I had big plans for the summer.  Most were for my own selfish.. self.  But one thing I held on to was getting Watson to swim.

On Labor Day weekend, we took a trip to Dutch Springs, my new favorite weekend trip for scuba.  Karen and I made a dive in the morning and Watson met us in the afternoon.

We took Watson to the Aqua Park.  The water in the park is about 50 feet deep - enough to make any first time swimmer a bit uneasy, but I will say that Mr. Watson handled it like a pro.  Short of looking like a ‘fish out of water’… in the water, he did fine.  He even tried swimming ‘freestyle’.  We’re still working on that part.

GW mustered up the courage to climb the iceberg and jump off, and it may not have been graceful…. but he did it.  In the picture below I’m sure Watson is saying “I swim, I’m a swimmer, I’m swimming…”

And now my first ever guest entry from Mr. Watson himself.

“I met up with Keith and Karen at the Lehigh Valley Dive Center. The young lady who helped us betrayed some apprehension when I announced my height and weight as 6’4” and 160 pounds, but she was able to scare up a suitable suit. Thus armed, we headed back to Dutch Springs and I set to the task of suiting up. After allowing the image of my wetsuited self to be recorded for posterity on the digital camera, I summoned up every ounce of manly courage, fixed a careless smile on my face, and plunged into 50 feet of water. And what do you know? As advertised, I bobbed up and down like…well, like a bobber.
There followed several joyful hours of climbing on and jumping from the giant inflatable iceberg and sliding board, as well as a moderately successful attempt at snorkeling. I am a bit doubtful about scuba diving, the logistics of which make the Apollo mission look like a trip to the Wawa, but all in all Dutch Springs was a gas, I’m grateful to Keith and Karen for finally dragging me up there, and I’m ready for a return trip.”

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to fly in a B-24 bomber. The plane is in service courtesy of the Collings Foundation. (http://www.collingsfoundation.org/). The Collings Foundation is a non-profit, Educational Foundation, founded in 1979. The purpose of the Foundation is to organize and support “living history” events that enable Americans to learn more about their heritage through direct participation.

The New Castle County Airport hosted the “Wings of Freedom” tour this week and for a price you can take a ride in one of the restored WWII planes. I picked the B-24 bomber.

The B-24 was produced in greater numbers than any other American combat aircraft of World War II and still holds the record as the most produced U.S. military aircraft. It was used by many Allied air forces and every U.S. branch of service during the war, attaining a distinguished war record with its operations in the Northern European, Pacific and Mediterranean theaters.

I now have a new respect for the young men who risked their lives in these flying tuna cans.

Here is a pic of my Dad standing in front of the B-24.

And a pic from the flight.  Note the 50 cal in the bottom left corner of the photo.

I drink it up!

“There Will Be Blood” was one of those movies where I kept finding myself with my eyes closed (almost falling asleep), but still continued watching as I heard how good a flick it was.  I’ll agree, it was a very good movie.  It wasn’t your glamorous Hollywood eye-candy, but I can see how critics would like it.

In such a serious film, I have to wonder why the bowling alley scene… I literally laughed out loud when Daniel said “I drink it up!” and proceeded to throw bowling pins at Eli.

I guess you had to be there.

Yeah, I bought one today. It is swiit.

I almost had a stroke playing the boxing game.

I have to share this.  The gay spidey dance.

I saw this license plate the other day while driving home from work. I hope the driver didn’t think that I was a stalker, cause I was driving like a madman trying to get close enough to snap this photo with my camera phone.

Test upload. MyCar.

February 18, 5:14pm.  Eastern Standard Time.  No script.

Get it?