BIG WIN!!!

Well, today I was playing one of my favorite slot machine games, Texas Tea, and hit the BIG ONE!!!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!! As you can see from the photos, (snapped quickly since they don't let you take pictures in the casino), I ended up hitting five oil derricks, which gave me the "BIG bonus" round. I selected the biggest winner in the oil derrick selection portion and hit big time there!!! As I was betting $4500 a pull (mom please don't kill me), I ended up being lucky and hit for $435,000!!! Now the bad news.... it was only on my computer, so it was all FAKE money. Rats............ (but wouldn't it be nice to win something like that in REAL life????) :-)

AIR FORCE 2 IN FORT LAUDERDALE

While commuting to work a couple of days ago, I had the pleasure of seeing Air Force 2 (the vice presidents plane as it is called when he's on it) parked in Fort Lauderdale. It was pretty neat, although I'd have rather seen AF 1 (the presidents plane). President John Kennedy was responsible for the paint scheme currently used on the presidential fleet. I have to admit that it really does seem "presidential" doesn't it?

PYRAMIDS IN MEXICO

For the past 12 years, I've been flying into and out of Mexico, and had remembered seeing some Aztec pyramids located SOMEWHERE on our departure route out of Mexico City (MEX). Well....I FINALLY found them again and was able to capture a "fair" shot of them. (My camera was acting up). Soooooo.....here's my ATTEMPT to take a couple of quick photos of these elusive pyramids. I've heard that you can take tours to the pyramids, but unfortunately their wasn't enough time on this trip. Hopefully one day I'll get to go check these out. See why I like my job so much?

GRUMMAN GOOSE AT THE BEACH!!!

The other day while enjoying my time at the beach, a Grumman Goose flew by several times. Here's a nice shot I took of it while it was zipping down the beach. I looked up the registration number on it and it was built in 1940!!! This plane is 69 years old and still going strong!!! Just goes to show you how well built some things in this world are! Too bad they don't make them like this any more.

THE VOMIT COMET.........ZERO G's!!!

While taxiing out of Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) the other day, we had two neat sites: Air Force 2 (VP Joe Biden's plane), and a B727 known as the "Vomit Comet". A company called Zero G has a specially fitted B727 that goes out and flies parabolic arcs which creates a "weightlessness" in the aircraft for 20-30 seconds at a time. Here's a shot of the plane. Apparently 33% of the folks have a hard time keeping their lunch down during this flight. Maybe one day I'll be able to save $5,000 to go do this for an hour or so......or maybe not. ;-)