Really Big Blackbirds!

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon RV Resort in Acton, California.

Mary continues to be occupied with personal business. I am now not expecting to see her again until I arrive at her home in Murphys, California about the third week in April. It’s just the way things are and we just have to deal with it.

I’m now in what I’m calling my “pacing mode”. Last October I had cataract surgery at the VA Hospital in Palo Alto, California. My surgeon wants me back in mid-April for a six-month post-operative eye examination. Palo Alto is only about 400 miles from my current location. So, in the meantime, I’ll “pace” my forward direction travels hoping stay in 65-75 degree temperatures all the while.

Yesterday I showed a big black bird which I have finally decided is a large black crow. I did that as a preview, because I knew today I’d be showing you some REALLY BIG BLACKBIRDS!

Yesterday I drove the Bronco the 20 miles to the Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, California which opened in November, 1991. It is the world’s only display of a Lockheed SR-71A and its Blackbird predecessor, the A-12, alongside the once ultra-secret D-21 drone and the only remaining U-2D Dragon Lady.

Here are some photos that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

The airpark…

People in my age group remember this event…

You can read all about that incident by clicking this link…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_U-2_incident

Here’s the U-2 at the airpark…

Here is the SR-71…the largest Blackbird…

I was intrigued by how really large this bird is…

It’s incredible that something so large can go so fast. A SR-71 set a world speed record of 2,144.82 (average) when it flew from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. in 64 minutes on March 6, 1990.

Makes a person wonder what’s in use today!

To see the other 15 photos that I took…

CLICK ON THE BELOW PHOTO. ONCE YOU ARRIVE AT THE PHOTO ALBUM, SIMPLY CLICK “SLIDESHOW” AND ENJOY!

Blackbird Air Park – Palmdale, California

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

Yesterday was a sunny/cloudy and 71 degrees. Forecast for today is cloudy/sunny and 67 degrees.

The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

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