Nov 27, 2019: Groningen

I took the train from The Hague to Groningen on Monday. Still jetlag: waking up at 01.30 and stating up to 03.30 and then I slept again until 08.45.
Yesterday I went running, 3 miles, averaging 09.40 per mile. Slower than last year...

I am in Groningen until Dec 28, when I fly to Athens.

Nov 22, 2019: Flagstaff-Phoenix-Heathrow-Schiphol-The Hague

After 2 days of rain and, at night, snow, blue skies with white topped green leaved trees when I left Flagstaff this morning.
I took the shuttle from to Phoenix at 09.20, arriving at Phoenix airport at 12.30.
I waited until 17.00 when I could check in. British Airways from Phoenix to Heathrow and another flight from there to Schiphol in Holland. 3 hours to get through security at Heathrow, that should be enough...
I am taking the train from Schiphol to The Hague Central whenre my brother will pick me up.

Nov 16, 2019: Flagstaff

Winter is coming....but not yet.
Freezing early morning, around 18 degrees in the afternoon. When I am home in the morning I sit and read in my easy chair until the trailer is warm enough.

I adjusted my "intermittent diet". Eat everything (less carbs) from 11.00-19.00. So a period of 8 hours in which I eat and 16 hours in which I don't.

Nov 06,2019: Flagstaff

After 1 month of sunshine, rain this morning. It is dry now, but still a lot of clouds.
Counting of the days when I am flying to Holland....

Oct 23, 2019: Flagstaff

Around freezing at sunrise, about 22 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, Blue Skies forever....
Fall weather and landscape

Starting tomorrow it will cool off, winter is coming. But I won't be here, I will be in Europe (Holland from November 23, and Greece from December 28).
My Dell laptop had problems (not charging and real slow with the power cable plugged in) I had the power brick tested at Best Buy in Flagstaff, it was not functioning normal.
I ordered a replacement from Dell, it came in yesterday and the problems are solved. From now one I will always use a power surge protector!

Oct 12, 2019: Flagstaff

It was -2 degrees Celsius this morning and 22 Celsius in the afternoon. Here is the video I made on Thursday at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. No flying then, they did fly on Friday.

Oct 10: Albuquerque

Yesterday I drove to Albuquerque in New Mexico to visit my friends Jose & Gerard.
I left Flagstaf at 07.30 and arrived in Albuquerque at 14.30 Mountain time.

This morning we got up at at 04.30 to go to the Balloon Fiesta. After getting lost ( I was not driving) we accidentally arrived at the best parking lot at the best time.
There was too much wind and blowing the wrong direction (towards the Navajo reservation where they are not allowed to land for the balloons to go up in the air...
But this is what we saw on the ground.

Here a video that I made of the 2002 Red Rock Balloon Rally in Gallup.

and the Parade through Downtown Gallup.