2005-ish, I decide to help my best friend move from the east coast to Portland, OR. I had relocated to Olympia, WA about a year prior, so I had already made the trip in a box truck pulling my car on a flatbed, and generally knew what to expect in addition to having experience with … Read more
The US Armed Forces said on Thursday that they destroyed two drones and a missile launched by Iran-backed Houthi militants and targeting a US destroyer in the Red Sea. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) and destroyer, USS Gravely, on Wednesday morning successfully engaged and destroyed one inbound anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). Two Unmanned Aerial Systems … Read more
For around 10 days each year, motorsport fans descend on Johnson Valley in such numbers that this little corner of the California desert gains its own zip code. Its residents set up camp in roughshod campers and tents, build enclaves with names like Lasertown or Hammertown, and traverse the sand behind the wheel of their … Read more
Tom Slingsby has returned from paternity leave to find himself as the senior statesman of SailGP, ready to keep pushing Team Australia towards another big payday, while also challenging the younger skippers to step it up in the global league. Slingsby is back at the wheel of Team Australia’s “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran for SailGP’s … Read more
Screenshot: SidetrackAdventure/YouTube This bit of highway was built in 1919, only to be abandoned in 1952 with the opening of a safer, modern tunnel straight through the the craggy Arizona mountain. It runs 21 miles from Superior, Arizona to Miami (Arizona, not Florida). This road must have been fairly dangerous back in the day due … Read more
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