Not bad for a 21 year old boat. With a 21 prop. she will still do about 60 mph! Nothing but good things to say about this 2000 year Seaswirl bowrider boat.
Skiing at the World Criterium Races
A Little Personal Info
- Bradley
- Hi, I'm Brad! I love the great outdoors and enjoy skiing. This blog is inspired by some of my many life experiences and world travels. I have a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis and work to find solutions to some of the world's challenging energy and environmental problems. I went back into competitive snow ski racing and won the USSA National Speed Series (Downhill and Super G) title for my class (M5). It was an amazing and fun year of skiing. I also enjoy being around all kinds of animals from horses to dogs and love to spend time at Tahoe, my little farm near Cool or traveling somewhere new around the world. I have been to Nepal and seen Mount Everest, to Alaska's Denali, the Matterhorn in Switzerland and even Maroon Bells near Aspen, CO. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my website.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Buffed out my Seaswirl boat - looks like new!
Not bad for a 21 year old boat. With a 21 prop. she will still do about 60 mph! Nothing but good things to say about this 2000 year Seaswirl bowrider boat.
KTM EXC 500 at Truckee Airport
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Fun above Donner Lake!
Just off the Pacific Crest Trail, at the top of a ridge, is a swing that soars out near the edge of a cliff. Here is my wife Alana having a fun time.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Tribute to Stevie Nicks - Once in a Lifetime
A short little tribute to Stevie Nicks. Definitely one of the greatest female rockers of all time and a most memorable baby boomer... Mysterious, hauntingly beautiful and a gifted song writer with a magical voice. I really enjoyed her early years with Buckingham Nicks and Fleetwood Mac through her second solo album The Wild Heart...but everything she does is good. The history of Buckingham Nicks, Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks is really an amazing story of resiliency…a bit too complicated for me, but I sure enjoy her music. Here's to you Stevie Nicks!
Once in a Lifetime
By Bradley Meister
And in Stevie grew the call
What started in a painted desert
Became a beginning that sparked something new
Despite the travels too far and too soon
Her first song was sad but would not end as blue
Then a young girl made an inspirational friend
who would always be true
The early bird with the pretty song we know
who would always be true
The early bird with the pretty song we know
Who would become the future nightbird
And touch Stevie’s life through
Then came Lindsey who she met after school
And it was California Dreamin that made her sound cool
They eventually joined forces and their passions were true
They loved as they struggled but always followed their dreams
And despite all the hardships they worked together as a team
And it was California Dreamin that made her sound cool
They eventually joined forces and their passions were true
They loved as they struggled but always followed their dreams
And despite all the hardships they worked together as a team
A trip to Aspen while struggling with fear
What would life hold - would her loves always be there?
In a landslide moment, she wrote her father’s favorite song
Then a chance encounter with one of their songs
won the attention and impressed someone new
An offer by a Mick would be the bonding glue
won the attention and impressed someone new
An offer by a Mick would be the bonding glue
And a new Fleetwood Mac was born with an
eponymously album high
Rumours then flew and success was off the charts
Taken by the wind, a talented young woman blossomed into a star
and put the world in a trance
as she tugged at their heart-strings
with just a sound and her glance
and put the world in a trance
as she tugged at their heart-strings
with just a sound and her glance
Look into her dark eyes and feel the emotion and pulse of
her wild heart
The sound of her voice transcends our imagination
Hauntingly beautiful for sure – rapture may not quite do
justice
Magical and quintessential
Feminine, vulnerable and with a slight touch of raspy
Feminine, vulnerable and with a slight touch of raspy
In a world filled with talent
her voice simply stands alone near the very top
emanating that distinctive atmosphere that is pure Stevie Nicks
her voice simply stands alone near the very top
emanating that distinctive atmosphere that is pure Stevie Nicks
It calls within us like that thundering sky
Oh all the days within our lives it tries
It wakes you up with the morning sun
And reminds you again when your day is done
It will pound at your thoughts the whole night through
The inevitable destiny of the spell she's cast on you
So fame soared until days were too long
Oh all the days within our lives it tries
It wakes you up with the morning sun
And reminds you again when your day is done
It will pound at your thoughts the whole night through
The inevitable destiny of the spell she's cast on you
So fame soared until days were too long
Life got crazy and sunsets reversed
Band members changed partners and money overflowed
Band members changed partners and money overflowed
Then drugs became vogue until silver spoons got old
and such was the new life of rock and roll on the road
Names emerged that provided a glimpse of her past
and such was the new life of rock and roll on the road
Names emerged that provided a glimpse of her past
The great dark wing came along and may have been a bold
Her sisters of the moon were kindred spirits who took form
in a somewhat dark and lonely piece of prose
Rhiannon was the mystical one who could almost possess and control
Her sisters of the moon were kindred spirits who took form
in a somewhat dark and lonely piece of prose
Rhiannon was the mystical one who could almost possess and control
Sara was a cornerstone of creativity in her heart
And the simple gypsy who loved the floor was just Stevie returning
to a comfort that she knew from before
But perhaps all she really wanted was that real Silver Spring
And the simple gypsy who loved the floor was just Stevie returning
to a comfort that she knew from before
But perhaps all she really wanted was that real Silver Spring
What may have started as a younger woman’s cherished dream
will likely always be missed
will likely always be missed
As etched in the memory as a touch that goes unnoticed
or a love that is ignored
or a love that is ignored
More precious and simple than a whole pot of gold
Just someone special to love as Stevie grew old
Perhaps that invitation would have been just fine
But don't tempt fate might be the spoken end of her line
But don't tempt fate might be the spoken end of her line
Striking on her own there is first Bella Donna and then The Wild Heart
Others follow and everything she touches becomes a chapter of harmonized emotion
As she weaves words into feelings and spins magical sounds into uncharted bliss
A short visit from a Prince has her standing back at timesAs she weaves words into feelings and spins magical sounds into uncharted bliss
but never too far from the edge
as her kindness and love for her dying uncle
emerges in one of her favorite well-known and enduring songs
Stevie Nicks is enchanting – her presence abounds
Once in a Lifetime... we may experience such an aura in a person
the magic of words and a voice that radiates the essence of that in sound
the magic of words and a voice that radiates the essence of that in sound
Her songs filled with memories and tribulations and covered in dust
But to many of us, her music goes far beyond
It's a simple timestep that reminds us of our own
From the chapters of our lives and the ups and downs we've known
Just a place we can come to - a place that feels like home
From the chapters of our lives and the ups and downs we've known
Just a place we can come to - a place that feels like home
The authentic rock queen whose spell has been cast
The embodiment of near perfection in a league of just her own
She is the master of mentors, the sorceress of melody
the
wings of many of our life’s storms and a real gift to us all
A genuine person who became a legend
A genuine person who became a legend
by simply following her heart and using her
talents
to create a unique style just her own
to create a unique style just her own
I’m just grateful for her music
and I’m really glad she heard the call
Thanks for a lifetime of memories
and the dreams you've sent us all
and I’m really glad she heard the call
Thanks for a lifetime of memories
and the dreams you've sent us all
Friday, December 2, 2016
Boeing 737 into SFO runway 28R and Baron G58 Over Idaho and into Boise
ILS runway 28R into KSFO (that's San Francisco, California)
Beautiful sunset on fun FSX flight from Missoula, Montana to Boise, Idaho.
Landing ILS 10R at Boise, ID
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