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yak18pilot.bsky.social
@yak18pilot.bsky.social
Lifelong educator, Steam locomotive engineer, multi engine IFR rated pilot & CFI, classic car restorer.
Trains, planes, and automobiles. It’s more than a movie….

“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity”
Harlan Ellison
Vernal Fall in Yosemite:
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Swallowtail butterfly:
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So I guess this is what Trump calls “winning”:
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December 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This morning’s sunrise:
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Prickly pear cactus in bloom:
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
San Antone Valley, CA in spring:
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The idea of JD pushing for the 25th somehow reminds me of this old Far Side cartoon:
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Tranquil pond in spring:
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The modern republican Trump cult reminds me so much of this quote:
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December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
and another of my favorite films:

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December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Found this newspaper headline from 1886. Some things never change:
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
957,007 Lights:
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Politically Incorrect Gas Station in Patagonia, AZ:
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Banded Rock Lizard camouflage at Anza Borrego State Park:
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ghost town of Rhyolite:
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse Nova Scotia:
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Interesting Arizona sunset:
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Moss on a tree:
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Light snow on the local hills back in 2021:
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Flash Flood of Cave Creek in the Chiricahua Mountains:
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Found the remains of black powder can along an old logging railroad grade:
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Vernal Fall in Yosemite:
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM