Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dead at 61.
An inspiration to both boys and girls, and something I did not know until today, she was an out lesbian. Condolences to her family and partner. And as stated on other sites, astronauts are badass. Female astronauts even more so.
Godspeed Sally.
Marc, Debbie and I would like option one - a room for the two of us and we will kick cash into the kitty. We would probably arrive on the 15th and leave early the 19th. And it is most likely we will be driving. Feel free to amend any of this as you see fit.
Yes. Ticket sales for the race are above what they expected, to the point where they are building additional grandstands. Hotels will be hard to find is my guess.
Fried potatoes via Lodge cast iron fry pan on the grill, to go with rubbed pork chops. Turned out very good. We have a cheap 5 burner gas grill and the burner tents were rotting out. So I removed them, found a grate to go over the burners and covered it with lava rock. Heat retention is WAY better, and temperature was notably hotter after the rock heated up. Seems like it is officially Science week and I'm digging it.