Martin Mini Ranching
This is the adventures of the Martins of Valley Center Ca.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
This is the SM2's that were fired from Port Royal. They get out of the launcher quick. There are 2 missiles in the video.
This is a Harpoon shot. These are very rare. The ship shot wo of these weapons. Again the ship enjoyed success firing this weapon. Unfortunately, they fired the weapon at some older ships that I use to get underway with. It's sad when you see ships that you are familiar with being sunk to the deep. This day was the ex-Cushing and Ex-Horne last day above water.
During our mission we shot many different weapons. This is a good shot of the SM2. This is the navy's Standard Air to Air missile. The ship shot 2 of the these weapons and both were good missiles. I the forground of the photo you see the 5in gun. The ship exercised that weapons system too. The gun workedvery well.
Another mission to Hawaii. This time I'm underway on USS Port Royal. She is home ported in Pearl Harbor. As you exit the harbor you alway get a great view of the Arizona memorial, what a wonderful reminder of those who made the ultimate sacrafic for our freedoms. Any this mission we were asked come support RIMPAC 2008. Click the link to learn more about the exercise. http://www.c3f.navy.mil/RIMPAC_2008.html
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Snapped this video with my phone and Yankee Stadium. The Padres played the Yankees. Too bad we lost 2-1 but it was a great game. On a great day and one we won't soon forget.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Ok we are up to date. Our NYC - Philly - DC trip was amazing. We saw so much and at the same time we saw so little. Amazing things... In a short 232 years of this country's exsistance we have come so far. We have so much and we should appreciate. We will have to go to DC again. I recommend this the most of all. Stay here for a week and expose yourself to everything you can. Then go to Philly.... what a journey and we've only begun to scratch the surface.
To finish a good trip we had to see one more ball game. The Nationals vs. Angels. This is the first year for this ball park. It's beautiful but the food sucked. They got to work on that. We got lost on the way to the stadium. We rode the metro to RFK stadium. BTW scary neighborhood. NAT's park is in the NAVY Yard area. This area has come along way.
Labels: JFK and Jackie O
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Francis Scott Key was located in the harbor behind Diana and Ryan. Ryan is attempting to be taller than his mon. Note the tippy toes...
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This is the original flag post and location the flag was at when the song was written. The Fort is very interesting. If you didn't know the Anthem was written during the war of 1812. The battle at Fort McHenry and the defense of Baltimore was in 1814. This was the last chance for the British to reclaim the US but, as you can guess, it didn't happen.
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when you sing the National Anthem have you ever wondered what a rampart is? Well if you look to the far left you will see one. In fact your looking at the rampart that is written about in our Country's song. My back was so bad we skipped Gettysburg but we spotted in Baltimore, this is Fort McHenry. The place where Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
Labels: Where are we now
What a awesome ball park Citizen Bank park is. We saw the Philly's play the Angels. We really came to see the Fanatic. He's a great mascot. The Park is a little uncomfortable. Seats are cramped but the food and beer are cheap. The atmosphere is very great and there isn't a bad seat in view in the place. Lot's of parking too. The sports complex is the best I've ever seen. 4 venues in one spot all with thier own parking so lot's of tailgating space.
Labels: Phillies vs the Angels
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Her we are on our way back to the hotel. The city of New York behind us Ryan took this photo of us... We will be back some day. There is much to see on this planet and I'm not sure when. First of many long vacation days down. NYC was excellent.
Labels: On the way back to New Jersey
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We heard the neon light are bright on Broadway. Well it's day time and not too many light right now. Funny story... We came out of the Subway at 42nd and Broadway. We were looking for that classic triangle building but could not see it... We gave up and went on to our night tour of NYC and guess what. Life is about prespective. We wer standing next to the building when we were looking for it earlier.
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This is what it loks like inside the guts of the stadium... Very crowded
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This isn't the greatest photo of Yankee Stadium. What a honor to be in the ball park that some of the greatest players of all time have played. They don't call this the house the Ruth built for no reason. The Babe played here, along with Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Joe Dimaggio, Lou Gerhig, Brooks and Frank Robinson, and I could go on. Goosebumps... too bad that they are tearing down this historical land mark but you can see why once inside. The stadium was comfortable but no luxury items here. the food was expensive, beer 10.5o a cup. That is the highest price I've ever paid for beer, ever. With that in mind Diana and I went on to drink 63 dollars in beer. Oh and our batter's died on the camera. so we have very few photo's but lot's of memories. I hope I never forget.
Labels: Hallowed ground
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Diana is hear with Big Al. Ok it's really a statue but she seems to be enjoying his company. we are not sure what he is pointing at.
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Ryan and I are here in LA. This building behind us is Griffith Park Observatory. It is a wonderful place to learn about the universe. By the way I learned that it's really big!! On the left is a replica of the Palomar mountain observatory. On the right is an observatory dedicated to viewing the sun. Yep the sun. With filtering you can look at it. I also learned it's a star.... Just kidding it's a flaming ball of fire. That burns at 11,000 degrees. No wonder it's hot in the summer.
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Yep it snowed only 15 miles from the house this year. Palomar Mtn is 5000 feet in alt so it's no surprise when it does but we thought we should go play in it this year. Palomar also has one of the greatest observatory's in the world. The stars are beautiful in Valley Center but at Palomar they are spectacular.
Labels: Snow at Palomar mtn
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Ryan Played lot's of different position's this year. SS, 2B, all OF, but here he's on the Pitcher's mound. He talked me into putting him in to pitch and after being on me for 2 years, he got in the game. He hit the first batter. I told him that he needed to prove himself. He didn't disappoint. Getting the next 3 batters and that was the end of his pitching debut. Next year he might get more time on the mound but this wasn't his year for that. He played most of the year at 2B....
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Here I am talking to the boys after they played there first away game. This was the first for many of the boys. Thinking back the boys lost a close game but they fought hard. We ended up 18-9 and 11-3 on the road this year. I was very proud of all of them.
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Let's get caught up. This year Ryan's Junior division Baseball team was the Dodger's. Terrible name but what a year. Here is Ryan in the first game of the year. The coach is Bill Pugh. The Padre player in the back ground was one of mine last year, Ryan Gerlach. I was the Manager of the Dodgers this year. Bill was my co manager and Pat Preston whom I will point out in future photo's was my coach. I'll say more in the next blog
Labels: First game of the 2008 season
Thursday, January 10, 2008
This was too good of a picture not to post. Scoreboard perfectly aligned. Note the Chargers are killing the Texans. I believe the Chargers had just score a TD and there was much happiness to be shared.
Labels: IT'S GOOD TO BE THE KING
Friday, December 28, 2007
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