I never could go very long without dogs around the house. I adopted a pair of Great Pyrenees (mixes) from the Florida Great Pyrenees Club. The club rescues dozens of dogs every year from kill shelters throughout the south eastern US and is always in need of foster homes or permanent homes for abandoned pyrs. If you or someone you know is thinking about adopting a big dog or even just making a donation, visit http://www.floridapyrs.org/DogsAvailable.htm.

The club often has puppies, family dogs, or working (herding) dogs available.

Well, it was painful but I sold my G-102 to a fellow pilot in Clermont, and upgraded to a new DG-300 Elan. I've made some upgrades (all new Cambridge Avionics), and have a few more in mind (gear warning indicator, winglets, and maybe more depending on the budget. I've got my eye on setting some altitude, distance, and speed records for Florida this spring.

Just like my Grob, I could not find a DG-300 polar for WinPilot, so i made my own. Feel free to download the polar here: DG-300.plr. This is not an official polar, use at your own risk (i.e. don't blame me if you fly into a mountain or land out in a swamp.)

Nothing like taking a break from it all spending a weekend at Discovery Cove diving a coral reef, floating around in the water, and swimming with the dolphins. This huge 700 pound fellow is named Capricorn.

It's back to school time for me. I'm working on a Master's of Liberal Arts in Information Technology with a concentration in Software Engineering from Harvard.

This should keep me busy, since I'm still a working full-time engineer. Whee!

I've added a photo gallery with the "best of" pics for my April '06 trip to the U.K. Check it out! It was a wonderful trip. I fell in love with England, from the Cotswolds countryside to the hills of the Lake District, and the bustle of London. I plan to go back as often as I can.