to Cali, but not extreme, like outer space, or in a combat zone. I like it, even though work kept me busy, I still enjoyed the nature.

What do you think the most beautiful place on earth or in space is.

  

A Blog and New Years Resolution

 History records the dawn of 2025, and my New Years Resolution is to start a blog.

I love nature, but I can't spend all day staring into at the ocean, even though I want to. I found myself spending way to much time on social media so I cut back. Honestly the modern day world is very depressing and even frightening. I do love reading news, but these stories are really getting to me.

I do want to find some other way to spend my time, making friends and exploring the internet, so I'm starting a blog! Truth be told most of my life has been full of action and adventure. There were definitely times I thought I was going to go, but some how I always got lucky. It has only really slowed down in the past two years. Anyway I'm going to be posting a weekly blog post, and I'll definitely share some of my stories.

So make sure to visit every Friday, for an interesting story.