Travel

Still Time For 8th Graders To Register For Spring Break Trip To Washington, D.C.

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Heading Into The Unknown…

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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly takes a selfie with the Bahamas from 250 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station. Courtesy/NASA
 
By SCOTT KELLY
NASA Astronaut

Almost everything we know about living in space ends at six months. Now that I am at the midpoint of my mission, heading into the second half of one year in space aboard the International Space Station, I am looking forward to exploring the science of this uncharted territory and stepping into the unknown.

My Russian colleague Mikhail Kornienko and I are living in space for one year to push the edge of our scientific understanding. Read More

Griggs: Dateline Washington, D.C. 2015

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By DAVID GRIGGS
Formerly of Los Alamos

Spitfires to Space Capsules

From Spitfires to Space Capsules, the National Air and Space Museum keeps getting better with age. The wonderful sky mural by Eric Sloane still covers one huge wall, and “Spirit of St. Louis” still greets visitors.

But in the 30 years since I last visited this museum, there have been many wonderful additions. I especially enjoyed all the new space exploration exhibits, especially the Mars Rover “Curiosity” and its travels on the red planet.

While the museum itself is free, there was a charge for a couple of the special exhibits. Read More

Los Alamos Woman Shares Visit To Cuba

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Dona Edna Flaminguez, 92, last month in Havana, Cuba. Courtesy photo
 
By RHETA MOAZZAMI
Los Alamos

Confined by tourist tummy to my hotel on the 5th day of my trip to Havana, I discovered I was not the only one. Dona Edna Flaminguez, of our tour group, 92 years young, had the same problem.

Learning there was a hotel nurse, I gathered Dona Edna, and we both went to the nurse’s office.

He was a handsome young man of about 40 something—Pedro Gonzales. We both briefly described our symptoms, and he spoke English fluently enough that we communicated. Then, he was looking for a word, and Dona Edna started Read More

Griggs: Dateline Virginia September 2015

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Author David Griggs and Gunther Hoyt sit in front of Gun’s 1937 Packard Super Eight. They are about to set off on a beautiful May afternoon drive from Salem to Roanoke on the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway. Cpourtesy photo

 

By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Formerly of Los Alamos

The Crescent From New Orleans To Virginia, With A Side Trip To The World Of Ibn Battuta

One of the joys of retirement is the opportunity to visit family and old friends (and make new ones). I saw Gunther in Kent at our high school reunion a few years ago (our 45th, for those of you who like numbers). But I had not seen his lovely wife Hetty since my Read More

Blue Buses And RTD Chile Line Not Running Labor Day

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” and the RTD Chile Line in Taos will not be in service Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

Regularly scheduled service will resume Tuesday, Sept. 8.

The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses more than 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos; the Cities of Santa Fe and Española and the Towns of Taos and Edgewood; as Read More

Los Alamos Teens Take Mission Trip To Haiti

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Cade Yost, right, of Los Alamos makes new friends with teenagers from Haiti. Courtesy photo

CHURCH News:

This summer, a group of 13 teenagers and adults from First Baptist Church of Los Alamos Youth Group headed to Haiti on a week-long mission trip.

The team spent the mornings visiting 10 girls living in a handicapped home and planting fruit trees for residents in the local community. Their afternoons were a little more chaotic as they partnered with a local church to run a Vacation Bible School for more than 800 local children. The team sang songs with the kids, performed skits and played lots of Read More

Former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell Charged With Grand Theft And Scheme To Defraud

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Former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell. Photo/Personal Profile Page

Staff Report

Police in Miami have arrested former New Mexico Airlines President Gabriel Kimbrell and charged him with grand theft and organized scheme to defraud.

According to court documents, Kimbrell used his corporate credit card, which belonged to the airline’s parent company Pacific Wings, to make $22,791 in fraudulent purchases between January 2014 and January 2015.

Los Alamos County severed ties with New Mexico Airlines in January. New Mexico Airlines began canceling flights last November, Read More

Solo Traveler: Old Tools

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Medical instruments from the collection of Henry Chapman Mercer. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Wooden cigar store figures from the Mercer collection. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler
By SHERRY HARDAGE
Old Tools

One of the best things about traveling deeply, staying in a place for a while, renting a room or a tiny apartment from local people, is that you come to know the locals, and they come to know you.

If they discover you have certain interests, in history or art, for example, they will introduce you to things you would never otherwise run across.

When I went to India in 1985 my hosts Read More

County Contracts With Boutique Air For Albq. Flights

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Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 is a single engine, turboprop, pressurized aircraft configured with either eight or nine passenger seats. Courtesy/Boutique Air

An interior view of Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Courtesy/Boutique Air

Staff Report

Los Alamos County Council voted 4-3 to approve a services agreement with Boutique Air, Inc., headquartered in Sacramento, to provide scheduled air service between Los Alamos County Airport and Albuquerque Airport.

Councilor Vice Chair David Izraelevitz and councilors Susan O’Leary and Pete Sheehey voted against Read More