......no, not Columbia as in El Presidente and interesting pharmaceuticals. We flew to Columbia airport on Friday, which is near Sonora, which is near Yosemite. We talk about the flight, the fact that it was, in actual fact, the wrong airport, but we had a splendid time at Pete's Cafe, enjoyed a great conversation with Diamadi, the owner's son, not to mention staggeringly good burgers and baklava. Holy smokes that was good. Thanks guys, and we gave you a good review on Yahoo yellow pages! In case you're ever in the vicinity it's........
Pete's Cafe, 22267 Parrotts Ferry Rd, Sonora, CA 95370
We flew with another friend, also called Simon....gets very confusing at times. he took a photo of Greg, Simon and Diamadi, after we tried to digest the wonderful lunch.
We can't NOT talk about the iPad this time, and the application Foreflight....amazing combination from a pilot's perspective...  On the way back to Palo Alto, we saw some wonderful views...of course...this is the whole point of taking such a flight. This first photo (below) is of a camp Greg used to visit when he was 10. Yes, there is a camp down there. Really!   This is the view (above) of Columbia airport from 2000 feet above it.  This is why we do this....looking over one of the reservoirs before reaching the Central Valley of California. Before we get all serious we have to mention this...this is an infantile, scatological, yet hysterically video sent to us today. It is also quite disturbing....still, we have to share it. You have been warned. Last but not least, before we get to the meat of the podcast this week, Simon heard from an old tour leading friend, from when he led tours in Egypt....Carl is experimenting in homestead living, raising his own animals as livestock. It's quite an amazing story. Then we switch to the mobile recorder. On Sunday, we headed to Stanford University to meet with Yao, a PhD student, studying High Energy Particle Physics. We head to Knickerbockers, a local cigar shop and sit there while we talk and record. (Because this is a public place, we do experience a little background noise, and occasionally, it's a little loud. Yao explains to us what high energy physics actually is, how he studies it, what that actually involves (Stanford Linear Accelerator) interestingly known as SLAC. If you want or need some background to what Yao was talking about......here's some background from Wikipedia on Quarks which seem to be the hub of the matter. A rather educational podcast, with a touch of infantile humor in for good measure. Enjoy. We close the show with a couple of minutes of a hard rocking Iron Maiden track, Alexander the Great, in honor of our new friends from Sonora. (this is the link to the full thing on YouTube.) BMSMA. G&S. |
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